Danhostel Copenhagen City
The Danhostel Copenhagen City is a hostel situated next to Langebro Brige in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the largest European hostels,[3] the biggest in a metropolitan area.[1]
| Danhostel Copenhagen City | |
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 Danhostel from the harbour | |
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| General information | |
| Location | H.C. Andersens Boulevard 50, Copenhagen, Denmark[1] |
| Opening | 1955 |
| Renovated | 1995, 2004 |
| Management | Danhostel |
| Height | 56[2] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 18[2] |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 192 |
| Website | |
| Official hotel website | |
History
The building was originally called Hotel Europa. It was the first high-rise tower in Copenhagen and was originally intended to be coupled with a never-built tower on the other side of the bridge. It was the tallest building of Denmark from 1955 to 1958, when it was surpassed by the Falkoner Center.[2] The building was later renovated and in 2004 was re-opened as a hostel.[4]
Its interior furniture was designed by the Danish firm Gubi recalling with its colors Denmark's traditional housing style.[3]
Facilities
The hostel has 1020 beds in dormitories or smaller rooms.[1] Its basement hosts kitchen facilities while in the ground floor is located an Internet café.[5]
Cultural references
Two gangsters are having a conversation on the roof of what was then called Hotel Europa at 0:59:52 in the 1969 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang in a Fix.[6]
See also
References
- Danhostel Copenhagen City , web-page on www.visitdenmark.co.uk
- DANHOSTEL Copenhagen City, page on www.emporis.com (accessed on 21-12-2015)
- Danhostel Copenhagen City , Catherine Lazure-Guinard, article of June 29, 2012 on nordicdesign.ca.
- Time Out Copenhagen 6th edition, Time Out Guides Ltd Random House, 2014, see Google books
- Danhostel Copenhagen City , web-page on www.viamichelin.it
- "Film 2 Olsenbanden på spanden Die Olsenbande in der Klemme". olsenbande-homepage.de (in German). Retrieved 2014-05-29.