Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
If you hold a valid national or international hostel card, you receive a 10% discount on
rates (these can be purchased from hostels and cost Dkr70 for Danish residents, Dkr160
for foreigners). We list prices for non-cardholders.
Danish hostels appeal to all ages and are oriented as much towards families and groups
as to budget travellers. Hiring a private room is the norm. All hostels offer dorm beds in
shared rooms from July to mid-September; outside these months, availability of dorm
beds varies from hostel to hostel.
Typical costs are Dkr200 to Dkr275 for a dorm bed. For private rooms, expect to pay
Dkr400 to Dkr600 per single, Dkr450 to Dkr720 per double, and up to Dkr100 for each
additional person in larger rooms. All hostels offer family rooms; many rooms come with
toilets.
Duvets and pillows are provided, but you'll have to bring or hire your own sheets (typic-
ally between Dkr50 and Dkr70 per stay).
All hostels provide an all-you-can-eat breakfast costing around Dkr70, and some also
provide dinner. Most hostels have guest kitchens with pots and pans.
Advance reservations are advised, particularly in summer. In a few places, reception
closes as early as 6pm. In most hostels the reception office is closed, and the phone not
answered, between noon and 4pm.
Between May and September, hostels can get crowded with children on school excur-
sions, or sports groups travelling for tournaments.
Many Danish hostels close for at least part of the low season.
Hotels
A few brands tend to dominate in the hotel business. For budget hotels, look for CabInn
(
www.cabinn.dk
)
across the country, and Wake Up (
www.wakeupcopenhagen.com
)
in
Copenhagen. Business-standard hotel chains include Scandic (
www.scandichotels.com
),
Radisson (
www.radisson.com
)
, Comwell (
www.comwell.dk
) and First Hotels
(
www.firsthotels.com
).
There's a good range of boutique hotels in larger cities and popular upmarket destina-
tions (Bornholm, for example, and Skagen), but true luxury or design hotels are not espe-
cially common outside the capital. If you're looking for something more memorable than a
chain hotel room, consider staying in a castle, historic manor house or farm. Look out for
badehotel
, too (old seaside 'bathing inn') - many of these are now restored. Great re-
sources for something a little special:
www.historichotels.dk
and
