Top 10: the best boutique hotels in Copenhagen
An expert guide to the best boutique hotels in Copenhagen, including the top places to stay for Scandi-chic interiors, clean lines and the best in Danish design, as well as rooftop terraces, cool bars and cosy restaurants, in locations including Tivoli Gardens.
Nimb Hotel
Copenhagen, Denmark
9Telegraph expert rating
A Moorish-inspired palace located in Europe’s oldest fairground with impeccably designed Danish-style bedrooms, complete with open fires and enormous freestanding bathtubs. Its exterior has been upgraded with high-grade marble stucco and millions of exterior lightbulbs that bring the place to life at night. Interiors are typically Danish in design, with Douglas pinewood floors and Øland granite stonework, plus quirky touches such as Moooi’s desk lamps, which contrast traditional glass chandeliers. You can take afternoon tea at the Nimb Bar with its towering ornate ceilings, heavy crystal chandeliers, flickering candles and grand mirrored doors. Read expert review From £325per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Andersen Hotel
Copenhagen, Denmark
7Telegraph expert rating
Andersen is a trendy, colourful hotel with a relaxed attitude and a brilliant 24-hour check-in concept, meaning you get your room for 24 hours, no matter what time you arrive. Its location couldn’t be more central. Design starts with perspex chairs and splashes of bright pink furnishings in the breakfast room, continuing with tropical blue and green shades in the bedrooms. It’s a fun mix of minimal Scandi-chic and bright colours, with large black typography of cities across the globe stencilled on the walls. Free treats such as cookies and caramels on every floor are a nice touch. Read expert review From £110per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Sanders
Copenhagen, Denmark
8Telegraph expert rating
This graceful boutique hotel, tucked away on a quiet street behind the Royal Danish Theatre, is refined yet relaxed. Owner Alexander Kølpin, a former dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet, worked with design studio Lind + Almond to create a look that’s both luxurious and homely, with high-end finishes, bespoke furniture, plush fabrics and tastefully earthy paint shades. The 54 elegant bedrooms share the same design values as the rest of the hotel, and have natural wood floors, muted colours and big comfy beds, plus a free minibar stocked with soft drinks, snacks and sweets. Bathrooms are handsome, with a slightly industrial look. Read expert review From £319per night
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Hotel Alexandra
Copenhagen, Denmark
7Telegraph expert rating
Hotel Alexandra is the only retro hotel of its kind in Copenhagen, decorated with mid-century modern Danish design pieces such as Arne Jacobsen’s egg chair, Børge Mogensen’s Spokeback Sofa and Finn Juhl’s teak coffee tables. Don’t be fooled by the feeling of time standing still though: this hotel is modern and welcoming, right on The Town Hall Square. The Panton suite features a violet bedroom and an orange living room connected by a pink hallway and has pieces such as a fibreglass Panton Chair; a mother-of-pearl lamp, and a Pantonova sofa with steel frames and orange woollen fabric. Read expert review From £94per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Nobis Hotel Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
8Telegraph expert rating
The five-star Nobis is a handsome conversion of a historic building, tastefully reworked by Swedish architectural firm Wingårdhs. They’ve respected period features (such as the original ornamental mouldings and grand marble staircase) but not been afraid to add contemporary twists – the reception desk is a stark concrete block and the central stairwell is now filled with a twinkly modern light installation. The lounge area is all soft leather chairs and designer lamps, with angular metal shelves displaying carefully placed objets – point your camera in just about any direction and you’d have a shot worthy of an interiors magazine. Read expert review From £239per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Avenue Hotel Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
7Telegraph expert rating
This hotel is located in a building that was designed by Emil Blichfeldt; the same architect behind the city’s Tivoli Gardens’ fairytale-like main entrance. Inside, Italian design is mixed with a minimal Scandinavian aesthetic, such as colourful Missoni texiles and Flos lightning combined with clean, white walls. The 69 rooms have modern and minimalist décor. The organic buffet breakfast offers a modern take on a Scandinavian breakfast with freshly baked rye bread (traditional white bread available as well, plus a gluten-free option), toppings, freshly squeezed juices, homemade smoothies, hard- and soft-boiled eggs, as well as Danish pastries. Read expert review From £88per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Manon les Suites
Copenhagen, Denmark
8Telegraph expert rating
This one-of-a-kind hotel proved an instant hit on opening thanks to a sun-trap roof terrace and roomy apartment suites set around a dramatic central pool area. There’s an eclectic mix of influences behind the design – New York urban, Bali tropical, Ibiza beach, African safari. Exposed piping and steel landing walkways meet luxuriant planting and four-poster day beds around a patchwork-effect tiled pool, where glowing fish lamps and giant terracotta pots dangle on chains from girders supporting the glass roof five storeys up. There’s a sauna, steam room and bucket shower up on the roof. Read expert review From £154per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Hotel Danmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
8Telegraph expert rating
This 89-bedroom hotel consists of two linked buildings, one a listed 18th-century property, which retains its original façade, the other a 1969 block, now attractively clad in racing green and emerald tiles at street level. It's appealing outside (pavement tables and chairs; big pots filled with greenery) as well as in (slatted wood walls; low leather seating and a brass-clad reception desk that doubles as the 24/7 bar). In the corridors, the look was inspired by the nearby Thorvaldsens museum, with terracotta and dusty green on the walls, ultramarine ceilings and mosaic-effect carpets. Rooms are small but look good – modern, urban and stylish, in shades of grey and white (and, in the Sixties building, green). Read expert review From £118per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
Babette Guldsmeden
Copenhagen, Denmark
7Telegraph expert rating
Babette is idiosyncratic, laid-back the very antithesis of a bland, corporate hotel and makes a homely, welcoming base in a peaceful but central location. The boho boutique vibe is obvious the moment you step into the ante-lobby, with its earthenware pots, trailing plants and candles. As with other Guldsmeden hotels, there’s a strong Balinese influence to the décor but here it’s mixed in with old Chesterfields and modern artworks. The ground floor is a series of cosy little spaces: a lounge area with squishy leather sofas; a plant-filled orangery; a small but smart bar; and a rustic-style restaurant where low-slung lights cast a warm glow over diners. There’s also a courtyard. Read expert review From £104per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
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Hotel CPH LIVING
Copenhagen, Denmark
7Telegraph expert rating
There is nowhere else quite like this in Copenhagen – and you won’t find anything closer to the water. It's a floating 12-bedroom hotel, converted from an old German barge that's permanently moored in the city centre and makes an unusual, relaxing place to stay. Just being a boat earns plenty of points on the character front, and the Danish eye for design is also much in evidence, with simple, contemporary styling, natural woods and splashes of colour from original paintings and red accessories. The rooms, spread over two decks, are compact but clean-lined and uncluttered, with hardwood floors and a nifty streamlined storage unit. Read expert review From £151per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com
