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Ravelinen at Christianshavn

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Who Are We?

The idea behind Ravelinen is to create Copenhagen's most honest Danish restaurant. We offer the best of Danish lunch and dinner cuisine, take pride in good hospitality, and celebrate strong traditions. Every year, we host special events such as our asparagus festival, Oktoberfest, garden party, and of course, Christmas parties. From time to time, we invite some of the city's most talented chefs to come by and spoil our guests.

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Where Are We Located? 

Ravelinen has a unique location in the heart of Copenhagen with one of the most rural settings you can find in the capital. In our large garden, you can enjoy the view over the canals and the beautiful old fortifications, which provide a historical glimpse into Copenhagen's past. At the same time, there are only 300 meters to Christianshavns Torv, with harbor tours and the metro, making it easy to continue to your next destination.

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Cozy in All Weather

Ravelinen consists of a large, beautiful garden with a view of the water and our two cozy pavilions. When summer is kind, it is most inviting to sit in our garden, but even if the summer should be teasing, the garden can be covered by our mobile roof at the push of a button. If you prefer to sit indoors, we have the two pavilions, which also offer a view of the water.

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Your Next Event

At Ravelinen, there is plenty of space. We can accommodate 360 guests, with two-thirds in our garden and the remaining third in the pavilions. The garden can also be divided into separate sections, where you can still enjoy a fantastic view of the water. The mobile roof can be adjusted according to the weather, and everything can be heated, making it suitable for both summer and Christmas parties – naturally with room for a band and dance floor.

The team behind

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Preben Brink

Restaurateur

I took over as restaurateur at Ravelinen on April 1st, 1994. In my more than 30 years at the helm, the goal every day has been for all guests to go home happy with the experience of good hospitality and delicious food. We pay attention to the details both in the kitchen and on the floor. 

After all these years, I still spend most of my hours in the restaurant, as it is important for me to ensure that both guests and staff thrive in a daily life that – fortunately – most often is busy.

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Nichlas & Co

Chef

Our head chef Oliver and his skilled team place great emphasis on preparing the food with love and attention to detail. Everything is made from scratch, the ingredients are carefully selected with an eye to what the season offers, and we never compromise on quality. Ravelinen is meant to represent genuine Danish food joy, where quality and fine culinary craftsmanship always come first.

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Dui & Co

Head Waiter

Dui and her team work hard every day to provide guests with attentive service that makes them feel welcome and experience good hospitality. At Ravelinen, we strive to create a relaxed, informal, and cozy atmosphere, so our guests can sit back and enjoy their visit and meal in welcoming surroundings.

History

In the capital, Copenhagen, we have Ravelinen here by the rampart on the outermost part of Christianshavn

– and we have the small gardens in Frederiksberg – below Frederiksberg Castle – all of them very special restaurants with history and atmosphere – and both outdoor and indoor service.

Ravelinen was built in 1728 and is of course listed today. From the start, the buildings were a kind of toll house and military guard room, where guards held back passers-by to check that they had paid toll when crossing from land to city. Amager was open farmland, and Christianshavn was seen from here as the start of the big city. The name ravelin is French and means "angle-bent outwork between two bastions". If we translate it into a slightly more modern Danish – it means a kind of advanced fortification between two of Christianshavn's rampart bastions – "Elefantens Bastion" (the Elephant's Bastion) towards the SAS hotel – and "Løvens Bastion" (the Lion's Bastion) towards Christiania and Holmen. Christian IV had the rampart around Christianshavn built to protect the city from this side as well – and today the rampart is the city's most intact and unspoiled of all outer defense systems.

This is where people go for a walk on Great Prayer Day Eve, among other things. The complex consisted of a series of bastions, and projecting between them were even more advanced fortifications – slender ravelins – like Ravelinen here. It lay like a small artificial island out in the middle of the moat, which is difficult to understand today, where the road between Amager and Christianshavn has grown large and wide and forces its way through the moat. Before, there was a small narrow road from Amager to Ravelinen and from Ravelinen a wooden bridge to Christianshavn. In 1856, the city completely closed the fortress and thus Amagerport, but Ravelinen, the small artificial island, remained, and thus also the house Ravelinen. The arrangement with paying tolls ceased as late as 1915.

In 1941, the building opened as a restaurant and inn with a magnificent view of the moat. Since then, some has been added.

Peter Olesen, journalist and author

Opening Hours and Address

Ravelinen
Torvegade 79
1400 Copenhagen K
Phone: 32 96 20 45
CVR: 17 68 59 37
[email protected]

Every day until December 27th
Monday:
Closed

Tuesday - Saturday:
Lunch opens at 11:30 and the last new tables are started at 14:30.
Dinner opens at 17:30 and the last new tables are started at 19:30

Sunday:
Lunch opens at 11:30 and the last new tables are started at 14:30 - dinner closed

In the period from December 28th to the end of March:
Only open for private events by appointment.
Please write to [email protected]

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