Six Magazines We Love

Publishing a print magazine is no easy task and, as we rely more on digital media, the number of people who are willing to take on the financial risk of producing an independent magazine are getting fewer and fewer. Happily, there are still those out there who are creating beautiful, interesting content for those of us for who find no greater joy than in cracking the binding on a new-off-the-press magazine and taking a whiff of that paper-meets-ink smell. Here are the magazines we can’t wait to find in the post box:

 

 
 

 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Honorable mentions

It’s only a list of six (damn you, self-created Scandi Six format!) but there are so many magazines we love. Here are a few more to read with your Sunday coffee:

• Fantastic Man
• Self Service
• ACNE Paper
• Cereal
• Mr Wolf
• Eye
• Little White Lies
• Life & Thyme
• Betty Magazine
• Cherry Bombe

 
 

Where to buy in Copenhagen

For larger collections of independent magazines visit:

• Thiemers Magasin – The Gentlewoman, Kinfolk, Cereal, Fantastic Man. There’s also a large selection of books in English, and an ultra-hyggeligt atmosphere. Tullinsgade 24, 1618 København V – see header image
• Storm Copenhagen – Dansk, Gather, Kinfolk, Fantastic Man, and coffee table books galore! Store Regnegade 1, 1110 København K
• Kihoskh – Fantastic Man, Gentlewoman, and a large selection of eco-groceries. You can read you magazines on sun chairs in the summer. Sønder Boulevard 53, 1720 København V

If you’re interested in international fashion magazines in English, check out:

Magasin – Magazines in the basement.

Illum – Irma Bladkiosk in the basement.

Sankt Annæ Kiosk – International and local newspapers and magazines. Store Kongensgade 40, København K

Did we miss your favorite magazine? Are you a sucker for Vogue and nothing else? Tell us about it in the comments!