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Stay by area: our top hotel picks in Christianshavn, Copenhagen

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The curated list of best hotels in Christianshavn, Copenhagen

Christianshavn is Copenhagen’s island-within-the-city: 17th-century ramparts, Dutch-inspired canals and man-made islets laid out by Christian IV give it a distinctly maritime cadence. Masts line the quays, houseboats and ateliers cluster by old warehouses and the baroque corkscrew of Our Saviour’s Church pierces the skyline. New footbridges stitch it tight to the centre – Inderhavnsbroen to Nyhavn, Cirkelbroen across the canal – while Holmen’s former naval base now hums with architecture, design and film schools. Morning harbour dips, coffee on the steps, galleries by lunch: this is modern Denmark in microcosm, historic yet forward-leaning.

Overview: Christianshavn’s top hotels

01 25 Hours Hotel Paper Island

02 Vipp Pencil Case

03 Kanalhuset

Top photography courtesy of Martin Heiberg and Visit Denmark

25 Hours Hotel Paper Island

A short stroll from Nyhavn, 25 Hours Hotel Paper Island lands with swagger on Copenhagen’s waterfront precinct. The 2024 development reimagines a former paper depot and street-food hangar as a lively mix of homes, shops and this scene-stealing stay. Architecture firm Cobe riffs on Christianshavn and Holmen’s warehouses with slanted profiles and Petersen Tegl bricks whose coal-fired roughness catches the changing light. Inside, Stylt Trampoli goes maximal: vintage globes, oddball sculptures and flea-market treasures turn the lounge into a cosy cabinet of curiosities where mismatched sofas somehow make sense. Industrial bones meet creative mischief, the mood playful rather than precious. It feels unmistakably local, cleverly future-facing and made for spontaneous sociable city breaks.

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25 Hours Hotel Paper Island
Papirøen 25
Copenhagen
Denmark

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Photography courtesy of 25 Hours Hotel Paper Island

Vipp Pencil Case

On Copenhagen’s Islands Brygge, Vipp Pencil Case turns a Bauhaus-inspired pencil factory – birthplace of the yellow Viking graphite since 1914 – into a one-bedroom hideout with design-school swagger. It doubles as a live-in showroom: Julie Cloos Mølsgaard threads a warm grey V1 kitchen, oak-and-Jura-stone Cabin table and crisp Vipp lighting through a 90-square-metre open plan of Dinesen timber, Kvadrat textiles and discreet B&O notes. Art punctuates the calm: Karl Monies’ playful vessels, figurative works by Thomas Juul-Jensen and Cathrine Raben Davidsen and Cecilie Vår Norsahl’s pared-back plaster. Next door, Vipp’s 400-square-metre supper club hosts star chefs for one-night feasts around a 26-seat table.

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Vipp Pencil Case
Sturlasgade 12G
Copenhagen
Denmark

Photography courtesy of Vipp Pencil Case

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Kanalhuset

Along Christianshavn’s canal, a 1754 merchant’s house becomes Kanalhuset, part hotel, part neighbourhood clubhouse. Cobblestones outside, tall masts in view; inside, 12 snug rooms and 14 liveable apartments orbit a bar and dining room that sets the tone for conviviality. At 7pm everyone sits together for a seasonal set supper – neighbours, residents, the curious – a Copenhagen ritual rather than a mere hotel meal. Mornings can start with a dip in the harbour and coffee, sometimes a song. Yoga, runs, crochet circles keep the programme pleasantly homespun. Steps from the metro and a stroll from theatres and palaces, this is a sociable base with old bones and fresh energy.