Copenhagen? On a budget? It’s enough to make you spit your pastry across the room. Scandinavia’s hippest city is not known for being particularly price-conscious – not for hotels, not for design, and not for dinner. Instead, it’s more about value, which means really that you get what you pay for. But there’s not much on a Primark-style utter bargain level.
There’s very little in the under £100 per night price bracket, but if you can stretch to £150 per night, you’ll find a handful of budget design hotels and small hotels full of charm. For the best deals, travel during the week – like many city break spots, weekends are more expensive – and travel in the off-season. February is the low point for hotel rooms, according to Momondo. Also: book early, preferably three months ahead of travel. Danes love to be organised and forward planning is in their blood. Bag somewhere with a kitchen or self-catering facilities so you can reduce your food costs if you like – perhaps in one of the city’s many youth hostels.
How else to save money? Copenhagen is a small city and exploring it on foot costs nothing; you can also swim in the harbour swimming pools for free, walk up Copenhill’s crazy ski slope hiking route for free, and keep your costs down with communal dinners in spots like Absalon. Staying a little further out of the city centre will also save a krona or two.
These are our favourite budget hotels in Copenhagen.
Best affordable hotels in Copenhagen
1. Kanalhuset
There is so much charm at Kanalhuset that you won’t mind the simple rooms or slight boarding house feel. A historic house dating back to 1754 in glorious Christianshavn overlooking a canal, its cosy bar and communal dining restaurant are a draw for locals as well as visitors, and it has just 12 boutique bedrooms on the well-lit basement floor. It’s an option for families as well as groups: some rooms sleep up to five, and all are simply furnished with a bed, wardrobe rack and occasional furniture. Fourteen larger apartments on the upper floors also have a kitchenette, living room and dining area. Decor throughout has a boutique, reclaimed-retro vibe: pieces come from flea markets, private collections and auctions…
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