If you’re able to bike, you won’t find a better way to see the Danish capital, but for now, you’re going to rely on your peds. 
After breakfast, exit D’Angleterre and head to your right, at, oh, about 2 o’clock, where your first stop is the historic Royal Theatre. … One popular detour is to slip down the small alley, Pistolstraede, past small boutiques, interesting architecture and good restaurants, then along Ny Østergade and to the pastry shop, Kransekagehuset Summerbird, and Cafe Victor, both worthy of a few minutes inside. 
Kransekagehuset serves up some of Denmark’s most popular pastries and chocolates, including the traditional Danish kransekage, the “almond ring cake,” a tradition during weddings and other celebrations.
Throw back the sheets, slide into your bathrobe and slippers, and pull back the curtains. From your suite, you see that the sun is shining on Kongens Nytorv and colorful Nyhavn. You can’t wait to get outside.
Now go back to bed: It’s 4 a.m.
What were you thinking? How could you have known? During the summer, it gets bright early here in Copenhagen, which is situated at the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska.
At 7 a.m., you give up the struggle to sleep. Outside, summer is full on. Head downstairs for a hearty breakfast at D’Angelterre’s Restaurant. Be sure to ask for a table by the window, so that you can admire bustling Kongens Nytorv across the street.
After all, every Dane loves a good dog, so not only will you be doing something quintessentially Danish, but on your quest for the perfect hot dog, you also will visit the key attractions in the Danish capital. Following my advice, you’re going to get a taste of Copenhagen — and a hot dog — that you’re not likely to soon forget. v Your quest begins at the time-honored D’Angleterre, one of the world’s oldest hotels, situated in the heart of Copenhagen.
If you truly want to experience Copenhagen, skip the Danish and go for the hot dog.
After all, every Dane loves a good dog, so not only will you be doing something quintessentially Danish, but on your quest for the perfect hot dog, you also will visit the key attractions in the Danish capital.
Following my advice, you’re going to get a taste of Copenhagen — and a hot dog — that you’re not likely to soon forget.
Download a PDF version, optimized for printing, by clicking the image or Copenhagen Hotel Guide. The hotels in this guide span quite a range, not only in rates and location but also in character. Sample summer 2009 rates run from $158 per night for two people, with breakfast included, to $665 per night (don’t balk at [...]
Recommendations of Copenhagen Hotels
Download a PDF version, optimized for printing, by clicking the image or Copenhagen Hotel Guide.
The hotels in this guide span quite a range, not only in rates and location but also in character. Sample summer 2009 rates run from $158 per night for two people, with breakfast included, to $665 per night (don’t balk at the rate until you’ve read the review.)
All but two of the hotels are located in the heart of Copenhagen. Skovshoved, situated in a charming fishing village a four miles north of the Danish capital, is a lovely 22-room hotel with an award-winning restaurant, bar and a local pub next door (grab a beer and a Gammel Dansk and chat up the locals).
Also outside the heart of the city is the Hilton Copenhagen Airport, an excellent choice for those who want to “sleep in” before their flights home.
The other eight city-center hotels each have characters of their own.
Editor’s Choice: Copenhagen’s Grandest Hotel Facts: A landmark building overlooking the lovely Kongens Nytorv (King’s New Square) in the heart of Copenhagen, Hotel D’Angleterre is the Danish capital’s grandest hotel, providing traditional, luxury lodging with personalized service.
Editor’s Choice: Copenhagen’s Grandest Hotel
Facts: A landmark building overlooking the lovely Kongens Nytorv (King’s New Square) in the heart of Copenhagen, Hotel D’Angleterre is the Danish capital’s grandest hotel, providing traditional, luxury lodging with personalized service.
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