Hotel Review Copenhagen: Danhostel Copenhagen City Travel

THE BASICS

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Opened in 2005, the 16-story, 1,020-bed Danhostel Copenhagen City trumpets itself as "Europe's biggest city hostel" and as a "five-star hostel."

It's a curious boast. Like "gourmet fast-food" or "luxury trailer park," "five-star hostel" sounds like an oxymoron plucked from The Onion.

Then again, in a country that has elevated stereo speakers and sugar bowls into futuristic art forms (thanks to Bang & Olufsen and Georg Jensen), a style-conscious youth hostel seems almost plausible. And in a superpricey place like Copenhagen, any new, affordable place to stay automatically warrants attention.

THE LOCATION

Very practical. On the edge of the Copenhagen city center, the Danhostel is less than five minutes' walk from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek art museum, the Tivoli amusement park and the Danish Design Center. It's also less than 10 minutes from Central Station.

THE ROOMS

My room, 706, was a four-person room that I had booked as a single. "Spartan" is too extravagant an adjective. A barren white box with a blond wood floor, the small space held a hard foam double bed and two bunk beds that folded down from the wall. It felt like a prison cell designed by Ikea. There was no TV, no phone, no closet and not even a freestanding lamp. The room's marquee feature was its view, which looked out over Copenhagen.

THE BATHROOMS

Remember dorm life? You will when you force your way into those closets. The toilet and stand-up shower, more a shower head bolted to the wall, were at least very clean. Soap and shampoo are not provided.

ROOM SERVICE

None. In fact, there's not even housekeeping service. As is customary in hostels, guests have to rent sheets and a towel (60 kroner, about .60 at 5.19 kroner to the dollar per set). A broom and dustpan in the corner are all that stand between you and the day-by-day accumulation of dirt.

AMENITIES

The sleek lobby contains a pleasant cafe-restaurant outfitted with furniture by GUBI, a hip Danish design firm. During my stay, it was often abuzz with Japanese hipsters, Bulgarian students, British weekending 20-somethings and Danish families. The menu contains everything from coffee (15 kroner) and Carlsberg beer (22 kroner) to baked Norwegian salmon (90 kroner) and beef carpaccio with Parmesan cheese (80 kroner).

The basement contains a television lounge (more GUBI chairs) and a computer area with six Internet-equipped PCs (29 kroner per hour).

THE BOTTOM LINE

Five-star hostel? Maybe. Put up against bona fide hotels, however, the Danhostel City probably ranks around two stars.

At 520 kroner, about 0, in low season, and up to 800 kroner, or 4, in high season, for a room that can be used by one to four people, the Danhostel isn't especially cheap by international standards. (A Hosteling International Card costs 160 kroner; without it, guests are charged 35 kroner more a night.)

If you are a lone traveler and a stickler for daily linen changes, an included breakfast and more creature comforts, you can shell out about 100 to 200 more kroner for one of the budget hotels behind Central Station. Otherwise, you probably can't do any better than the Danhostel for the same price. And if you share a room with family members or friends, the Danhostel almost becomes a bargain.

Danhostel Copenhagen City, 50 H.C. Andersens Boulevard; (45-33) 11-85-85; www.danhostel.dk.

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