Petitgas

Excellent selection of retro-styled hats and caps. Fedoras, flat caps; I think I saw a Homburg in the case. Traditional construction: heavy on the wool and felt, with lots of acetate linings.

Chapeaux Petitgas is closed on the weekends, but it's easily worth a quick lunchtime shopping excursion during the week. Lots of City Sport and Stetson (the Humphrey Bogart models, not the John Wayne). The crushable models are tightly stacked on bookshelves around the main area; the more refined models are in the glass counter display, and in cases behind it.

The owner is exactly who you'd expect to find running the place --- helpful, reserved, and mellow --- but he has an opinion, and he'll share it.

Prices mostly ranged from DKK 700 to DKK 2500; I found a nice Harris Tweed flat cap for DKK 750. There's a stack of DKK 425 peaked caps on the counter, but you _will_ get cautioned about the inferior workmanship and materials -- it's one of those "opinions."

The customer service at this store is incredible! Bernhard went above and beyond to help me get the correct size hats for my husband after I had purchased the wrong size. The reason this was so special, is because I didn't realize I had the wrong size until I got home. I shipped them back to his store with a letter and had sent an email. Once he received the hats, we went back and forth via email and he sent pictures to show which hats were available in the correct size! And once I made a decision he helped to ship them back to me. I didn't know what to expect when I sent them back, as I wasn't able to reach anyone via phone. But I was completely taken care of with kindness and understanding. I would highly recommend this shop! The hats are of amazing quality, the shop itself is quaint and historic, and the service impeccable.

You will be asked politely to leave the store if you want to try a few hats before you (maybe) buy. But you are welcome to come back when you have made up your mind to spend money in the store. I'll find somewhere else to buy my hat.