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Copenhagen has a variety of hotel options, but rates are consistently high side and rooms are small. The city has increased its capacity with new design hotels, a luxury all-suite hotel in Tivoli Gardens, and a youth hostel in the city center. Many existing properties have undergone renovation that allows for eco-friendly, sustainable business practices. Note that in Copenhagen, as in the rest of Denmark, most rooms have only showers (while some have showers and tubs); state your preference when booking.
This welcoming hotel in the heart of Copenhagen has been run by the same family for generations. With its location minutes from Central Station and in the middle of Vesterbro's buzzing streets, it's a great base for budget-minded travelers. The family also runs the slightly more upscale Andersen Hotel, located on the opposite corner.
A five-minute stroll from Nyhavn, overlooking old Copenhagen and Amalienborg, the massive Admiral was once a grain warehouse (circa 1787). Today it is one of the city's top hotels. Thick stone walls are broken by rows of windows; guest rooms mix maritime accents with modern furnishings and prints. Each room has a sitting area with leather sofas surrounded by 200-year-old exposed rafter beams. Rooms on the first through fourth floors also have French balconies. The SALT bar and restaurant lends Nordic touches to modern French brasserie food.
This hotel, originally built in the 1680s, was torn down and rebuilt—rising from its rubble, just like the mythical phoenix rose from its ashes—in 1847 as a plush, Victorian-style hotel. Suites are large and adorned with 18-karat-gold-plated bathroom fixtures and reproductions of antiques; standard rooms are very small. Downstairs is Murdoch's Books and Ale, a snug pub done up in mahogany and brass that serves smørrebrød and light meals.
Across the Stadsgraven from Christianshavn to the south stands one of Denmark's largest hotels, which houses Copenhagen's only casino. Guest rooms are large, though perhaps a little bland; there are 42 suites if you want even more space.
