This was once the archive of Denmark’s radio at Iceland brygge. When the archive moved out, the 25,900 sq m building stood empty for a while before a group of artists and musicians moved in and created studios and a nightclub. Today, you can feel at home in a Copenhagen design apartment hotel.
This design hotel is found in Copenhagen’s harbor area, 2.5 km from central Copenhagen. It offers a large rooftop terrace with panoramic views, free Wi-Fi and gym access, and spacious apartments with balconies. STAY Copenhagen is a converted industry building from the mid 1900s and features Scandinavian minimalist design. Why stay in a small hotel room when you can have a spacious, serviced apartment or loft for the same price?
Originally, it was intended to be an apartment building, but when the developer finally started the process in 2006, there was no longer a market for it in Copenhagen.
Stay is now an apartment design hotel located on the Island Brygge, a fast developing residential area, just a five minutes’ drive from the center of Copenhagen. And a stone’s throw from the buzzy meat packing district.
The smallest apartment is 70 square meters, the largest 180, and you can rent from one day to three years. Most have balconies or terraces, and all are furnished by the Danish design company Hay.
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The bright apartments have a fully equipped kitchen, washing machine and dryer, and flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Located on the 7th floor, the SKY Lounge is a popular meeting place for evening cocktails or a glass of wine.
Although all the rooms have a kitchen, guests are served free breakfast downstairs or can meet in the evening in the lounge upstairs while having a glass of wine with amazing views over Copenhagen.
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Photo: David de Vleeschauwer/Stay Copenhagen
In a way, it works like a regular hotel where you pick up your key at reception. At the same time, it is more like home. There is a laundry room in the basement, glasses in the cupboards and cutlery in the drawers. The idea is that you should be able to move right in.
Guests wishing to explore the surroundings can rent a bicycle in the reception or take a relaxing walk in the Amager Fælled Nature Reserve, only 200 meters away. STAY Copenhagen is within 10 minutes’ walk of Dybbølsbro Station. Free indoor parking is available on site.
You can still find traces of this creative past in some of the apartments in the form of writing on the concrete walls or small splashes of color in the black & white interiors.
Room prices start at approximately 120 euro for an apartment, breakfast for two included.
Feel at Home in a Copenhagen Design Apartment Hotel, written by Tor Kjolberg