Guide for the Few

Copenhagen

A small capital that works best on foot and by water. The hotels that matter are few and close together, the best tables are booked months ahead, and much of what is worth seeing opens earlier or later for anyone who asks the right person.

30 recommendations in six sections.

Living room window facing the park

Stay

The best hotel suites in Copenhagen

The room, not the hotel: in each hotel that matters, the suite to ask for.

  • Sanders Residence

    A three-bedroom apartment for six, serviced by Hotel Sanders, in a building from 1801 on the corner of the King's Garden.

  • The Executive Suite at Nimb

    A 133 m² suite with a private terrace over Tivoli Gardens, two bathrooms and a walk-in closet, in a 38-room hotel on the gardens.

  • The Penthouse Suite at Nobis

    One of two 98 m² suites on two levels under the roof of Nobis Hotel, with the lift opening straight into the suite; taken together they make a 240 m² floor.

  • The Royal Suite at d'Angleterre

    The top suite at Hotel d'Angleterre, 150 m² on the first floor with a balcony over Kongens Nytorv, and up to 400 m² when joined with the rest of that floor.

  • The Shamballa Master Suite at Villa Copenhagen

    The largest of six suites at Villa Copenhagen, up to 129 m² with up to two bedrooms and two bathrooms, in the 1912 head office of the Central Post and Telegraph beside Central Station.

Dine

Private dining rooms in Copenhagen

The table and the room: private rooms, chef's counters, and whom to ask.

  • The Inspiration Kitchen at Geranium

    Geranium's private dining room on the 8th floor over Fælledparken, with an open kitchen and wine cellar, seating up to 16 for the restaurant's full menu.

  • The private dining room at AOC

    A private room for 10 to 16 behind glass doors at the far end of AOC's dining room, in the 17th-century vaulted cellars of Moltkes Palæ.

  • The private dining room at Kong Hans Kælder

    A private party seated apart from the dining room at Kong Hans Kælder, the two-star restaurant in the cellar of Kong Hans' Vingård, with a menu composed by head chef Mark Lundgaard.

  • Jordnær

    Tina and Eric Kragh Vildgaard's seafood restaurant at Gentofte Hotel, north of the city, with three Michelin stars and a single tasting menu of 18 servings.

  • Kadeau Copenhagen

    The Christianshavn restaurant of the Bornholm-born Kadeau team, with three Michelin stars and one seasonal menu of around 15 servings built on the island's produce.

Arrive

Arriving in Copenhagen by private jet or commercial flight

Getting in and out without a queue: by private jet, on a commercial flight, by car or by water.

  • Meet and Assist Arrival at Copenhagen Airport

    Copenhagen Airport's own service on any airline: met at the aircraft gate by name and escorted through passport control to the car; on the way out, a private room in the Royal Lounge and a car to the aircraft.

  • The private jet terminal at Roskilde Airport

    Copenhagen's second airport, open around the clock and used mostly by business, taxi and training flights, where the airport's own handling team walks the party from the car outside to the aircraft in a couple of minutes.

  • The tarmac arrival with ASE Handling at Kastrup

    A private jet arrival at Copenhagen Airport in which the passengers' own car drives onto the apron to the aircraft door and out again, with security, customs and passport control done at the aircraft.

  • The tarmac pickup with DL Limousine

    A chauffeured Mercedes that waits on the ramp beside a private jet at Kastrup, Roskilde or Billund, its driver cleared through security with the handling agent before the aircraft lands.

  • The yacht berth at Amaliehaven

    A reservable quay berth in Copenhagen's inner harbour at Larsens Plads, for yachts longer than 25 metres, with shore power and water.

Access

Private tours in Copenhagen

What is not on the public calendar: before opening, after closing, by appointment.

Care

Private doctors and discreet services in Copenhagen

Discreet services on short notice.

  • The hotel house call from Privatlægen

    A private doctor who comes to your hotel room in Copenhagen, every day from 8 am to midnight, bringing common medicines and taking blood samples on the spot.

  • The close protection detail from SECCON

    A Danish close protection team, English-speaking, that checks the hotel room and car for bugs and trackers before you land and stays with you through the visit.

  • The meeting interpreter from Interpreters.dk

    A trained conference interpreter for a meeting, negotiation or interview in Copenhagen, chosen and sent by an agency run by an AIIC member.

  • The bespoke suit from Rosenløwe

    A bespoke suit, jacket or shirt cut and sewn by hand in the English manner by Gisle Rosenløwe in his workshop on Heinesgade, by appointment.

  • The hotel babysitter from The Nanny Agency

    A background-checked, first-aid-trained nanny who comes to your hotel room in Copenhagen for an evening, a full day or a few days, speaking Danish, English, German, Italian or Spanish.

Around

Day trips from Copenhagen

A day outside the city: the coast to the north, castles, the water.

  • Louisiana for Two

    A 45-minute private tour for two people with one of Louisiana's art educators, in the museum of modern art on the Sound 35 km north of Copenhagen.

  • The curator's tour of Frederiksborg Castle

    A one-hour tour of Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød led by one of the museum's own curators, which can be joined to a private concert on the 1610 Compenius organ in the castle church.

  • The gourmet menu in a salon at Dragsholm Slot

    The Michelin-starred menu of Dragsholm Slot Gourmet, served at a private table in one of the salons of an 800-year-old castle an hour from Copenhagen.

  • The Secrets of Kronborg tour after hours

    A private tour of up to 60 minutes, booked outside opening hours, through the stairs, cellars and attics of Kronborg that stay shut to day visitors, in the UNESCO World Heritage castle at Helsingør.

  • The Viking warship Helge Ask on Roskilde Fjord

    A two-hour private sail for up to 20 people on Helge Ask, the Viking Ship Museum's reconstruction of a small longship, rowed and sailed by the party under the museum's instructors on Roskilde Fjord.