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9 picks in Denmark

Where to stay with kids in Denmark

We list areas and property types rather than single hotels: family-room availability changes constantly, and the area plus the room requirement is what survives contact with a booking engine.
Denmark with Kids: Where to Stay, Costs & When to Go

Family hotel picks in Denmark

  • Apartment in Vesterbro or Islands Brygge
    Vesterbro / Islands BryggeMid-range

    Apartment in Vesterbro or Islands Brygge

    A two-bedroom apartment in these districts costs less than two central hotel rooms and adds the two things that change the daily budget in an expensive city: a kitchen for breakfast and a washing machine. Both areas are a ten-minute ride or a short metro hop from the centre, with supermarkets on the street and a harbour bath on the Islands Brygge side.

    • Kitchen and washing machine
    • Metro or S-train within 10 minutes
    • Supermarkets on the doorstep
    • Cycle hire and cargo bikes nearby

    Fitting a family in

    Two-bedroom units in these blocks typically sleep four to five, often with a sofa bed in the living room rather than a third bedroom.

    Watch out. Many of the older apartment blocks are walk-ups with a small lift or none at all, which is a real problem with a pushchair on a fourth floor — check the floor and the lift before booking. The streets immediately behind the central station are noisy late and less pleasant after dark than the rest of the district.

  • Family room near Nørreport or the lakes
    Indre By / the lakesHigher-end

    Family room near Nørreport or the lakes

    Suits short stays where walking out of the door to the pleasure garden, the canals and the shopping street matters more than having a kitchen. The lakes edge is quieter than the harbourfront while still being inside walking distance of almost everything a first visit covers.

    • Walking distance to the central sights
    • Breakfast usually included, which is worth more than it sounds here
    • Metro and S-train interchange within a few minutes
    • Lifts standard in hotel buildings

    Fitting a family in

    Danish hotel doubles are often too small to take a third bed, so a designated family room, a room with a sofa bed, or two connecting rooms is the realistic configuration for four — and cots usually need reserving rather than requesting on arrival.

    Watch out. This is the most expensive accommodation in the country per night, and rooms are small for the price. Parking is charged separately and is rarely worth taking.

  • Aparthotel in Ørestad or on Amager
    Ørestad / AmagerMid-range

    Aparthotel in Ørestad or on Amager

    Larger, newer units at a lower nightly rate, on the metro line that runs to both the airport and the city centre, and close to the shallow beach park — which makes it a practical base for a trip that mixes sightseeing with beach afternoons, or for a family arriving late and leaving early.

    • Kitchen or kitchenette in most units
    • Direct metro to the centre and the airport
    • Beach park within a short ride
    • Step-free access and lifts throughout

    Fitting a family in

    Purpose-built aparthotel units in this area commonly sleep four to six, with a separate bedroom and a sofa bed.

    Watch out. The district is modern, spread out and very quiet in the evening, with limited street life and few restaurants within walking distance — most evening meals mean cooking in or riding back into the city.

  • Model buildings constructed from interlocking plastic bricks in a park
    Billund centreHigher-end

    Family room within walking distance of the park entrance

    The single thing that makes a park day work with young children is the ability to walk back for a rest and return on the same ticket. Hotels in the centre of Billund are minutes on foot from the park gate and the indoor experience centre, which also removes the daily car-parking charge.

    • Walking distance to the park entrance
    • Rooms built for four with bunk or loft beds
    • Breakfast typically included and early enough for a gate opening
    • Luggage storage on departure day

    Fitting a family in

    Billund rooms are unusually well set up for families, with four-berth configurations using bunks rather than a squeezed rollaway.

    Watch out. July rates here are the highest of the Danish year and the themed rooms carry a further premium. The town is very quiet after dinner, with few options beyond the hotel restaurants, and a two-night booking in peak season sometimes carries a minimum-stay condition.

  • Model buildings constructed from interlocking plastic bricks in a park
    Billund outskirts / holiday-village stripMid-range

    Holiday cabin or holiday-village unit outside the centre

    Cabins on the edge of town sleep a whole family with a kitchen, a washing machine and parking for less than a themed hotel room, and water-park access is often bundled into the booking — which covers the wet-day plan a Jutland summer eventually requires.

