LeVar Thomas
Hotel d’Angleterre is Copenhagen grand hotel in the full sense: a five star superior property that has stood on Kongens Nytorv, the King New Square, since the 18th century, with a Michelin starred restaurant, a Champagne bar, a pastry shop and one of the very few indoor hotel pools in central Copenhagen. It suits travellers who want the classic European grand hotel experience done to a Danish standard, celebrations, anniversaries, first visits that are also special occasions, and it does not pretend to be a boutique hideaway or a budget base. This guide explains the hotel position, rooms and dining, and who should book it, with details checked on 13 November 2026 against the hotel own site, dangleterre.com.
Quick Facts
- Address: Kongens Nytorv 34, 1050 Copenhagen, on the city largest central square, beside the Kongens Nytorv metro station serving all four metro lines.
- Founded: 1755, by Jean Marchal and Maria Coppy; the hotel describes itself as having graced Kongens Nytorv for over 270 years, and it closed from 2011 to 2013 for a complete renovation.
- Rooms: 92 rooms and suites in total, in eight published categories from Superior Guest Room to the Royal Suite, each individually styled.
- Dining: Marchal, the Michelin starred restaurant serving Nordic cuisine with French flair; Balthazar, the Champagne bar; and Maison, the hotel pastry shop.
- Wellness: The Amazing Space spa, with a 12 metre indoor pool, sauna and steam room; the pool opens Monday to Friday 7:00 to 21:00 and Saturday to Sunday 8:00 to 19:00.
- Rates: The hotel sells rates dynamically on its own site and does not publish a fixed tariff; check your dates direct, and expect five star superior pricing.
Where Exactly Does the Hotel Stand, and Why Does It Matter?
Kongens Nytorv is the hinge of central Copenhagen, and the d’Angleterre owns its prime position on it. The white neoclassical facade faces the square; Nyhavn, the coloured harbour canal, begins a two minute walk away at the square eastern corner; Strøget, the pedestrian shopping street, leaves from its western side; and the Royal Danish Theatre sits across the square. The Kongens Nytorv metro station, directly by the hotel, serves all four of the city metro lines, which puts the airport run and every neighbourhood in the city within one simple ride. For a first visit, this is the most connected address in Copenhagen, and it is also the most ceremonial: the hotel facade, lit and flag flying, is part of how the square itself looks in every photograph.
The history is the other half of the position. The hotel traces itself to 1755, when Jean Marchal, a French servant, and Maria Coppy, the daughter of the Danish royal chef, opened a restaurant together; the Marchal name survives in the hotel restaurant today. The present building is a 19th century neoclassical palace in form, and the hotel closed completely from 2011 to 2013 for the most ambitious renovation in its history, rebuilding the interiors behind the facade. What guests meet now is therefore a layered thing: a genuinely old institution, a protected historic shell, and interiors that are barely a decade old.
What Are the Rooms and Suites Actually Like?
The hotel publishes eight room and suite categories, and the honest way to read them is as a ladder of space. At the base, Superior Guest Rooms are composed for a solo traveller or a couple and are the cosiest in the house; Deluxe Guest Rooms add marble bathrooms and more room to unfold. The junior suites, Superior and Deluxe, weave seating areas into the room. The one bedroom suites, again Superior and Deluxe, separate the lounge from the bedroom properly, which is the point at which the hotel starts to suit longer stays and travellers who entertain. Above them, the d’Angleterre Suites are the house signature spaces, expansive and individually designed, and at the top the Royal Suite is the grandest address in the building, a light filled suite with privacy as its defining luxury.
Two practical points follow. First, no two rooms are identical; the hotel leans into individual styling, with details such as balconies, fireplaces and original art appearing in some rooms and not others, so a specific feature you care about should be requested by name at booking rather than assumed from the category. Second, the entry categories are grand hotel rooms, not large ones; travellers for whom floor space is the priority should book a Deluxe category or above and read the hotel own room descriptions carefully, because the ladder rewards the step up more than most hotels do. For a Scandinavian contrast in a much smaller key, see our guide to Ett Hem in Stockholm, the design hotel original that does intimacy where the d’Angleterre does ceremony.
What Should You Eat and Drink Without Leaving the Building?
