Absalon Hotel

Stayed here for 3 nights, Thurs - Sun. An easy few minutes walk from Central Station. Check-in was quick & efficient. Staff all friendly and welcoming. Rooms were clean and well equipped. Hairdryer, mirror & toiletries in bathroom. Tea/coffee making facilities on desk/dressing table. Beds we felt, were a bit on the small side. You can for go cleaning if room for various incentives - bike hire or voucher towards drinks. Breakfast was plentiful, variety of cereals, yoghurt, fruit, breads, pastries, cold meats, cheese, boiled & scrambled eggs, sausages, pancakes, jams, Nutella. A selection of teas, coffee, apple, orange juice and water. There is a bar in the hotel (this is where breakfast is served) a beer & Aperol spritz cost around £19.00. There are no other food options other than breakfast. We ate nearby at Jensens steak restaurant and SSAM Korean restaurant. Apropos was a nice bar couple of minutes from hotel. Further along this street on the other side was the Meatpacking district. We wandered around on Sunday morning, there was quite a few people having coffees and breakfast here. I don’t know what it would be like of an evening? This other side of the hotel felt a bit rougher to us. There are a few gentleman’s clubs & ladies of the night hanging about on the hotel corner and a few blocks beyond. The Tivoli foodhall has lots of options too. There were quite a few food outlets in the station including a McDonald’s, 7 Eleven, Max & Subway. The Scottish, Irish & English bars had various drinks offers on. Everything is within walking distance of the hotel albeit it may take about 45-60 mins to Nyhavn depending on your pace. The metro is an alternative to getting around and cost c£5 for a day pass. We took the train to Malmo and spent an afternoon there. It was direct from Central and took around 40 mins. Fare was c£23 return per person. We also took a canal cruise from Nyhavn it was 60DKR each from the vendor across from H.C. Anderson house whereas the other vendor as you go down steps to the waters behind the anchor wanted more than double this. We were just a bit early for all the Christmas markets as they were just setting up for this weekend coming (14 Nov) we did manage to wander through 2 of them but I found it very expensive. Paper plate of salmon, 6 small Baby potatoes £24. Decorations were expensive too. We enjoyed our trip. I would recommend it, but be prepared (we were) before you go, of the cost of things then it won’t seem so bad. It made Edinburgh Xmas markets seem cheap!