1 Hotel Copenhagen

1 Hotel Copenhagen

At Krystalgade 22, in Copenhagen's Latin Quarter, a seven-floor building from 2004 now runs as 1 Hotel Copenhagen, part of Nordic Choice Hotels and sustainability certified, with 268 rooms a short walk from the Round Tower, Nørreport and the Strøget shopping streets. Every room carries a filtered water bottle-fill station and low-flow fixtures, and outdoor spaces run on drip irrigation, details that separate this address from the design hotels nearby that stop at recycled soap. Dogs are welcome for a flat fee rather than a lecture, and the PÆRE dining room turns out breakfast with gluten-free and vegetarian options alongside the standard buffet. A traveller here for the spa, sauna and massage room, or for the gym and fitness facilities, will find them without leaving the building, and a business centre with a conference hall and meeting rooms covers anyone folding in a work trip. Families with a toddler get a genuine break, since children two and younger stay free in the existing bedding, though anyone needing real space should look past the Alcove rooms, which run just 205 square feet with a double bed and not much else; the Skyline rooms with balconies, at 258 square feet, are the better bet. Parking costs 500 DKK a day and a 1,000 DKK breakage deposit applies per room per night, so this is not the hotel for a traveller counting kroner. What it does have, in a city thick with design hotels, is a working sustainability program built into the plumbing, not just the marketing. 1 Hotel Copenhagen sits in the Latin Quarter with 268 rooms, a spa, and rooms fitted with bottle-fill water stations rather than plastic. Dogs stay for a flat fee, children two and younger stay free, and the smallest rooms run a tight 205 square feet.