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— Food & Drink · Copenhagen
Nyhavn's harborfront restaurants charge for the view. Reffen, Copenhagen's shipping-container street food market across the harbor, is where locals actually go — but only March through September.
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— Food & Drink · Reykjavík
Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur has served the same lamb-pork-beef hot dog near Reykjavík's old harbor since 1937 — here's how to order like a local, and when the line gets truly long.
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