Q: What is it? A: Famed for its exterior design. Popular as a hang-out by locals. Which normally is a good sign for a hotel but here more soundproofing is needed. It’s well designed but not really a design hotel. Some hotels are trying to be too special and I must admit that I am [...]
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Nimb, Copenhagen, Denmark *****
Posted in Denmark, Europe, Hotel, Top rated, Top rated accommodation on Dec 5th, 2008
Q: What is it? A: Hands down, the best small hotel in Scandinavia, that’s what it is. Is there a hotel on the inside? From the outside it doesn’t exactly look like the quintessential hotel. First of all, it’s located in the Tivoli amusement park of Copenhagen. And the building from 1909 has a rather… [...]
They called it the punch card tower. It was the first skyscraper in Denmark and the sign of things to come. The exterior, as well as everything inside, was designed by Arne Jacobsen. I honestly don’t think that Jacobsen would have approved the funky light installation above the bed. The lobby will give you a [...]
You will still use a door to enter the place that refers to iself as ”the world’s most exciting and creative lifestyle hotel”. It they didn’t try so gosh darn hard to be special, it would sound like a rather nice idea. The idea is pretty interesting: In April 2005 this hotel opened as a [...]
The front entrance at the Front. Or Scandic Front Hotel as it’s nowadays called. An apple a day… The folks at the Front cares about your well-being. The location should be pretty OK during the warmer months of the year, (this was January). Prepare to get conceptualized. Arriving at the Front Hotel means that you [...]