Fodor's Expert Review DGI-byens Hotel

Great for kids because of the attached state-of-the-art recreation center, the DGI-byens Hotel was due a timely, full renovation in early-mid-2018. Its aesthetic has always been bright minimalism and this is unlikely to change as the hotel gets spruced up, and the hotel's key selling points - a buffet breakfast included in all room rates, plus a bowling alley, climbing wall, shooting range, swimming pool and spa steps away - will be retained.

Bowling is free with your hotel stay.

room

Rooms are currently clean and basic, with some Danish design touches. Guests have complained they are looking a little tired - so hopefully the renovation will deal with this.

YOU SHOULD KNOW Some of the rooms can be noisy as trains rumble past on their way to the nearby main train station. Ask for an even numbered room if this will bother you, as these face in the other direction.

bathroom

Bathrooms, too, should be included in the update, as they have been looking a little tired and in need of better ventilation.

lobby

The lobby is more of a reception desk right at the back of the main recreation center than a lobby per se - the hotel does have its own entrance too but following the arrows on the floor of the leisure center, past the pool and other facilities, is a fun approach for kids (and warmer in winter, particularly if you are coming from the town center or the station).

pool

The pool is great, as you would expect from a recreation center: a large 100m in diameter ellipse-shaped pool; climbing and diving pools, with boards and trampolines; a spa; a children's pool iwth a fountain, and even a baby pool.

spa

A great full-service sauna gives the full Scandinavian experience, including encouragement to go from very hot to very cold temperatures quickly for the health benefits. Massages and treatments are also available.

gym

Lots of options for fitness here: from bootcamps for the kids to ping pong, badminton courts to football, and a small gym.

dining

The hotel's restaurant, Vestauranten, is in a separate building that was once a cowshed. Breakfast is a reasonable spread and the restaurant is available for banquets and a la carte dining in the evenings too.

drinking

There's no bar, but you are close to the delights of the trendy meatpacking district.