Marchal is the headline: the hotel Michelin starred restaurant, where the hotel own description is Nordic cuisine meets French flair, a formula that honours both halves of the founding story, the Danish court kitchen and the French cook. It is the room for the celebration dinner, and the hotel also sells private dining in the Marchal Wine Room for groups who want the menu behind a closed door. Book Marchal when you book the room; a grand hotel restaurant of this standing fills with the city, not only with guests.
Balthazar is the second act: the hotel Champagne bar, stylish and deliberately seductive in the hotel own words, built for the after dinner glass and the private soirée rather than the long dinner. Maison d’Angleterre, the pastry shop, covers the third register, cakes and confections in the hotel signature pink box, and it is the address locals use without staying here. Taken together the three make the hotel a small food destination in itself, which matters in Copenhagen, a city that takes eating seriously at every level; our Copenhagen food guide maps the wider city circuit, from smørrebrød counters to the New Nordic flagships, for the days you eat out.
What Does the Amazing Space Spa Add?
More than grand hotels usually manage in a city centre. The spa is run under the Amazing Space concept and centres on the indoor pool, 12 metres long, heated and tranquil, with a sauna and steam room beside it, a combination that is genuinely rare in central Copenhagen hotels. The hotel publishes pool hours of Monday to Friday 7:00 to 21:00 and Saturday to Sunday 8:00 to 19:00, which makes an early swim before sightseeing a realistic part of a stay rather than a brochure promise. Treatments use the Amazing Space natural product line, and there is a fitness area for guests who train on the road. In a Copenhagen winter, when the light goes by mid afternoon, the pool level is where this hotel quietly beats every boutique rival in the city.
Who Does Hotel d’Angleterre Suit Best, and Who Should Book Elsewhere?
It suits travellers marking something: anniversaries, milestone birthdays, the once a decade Copenhagen trip, and business travellers whose work rewards a famous address and a private dining room. It suits first time visitors who want the whole classic city, Nyhavn, the theatre, the shopping streets, the metro web, arranged around their front door, and it suits winter travellers, for the pool, the spa and the hotel famous seasonal dressing of its facade and Palm Court. The Palm Court, the glass ceilinged hall at the hotel heart, and the Louis XVI ballroom make it the natural Copenhagen choice for weddings and gala events, which also means public spaces can be busy with celebrations on weekends.
It does not suit travellers who measure a hotel by square metres per krone, who prefer a neighbourhood to a monument, or who want Copenhagen at local pace; the city excellent smaller hotels in districts such as Vesterbro and Christianshavn serve those trips better and cheaper. It does not publish fixed rates, selling dynamically by date on its own site, so budget planning means checking your actual dates direct rather than trusting any third party headline figure. Booked with open eyes, on the right occasion, it remains what it has been for two and a half centuries: the address in Copenhagen.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many rooms does Hotel d’Angleterre have?
92 rooms and suites in total, across eight categories published on the hotel own site: Superior and Deluxe Guest Rooms, Superior and Deluxe Junior Suites, Superior and Deluxe One Bedroom Suites, the d’Angleterre Suites and the Royal Suite.
Does Hotel d’Angleterre have a Michelin starred restaurant?
Yes. Marchal, named for the hotel 1755 founder Jean Marchal, holds a Michelin star for its Nordic cuisine with French flair. The hotel also runs the Balthazar Champagne bar and the Maison pastry shop, so a full evening, dinner, Champagne and dessert to take away, can happen without leaving the building.
Does the hotel have a swimming pool?
Yes, a 12 metre heated indoor pool in the Amazing Space spa, with sauna and steam room. The hotel publishes pool hours of 7:00 to 21:00 Monday to Friday and 8:00 to 19:00 on Saturday and Sunday, checked on the hotel wellness page in November 2026.
How do you get to Hotel d’Angleterre from Copenhagen Airport?
By metro. The hotel stands beside Kongens Nytorv station, which serves all four Copenhagen metro lines including the airport line, so the journey is a single ride with no changes, followed by a walk of a minute or two across the square.
Details checked 13 November 2026 against the hotel own site, dangleterre.com, including its rooms, Marchal, Balthazar and Amazing Space wellness pages. The hotel sells rates dynamically and publishes no fixed tariff; check your dates on the official site.
