On a cold January evening, I joined a community dinner at Flok in the library on Rentemestervej — a simple vegetarian meal served from 17:00 to 19:00, warm, homemade, and shared by everyone in the room. Community dinners like this have long been part of Copenhagen life, and in Nordvest they offer an easy way to eat well, feel cared for, and turn an ordinary weekday into something a little special.

Nordvest isn’t short on places to drink coffee, eat well, or gather around long tables. But over the past year, another kind of community keeps quietly growing: book clubs. Not the intimidating kind. Not homework-heavy. More like excuses to slow down, read something interesting, and talk about it with other people, often with a glass of wine or a beer nearby. Some are recurring, some pop up more irregularly. Some are structured, others loose and conversational. Together, they

Inside a striking golden building on Rentemestervej, this local library is much more than books—it’s a neighborhood hub. With community dinners, poetry nights, a rooftop terrace, and one of the city’s best café and pastries, Rentemestervej Bibliotek shows how architecture, literature, and shared space can quietly build connection in everyday life.