Skodsborg Spa Hotel

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Skodsborg Spa Hotel, known in Danish as Kurhotel Skodsborg (formerly Skodsborg Kurbad), is a hotel and health resort on the Strandvejen coast, about 15 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2016 it was named Best Luxury Wellness Spa in Europe by the World Luxury Hotel Awards.

Its roots go back to Skodsborg Sanitarium, founded by doctor Carl Ottosen and the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1898. Ottosen had earlier run Frydenstrand Sanitarium in Frederikshavn. In 1897 he bought two buildings in Skodsborg that had once been a royal summer retreat. The sanitarium opened in 1889 and was later expanded in 1907 with a new main building after acquiring Villa Rex. It became known as Den Hvide By (The White Town) or Parsley Palace because of its vegetarian diet. It trained chefs and physiotherapists, and Kellogg visited in 1926. In 1910 it hosted the eighth International Socialist Congress with Rosa Luxemburg in attendance. The Adventist Church sold Skodsborg Sanitarium to the Augustinus Foundation in 1992. The complex has since been restored and expanded by Henning Larsen Architects.

Countess Danner's Mansion is a two-storey, 13-bay wing south of the main building. The current structure dates from 1952, built on older buildings from 1800 and enlarged in the 1950s. Villa Rex dates from 1858 and has a tower added in 1880; both buildings are listed.

The Lobby serves as a lounge, restaurant and cocktail bar, offering New Nordic cuisine. The head chef is Philip Scheel Grønkjær. The modern extension houses a large pool area, a gym, a yoga hall and test rooms. In the surrounding park is a grotto built in 1853 by Frederick VII, made of travertine and flint with decorative stones, and a winding staircase offers views over Skodsborg and the Øresund.