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Overlooking Rådhuspladsen, this old-fashioned Victorian hotel is currently undergoing major renovation. By 2007, its traditional English-style decor will be blended with a fresh, modern design.

Olden day grandeur meets modern luxury at this 250-year-old hotel. It has a plush palm court, banquet rooms, a spa and a great restaurant serving international cuisine.

Built in 1913, this hotel has spacious rooms and traditional decor. The Library Bar, full of 18th-century books, is one of the best bars in the city.

This modern, child-friendly boutique hotel offers rooms of various sizes. Each room has been individually decorated and enhanced with attractive artwork.

One of Copenhagen’s coolest 5-star hotels, every room is delightfully decorated with orchids and abstract art and the bathrooms are luxurious. It has a lively glass-roofed atrium featuring international DJs, as well as a popular cocktail bar.

Part of the Guldsmeden group, this former budget hotel is set to open in 2007. Plans are on to equip it with a wellness centre and pool.

This cosy 4-star hotel at the end of Nyhavn was once a warehouse built to store goods from ships on the harbour. The area is very peaceful and does not suffer from noisy tourists; few wander this far down the quayside. The restaurant offers a substantial breakfast.

Owned by the famous Arp-Hansen group, this comfortable 4-star hotel, just off Kongens Nytorv, is decorated in a French, Louis XIV style with contemporary colour and touch. Housed in a 17th-century building that originally belonged to an aristocratic family called Von Plessen, the hotel has a restaurant and ‘English pub’-style bar.

This modern 3-star hotel opposite the Palace Hotel stands on the Town Hall square. It is replete with stylish pony-hair chairs placed at the entrance and groovy Arne Jacobsen chairs in the reception area. The rooms are comfortable and the breakfast on offer excellent.

A short walk down Vesterbrogade, this 4-star hotel is located in a lively city area. In the summer, you can sit in its pavement café and enjoy a spot of people-watching over coffee. The rooms are spacious and the decor traditional without being ornate. The hotel’s Restaurant Frascati is very good and serves some tasty Italian cuisine.