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February 09, 2006
Cheap digs in Copenhagen
Hotel 27 is the former Mermaid Hotel at 27 Løngangstræde in Copenhagen. The hotel has 203 rooms, although at the time of writing about half of them are closed for renovation, which is being completed over the next two years.
The prices are quite reasonable (for Copenhagen, anyway) : DKK 495 per night for a single room or DKK 690 per night for a double. Prices include breakfast. These prices are their special Winter bargain rates, valid until 31st March, so expect them to climb for the Summer. They also have a "grandchild and grandparents" special : DKK 745 for a kid under 13 and two grandparents per night including breakfast.
I found Hotel 27 when I was looking for a place for some chums of mine to stay in November, and like a twit I'd left booking the accommodation until the last minute. It was the end of November, and every hotel was almost fully booked with Christmas party goers, the only remaining rooms were the expensive ones - DKK 1,700+ per night (that's about £160). Then I found Hotel 27 on the "Wonderful Copenhagen" website. It had only just opened the day before, so they weren't showing up on Google or the hotel booking portals. When I phoned, they had masses of spare rooms for my chums at DKK 700 per night including breakfast. It had to be said that the rooms were a bit small and you could see that they needed redecorating, but the staff were nice and helpful, and the location was perfect : right next to the main Town Square (which is also a main bus interchange) and about 10 minutes' walk from the main station, but the hotel itself is on a relatively quiet street. I stopped by for breakfast one morning when I was meeting the chums there, and it was good - scrambled egg, sausages, bacon, toast, cereals, coffee, tea, fruit juices, plus the usual Danish breakfast fare of rolls ("rundstykke"), cheeses, cold meats, fruit ...
So, good luck to them. I hope there's a sustainable market for smaller, friendly, lower priced hotels in Copenhagen.
Of course, there's always Can I Crash? for really cheap accommodation.
Posted by daen at February 9, 2006 05:42 PM