Avenue Hotel

Charming three-star in trendy Nørrebro

Talk of the town: The hotel was voted Best Small Hotel in Denmark at the 2011 European Travel Awards.
Word to the wise: Ask for a room at the back: those on the street side can suffer from noise.

Perhaps the best mid-range choice in town, this boutique hotel doesn't rely on gimmicks to pull in the punters: rather, good, old-fashioned virtues such as warm and accomodating staff, homely yet stylish decor (bedspreads are from Missoni), and famously vast and delicious breakfasts.
It's a good 15 minutes walk to the city centre and the hotel has no restaurant, but that needn't bother you, since Nørrebro is packed with good places to eat and drink. On Wednesdays, the hotel hosts the Yellow Lounge, an evening of DJs mixing classical music which has earned quite a following: the Pet Shop Boy's Neil Tennant has even dropped in to spin some discs.