Fodor's Expert Review 71 Nyhavn

In this well-preserved former spice warehouse, the rooms are small but cozy and the welcome is genuine. The hotel is in a great location overlooking the old ships of Nyhavn. Inside, you'll find lots of exposed brick beams, and the thick plaster walls are adorned with paintings by prominent Danish painters, including Jens Jørgen Thorsen; Asger Jorn; and the hotel's own founder, Alf Arp-Hansen. Dogs are welcome.

The hotel was once one building, but its original owners - two wealthy spice merchants in the 19th century - fell out and split it down the middle after flipping a coin.

room

There are single rooms, double rooms and suites, all with warm woolen spreads, dark woods, soft leather furniture, and crisscrossing timber beams. Many have great views through curved windows with authentic-style shutters, and nice touches like coat hangers that look like antlers.

Junior Suite 14 in the gables has a gorgeous outlook on the sea.

bathroom

Bathrooms have clean, calm lines, with gold fittings and - unusually - more beams!

YOU SHOULD KNOW The hotel is made up of two linked warehouses called the red and yellow warehouse. In the red warehouse, the bathrooms only have showers, so if you are on the hunt for a tub, speak to the staff about the rooms in the yellow.

lobby

The small lobby is staffed by eager, knowledgeable recruits who are keen to help guests.

dining

The hotel's Thai restaurant, SEA, is an outpost of Kiin Kiin, Denmark's first Michelin-starred Asian gourmet restaurant and the only Thai restaurant with a star outside Thailand. That is enticing enough in itself, but the hotel's airy, beam-led look continues in its dining area, and adds to the temptation.

drinking

The attached bar is lovely: one of the most properly 'hygge'-style that we've seen in the hotels in Copenhagen, all beams and little lights in sea lanterns.

Try the SEA mojito - the kaffir lime, lemongrass and ginger beer give it a tasty Asian kick.