A guide to the places that give a city character.

Uniquely is an editorial directory for discovering distinctive, independent local businesses — the jewellers, specialist shops, workshops, galleries and studios that make a city worth wandering.

We are not a review site and not a map of everything. Each place is chosen on merit and written up by hand, so browsing feels closer to reading a considered city guide than searching a database.

We begin in Copenhagen, with the city's independent jewellers, and grow category by category and city by city. The model is deliberately simple: fast pages, real content, and links that lead somewhere.

For business owners

If you run an independent business with a point of view, Uniquely is being built for you. Business tools are on the way — in the meantime, see the business page.