Seven very different ways to stay in Denmark
Discover the most unusual destinations.
The world's smallest hotel
Central Hotel og Café
The Central Hotel and Café has enough personality to feature in a Jim Jarmusch film. The world's smallest hotel is located on Copenhagen's Parisian-style street, Værnedamsvej, and has just one room, which is decorated with dark wood, patterned wallpaper, beautiful linen and ingenious details. There's a coffee shop downstairs, plus breakfast at the atmospheric Granola.
Price: 2,500 DKK per night for two people.
Stay in a National Park
Karpenhøj Naturcenter
Stay in the great outdoors at Karpenhøj Naturcenter in the Mols Bjerge National Park. Here you'll find solid shelters and campfire pits and you can hike, mountain bike, climb trees and much more in the beautiful glacially created landscapes. If you're mad about the outdoors, the nature center organizes lots of open-air activities. You can learn how to gather your own herbs, for example, cook camp food over an open fire or relax in the outdoor hot tub. Accommodation is free if attending a course, but shelters can also be booked privately, subject to availability.
Price: DKK 50 per night.
Sleep with the sharks
Kattegatcentret
It's not every day you have the opportunity to go to bed under a school of sharks. But at the Kattegatcenter in Grenaa, the whole family can lie side-by-side in a glass tunnel under the tropical shark tank and do some shark-spotting by flashlight before they go to bed. The experience also includes dissecting squid, hand-feeding sharks and plenty of shark facts.
Price: DKK 545 per person.
Sleep on the savannah
Ree Park Safari
You can still get a glimpse of the savannah, even if you're on Jutland. Ree Park safari in Ebeltoft has its own savannah, where the ostriches, zebras, rhinos, giraffes, antelopes and wildebeests roam free. Enjoy a full-on safari experience by staying overnight in your own sleeping bag in a safari lodge built on a platform next to the savannah. The animals come up really close and they even like sleeping under the platform itself. Included in the price is a guided tour of the park, where you are driven around the savannah and learn lots of facts about the wildlife.
Price: From DKK 5,200 per night, with room for four people. Your stay begins at 4pm and ends at 10am the following day.
A crane for the discerning
The Krane
The sky and the sea will be your nearest neighbors when you stay at The Krane, an old coal crane dating from 1944, which is now a hotel suite, meeting rooms and spa. From the outside, the crane in Nordhavn still looks like a piece of industry, but inside it oozes exclusive Danish design, mostly as black as coal itself. The engine room has been turned into a bedroom, the cab is now a lounge and what was once a container has now been transformed into a spa. The crane is 15m high and the view takes your breath away.
Contact the hotel for price.
Treetop house
Kaløvig Center
The Treetop house at Kaløvig Center on Djursland was actually intended as a different kind of meeting room, but the view, the tree canopy and the scent of the cedars was so popular that they decided to rent the house out as a hotel room as well. The Treetop house can be used all year round and is located in beautiful surroundings near the sea and the Mols Bjerge National Park. They serve excellent organic food and the friendly brother and sister team who run the place are on hand to help make the experience complete.
Price of a stay: DKK 1,996 for two people, including afternoon coffee and cake, dinner and breakfast.
Hygge in a hobbit cabin
Hasle Camping
If you're taking the family to Bornholm, you'll find a very different kind of accommodation in Hasle Camping's hobbit village. There's a handful of barrel-shaped hobbit houses here, each of which can accommodate 2 adults and 2 children, as well as a hobbit sauna with a view and a barbecue hut. If you get cabin fever, you can head for the sea and an excellent natural beach, which are just 200m away.
Season: April-September. Price: DKK 450-700 per night.
Text by Lise Hannibal