Stamsteder – Københavns sidste værtshuse marks the publication of a new book on "brown" pubs in the city and is described as a pop-up photographic exhibition by the Museum of Copenhagen.

The book was written Anders Højberg Kamp and Johannes Jacobsen with photographs by Thomas Skou and is published by Savador Books.

It records brown pubs and they have played a crucial role in the life of the city, acting as social centres and, for the old, the lonely or the desperate, as homes or a place to escape from home and their regular drinkers as families.

There were over 1,000 pubs in the city and it's suburbs in the late 1980s but that number is down to 200 now.

"The places contain stories and secrets as dark as the darkest bitter, and merry as a light ale and the party can continue until the bright morning ..... (but) the winds of urban renewal blow out into every nook and cranny of the city."

In the exhibition there are photographs of 14 pubs from 14 districts across Copenhagen and Frederiksberg.

Indre by - Centralhjørnet
Vesterbro - Pinden
Østerbro - Bassinet
Frederiksberg - Vinstue 90
Nørrebro - Sorte René
Amager - Cafe Schelenborg
Islands Brygge - Café Isbjørnen
Christianshavn - Fingerbøllet
Christiania - Woodstock
Sydhavnen - Café Fremforalt
Valby - Den Gyldenblonde
Vanløse - Jydeholm Bodega
Nordvest - Café Fuglereden
Brønshøj-Husum - Husum Bodega

Stamsteder – Københavns sidste værtshuse
Københavns Museum / Museum of Copenhagen,
Stormgade 18, Copenhagen
from 1 December 2021 to 2 January 2022