Admiral Hotel (Copenhagen)

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Copenhagen Admiral Hotel

Copenhagen Admiral Hotel is a hotel in central Copenhagen, Denmark, on the waterfront between Nyhavn and Amalienborg Palace. The building began life as two separate warehouses built in 1781–1787 for a trading company. They were taken over by the Crown in 1788 and used as grain stores. The two buildings were joined in 1885, creating the long block that could hold up to 30,000 barrels of grain.

In 1973 private investors bought the property to turn it into a hotel. Architects Flemming Hertz and Ole Ramsgaard Thomsen redesigned the building, and the project earned a Europa Nostra diploma. The hotel opened on 15 January 1978 and was refurbished in 2004. The main entrance is on Toldbodgade.

Today the hotel has 366 rooms, conference facilities, and SALT restaurant & bar, designed by Conran & Partners. It is surrounded by the Royal Playhouse and Sankt Annæ Plads to the south, Amalienborg to the west, and Amalie Garden to the north.