Antikvariat Æselører

Æselører means dog-ears, and this crowded second-hand bookshop near Blågårds Plads has plenty of them. Shelves run from floor to ceiling, with Danish fiction at the front, English paperbacks in the middle and a back room of art books, old maps and cloth-bound children’s books.

A dog-eared page means somebody loved the book. We price those a little higher.

Prices are pencilled inside the front cover and most paperbacks cost less than a coffee. The owner buys books on weekday mornings, so bring a bag of yours to swap or sell, and ask at the counter if you are hunting for something particular: there is a notebook of wanted titles that often comes good.