Siciliansk Is

Three Flavours, Any Size

3.5 of 5

Copenhagen takes its ice cream season seriously, partly because the season is short. Siciliansk Is opens in spring, scoops through the summer and then shuts for the winter with a polite note on its website. As autumn 2026 closes in, the note says see you in spring 2027. Put it on the calendar now and thank me in May.

The gelato is Sicilian in style and mostly organic. The base of milk, cream and sugar is organic, and so are most of the flavourings: pistachio, gianduia, torrone, blood orange, fior di latte, stracciatella, and a long run of fruit from apricot to rhubarb. There are usually fourteen or fifteen flavours in the case and they rotate. The house rule that wins my heart is that you can choose up to three flavours whatever size you order. Small cup, three flavours. Nobody makes you pay extra for indecision.

Order pistachio first, because that is the test of anyone who puts Sicily on the sign. Then blood orange for contrast, and torrone if it is there. The main shop is on Skydebanegade in Vesterbro, with a second at Skjolds Plads in Nørrebro. Go on a warm evening when the whole city has decided the sun is a public holiday. Prices are kind. It is a scoop shop, not a temple, and better for it.

Order this: Pistachio, Blood orange, Torrone, Fior di latte
The damage: $
Go: A warm evening between May and September; closed for winter until spring 2027
Find it: Skydebanegade 3, 1709 København V
Website: sicilianskis.dk