I am an international (an American male, 32) traveling to Denmark solo. Decided to check KB3 out given that it is listed one of the "top clubs" in Copenhagen. I am pretty clean cut and well behaved and not particularly hideous or anything, nor was I drunk or anything like that. I was wearing nice jeans and a button down. I showed up at 11:50pm which is pretty early by Copenhagen standards but still was forced to wait an hour or more in line. Every person in front of me got in. Then I got to the front after more than an hour of waiting and the bouncer asked me where I was from and said, "Who are you with?" and I said I was an international and traveling solo so I was with nobody, just wanted to check out the club and get a few drinks or whatever. He said they had a "birthday party" and they couldn't let everyone in (he said they have a 'certain clientele' which I am guessing didn't include solo traveling males in their 30s). But for whatever reason they let in plenty of drunk and creepy solo Danish dudes wearing hoodies (one right in front of me got in, and he was super creepy and not attached to any group, not particularly attractive on that day, and they did not even ask him a question when he walked in). It was pretty weird since I normally don't have any trouble. It was a big waste of time and I'm sure there was no reason to turn me away tonight other than they assumed I was sketchy or maybe the guy didn't like Americans. There was no mention at the line of any 'birthday party' and it makes no sense that you would turn one person away and just tell them to get out of line because you had a birthday party. It was pretty clear it was just an excuse. It was a normal club night and everyone else was getting in except me.
Anyways, if you are with friends you may not have a problem, but if you are a solo traveler (and probably a male) you should probably have a backup plan in case they decide you aren't part of their certain clientele. Maybe they aren't too friendly to tourists. Not sure. Anyways, they wasted one of my nights in Copenhagen for no reason.
Either that or just lie that your friends Elise, Lena, and Sebastian are inside and waiting for you so they think you have friends. I don't know. The line manager seemed pretty arbitrary about the whole thing.
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