‘Brief encounter’ Copenhagen City Break

‘Brief encounter’ Copenhagen City Break

With its theatrical back-drop of copper towers and spires, the ‘købmændenes havn’ (merchant’s harbour) that grew fat as a centre of Baltic trade is now a city of easy living, filled with cafés, restaurants, museums, fountains, statues and squares: all humoured by playful street musicians and performers.

The quayside at Nyhavn with its outdoor restaurants, boutiques and antique shops, retains the genuine charm and authenticity of by-gone days: a place to see and be seen. The city is surrounded by water, sea and canals - the maritime atmosphere is indelible and at night the centre is illuminated by the glittering lights of Tivoli, open from mid-April to mid-September.

Hotel 27

Newly refurbished in 2009 the Hotel 27 has both a cocktail lounge and more excitingly an Icebar . All the 200 rooms in the hotel have been designed in the well-known Scandinavian design tradition by leading Danish designers & architects. All rooms have, flat screen TV and an exquisite bathroom, executed in black slate.Close to the city centre, all of Copenhagen's major attractions are easily accessible.

• Central location • Icebar • Modern Danish design • Free Wi-Fi

Hotel D'Angleterre

If it’s 19th century elegance you’re after then this is the place. Facing Copenhagen’s Old Square with Nyhavn one way and Stroget the other, the hotel’s meticulous attention to detail both with décor and service puts it in a class apart. Apart from having all that you’d expect from a 5 star hotel there is a swimming pool to relax in after the day. 

Scandic Front

Exploring Copenhagen couldn't be easier from this central hotel, located in Copenhagen's popular Nyhavn area.

From the Scandic Front hotel you can enjoy Nyhavn's canal-side bars and restaurants, walk along the waterfront, or hop on one of the river boats. The Scandic Front hotel is set opposite Copenhagen's contemporary Opera House and has a Danish design, mixing luxury with comfort. 

The trendy hotel bar, is a popular meeting place for Copenhagen locals, and you can enjoy a tasty evening meal in the restaurant.

• Health and fitness centre • Nyhavn location • bar and restaurant •  WiFi

Skt Petri

San Petri is uber-cool Copenhagen’s fashion statement hotel, voted by Conde Naste as a hot tip hotel and the place where Denmark’s A-List hang out. Standard rooms are anything other than bog standard with polished hard wood floors and white, white bathrooms. In summer the hotel’s sun deck serves chilled cocktails and chilled towels.

• Central location • Ultra cool • Bar Rouge, Café Blanc and Brasserie Bleu