    • Kitchen and washing machine
    • Free parking at the door
    • Water-park access frequently included
    • Outdoor space for children between park days

    Fitting a family in

    Standard cabins sleep four to six across two bedrooms plus a sofa bed, with bunks in the smaller room.

    Watch out. Cabin lets usually charge bed linen, towels and an end clean on top of the nightly rate, and high-season bookings often start on a fixed weekday, which can force an extra night nobody needs. The walk into town is longer than the maps suggest along roads without pavements in places.

  • Apartment in Aarhus C or Frederiksbjerg
    Aarhus C / FrederiksbjergMid-range

    Apartment in Aarhus C or Frederiksbjerg

    Aarhus apartments cost meaningfully less than the Copenhagen equivalent and put a family within walking distance of the station, the centre and the open-air museum, with the bus to the forest and the beaches leaving from the same streets. A kitchen matters as much here as anywhere in Denmark.

    • Kitchen and washing machine
    • Walking distance to the station and the centre
    • Bus and light rail stops nearby
    • Supermarkets and playgrounds on the same streets

    Fitting a family in

    Two-bedroom flats in these districts sleep four to five, commonly with a sofa bed making up the fifth place.

    Watch out. The blocks closest to the bar streets in the old centre are loud on Friday and Saturday nights, and older buildings here also run to walk-up stairwells with no lift. Residential parking is permit-controlled, so a car needs a paid space rather than the street outside.

  • Aparthotel on the harbour front at Aarhus Ø
    Aarhus ØMid-range

    Aparthotel on the harbour front at Aarhus Ø

    The reclaimed dock district has the newest and largest units in the city, step-free throughout, with a harbour bath and open waterfront space for children a few minutes from the door and a fifteen-minute walk or a short light-rail ride into the centre.

    • Larger, newer units with kitchenettes
    • Harbour bath and waterfront promenade nearby
    • Light rail into the centre
    • Lifts and step-free access throughout

    Fitting a family in

    Units are typically one- or two-bedroom apartments sleeping four, with a sofa bed in the living area.

    Watch out. The district is fully exposed to the wind off the bay, which makes it noticeably colder than the sheltered centre, and it is still being built out — shops and evening food options are thin, and construction next door is a live risk in any given year.

  • A white lighthouse standing on a bare sand dune above the sea
    West coast (Blokhus / Løkken)Mid-range

    Summerhouse in the dunes near Blokhus or Løkken

    The rented summerhouse is how Danish families do this coast, and the reasons are practical: three bedrooms, a kitchen, a washing machine, a garden for wet sandy children and a path through the dunes to the beach, for less than two hotel rooms. Many have a sauna or hot tub, which earns its keep on a cold windy week.

    • Kitchen and washing machine
    • Enclosed garden and outdoor space
    • Dune path to the beach on many plots
    • Parking and bicycle storage at the house

    Fitting a family in

    Three-bedroom houses sleeping six are the standard unit, so a family of four has space rather than a converted sofa.

    Watch out. High-season lets almost always run Saturday to Saturday, with bed linen, towels and the end clean charged on top, so the advertised nightly rate is not the final figure. The nearest supermarket can be a ten-minute drive, and the quieter dune roads have no lighting at night.

  • Family room or apartment in Skagen
    SkagenHigher-end

    Family room or apartment in Skagen

    Skagen is the one base in the region that works without driving every day: the railway reaches the town, and the harbour, the fish restaurants, the beach and the bus out to the two-seas point are all walkable, so a car can stay parked or be skipped entirely.

    • Railway station in the town
    • Harbour, beach and restaurants on foot
    • Bus to the two-seas point from the centre
    • Some apartments with kitchens above the harbour

    Fitting a family in

    Family rooms and small apartments sleeping four exist but are a small share of the stock, so they go early for the peak weeks.

    Watch out. July here is the most expensive and most heavily booked week of the Danish year, often several months ahead, and prices reflect it. Out of season the opposite problem applies: much of the town's food and activity closes down, and the wind off the point is relentless year-round.

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