About Us

Be welcomed and spoiled at the hotel with friendly traditions and an international beat in the heart of Copenhagen.

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Central location

  • Åboulevard – within walking distance of Forum, City Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen), Tivoli and Strøget.
  • Only two metro stations from Langelinie and Nyhavn

Transport

  • Avenue bikes for rent, also bikes for Avenue kids
  • Secured car park at the hotel
  • Metro station, Forum, just round the corner directly to the airport
  • Bus 250S outside the front door with route to Central Station, City Hall Square

68 rooms

  • Generous standard rooms
  • Family rooms with 4 beds and ample room for all to play and relax. Altogether a children-friendly hotel, where the children will not get lost when they go down to play in the sandpit by the patio
  • All rooms with bathroom, hairdryer, ‘Smart TV‘, fridge and complimentary internet access
  • All beds 210 cm long, allergy friendly beddings
  • A+ rooms with more space, comfort and cold drinks in the fridge
  • Meeting facilities for up to 50 persons

Rates

  • Single room from DKK 1100,-/1200,-
  • Double room from DKK 1300,-/1400,-
  • A+ room from DKK 1400,-/1700,-
  • Family room fromDKK 1800,-/1900,-

See our website for Avenue experiences.
All prices include buffet breakfast, WLAN, service and 25 % VAT.

Patio

  • Our secluded patio is unique for Copenhagen, with its wooden deck and awnings where guests can enjoy breakfast or a cooling refreshment in the summer and hot glögg in the cold Scandinavian winter months
  • Sandpit and toys for the children
  • IT Shop with document secured kiosk PCs and printer, high security WLAN log on with credit card or access card that can be purchased at the reception

Lounge

  • Menu with light, homemade dishes – tempting wine card with overseas wines, served per glass and in carafes – draught beer – cocktails
  • Bar open from 12 to 24

Breakfast restaurant

  • Serves buffet breakfast with fresh, home-baked breads and homemade müesli
  • Open between 6:45 am and 10:00 am and to 10.30 am in weekends

Avenue Events

  • Fashion fair events during CFF weeks (twice yearly)
  • Yellow Lounge

Avenue Shop

  • BestLite lamps, Missoni bedspreads and plaids, selection from Day Home Collection
  • Bathrobes from Karmameju, books, items from Design-by-us
  • Personal care items

Facts

Svanegaarden, the building that now houses the Avenue Hotel, was built in 1898, designed by the architect Emil Blichfeldt, who is known as the father of the famous main entrance to the Tivoli Gardens etc. Svanegaarden was an ultra modern building with electricity, a lift, central heating and bathrooms in all flats – this was far from commonplace at that time. There has been a hotel in the building since 1939, Hotel Petit – a residential hotel – was owned by Lilian Lorentzen The hotel changed name to Frederiksberg Hotel in 1947 and continued to operate under several owners until 1972. In 1972 Svend Aage Geschwendtner and Fredy Svendsen bought the building from the Bikuben Savings Bank, who had owned it from 1905, and renamed it Avenue Hotel.

In 2004 Mai Kappenberger, Fredy Svendsen’s granddaughter, took over directorship and the daily operation of the Avenue Hotel, bringing it into the 21st century. Starting with total renovation and refurbishing, introduction of WLAN and new, state of the art design overall, nevertheless maintaining the friendly, relaxed atmosphere of times gone by – making the Avenue Hotel one of the most attractive hotels in Copenhagen.

The boulevard, where the Avenue Hotel is located, is built on top of a stream, hence the name Åboulevard (å = stream). This stream was part of a manmade watercourse-system that dates back to the late middle ages. There is not much on record about its history until Christian IV commissioned the building of a fortified farm in 1620. This was a huge, many storied building with 500 cattle on the ground floor. The buildings were destroyed the first of many times under the Swedish siege in 1658-59 and were handed over to the Municipality of Copenhagen in 1768, who used the buildings as a poorhouse, lunatic asylum, and forced labour camp for drunks, beggars and vagabonds until it was demolished in 1908. During this period more and more houses were built on the surrounding farming land and by 1857, when it became a part of Frederiksberg, it had the character of a town. In the 1880s these houses gave way to tenements, many of which still stand today, on both sides of the stream. In 1887 work was started to cover the stream and build the broad boulevard of today.