This afternoon, the 2023 Michelin Guide for the Nordics was released. Six new Danish Restaurants were awarded Michelin stars for the first time, including one restaurant going from zero to two stars. This brings Denmark to a total of 43 stars, distributed on 31 restaurants.

23 January 2023, Danish chefs Brian Mark Hansen and Elisabeth Madsen have received gold in the international chef’s competition Bocuse d'Or.

Get ready for some years of architecture and design when Copenhagen takes the title as World Capital of Architecture.  

18 July 2022, the World’s 50 Best Awards Ceremony took place in London with the launch of the 20th version of the list. This became another victorious year for Danish gastronomy with Geranium claiming the title as World’s Best Restaurant and two new Danish restaurant entering the top 50.

Monday 4 July, the MICHELIN Guide Nordic Countries 2022 was released at an event in Stavanger Concert Hall in Norway. Denmark received a total of 39 stars for 28 restaurants.

The past few years have seen a huge increase in the number of new hotels being built in Copenhagen. From cutting-edge technology in new ‘hostel’ hubs to reworked factories, an old library and the former Central Post & Telegraph Office in Copenhagen, the hotel scene is booming.

From 2020, a new congress space opens at Copenhagen Airport, where hotel developments continue apace

Denmark’s second city will welcome a new 500 room hotel designed by BIG in 2024 with a 2000 capacity conference centre

The Dutch ZOKU hotel concept is set to open in Copenhagen’s Ørestad Nord district. 

Formerly known as Radisson Blu Falkoner, the 16-storey conference hotel located close to Frederiksberg Metro Station has undergone major refurbishment led by Danish architecture practice Arkitema. Now the hotel has joined the Scandic brand.

The Copenhagen Food Collective (Cofoco) has been part of the city’s foodie revolution since 2004, currently with 12 bistro restaurants serving quality food experiences at affordable prices.

With 1,202 rooms, Cabinn Copenhagen is set to become Denmark’s largest hotel and the sixth Cabinn hotel in Copenhagen. The new hotel will be located next to Dybbølsbro Station and close to the Central Station.

One of Copenhagen’s most picturesque central squares, Gråbrødretorv is now home to a spacious designer bistro serving Middle Eastern comfort food redolent with herbs and exotic spices. The restaurant serves family-style shared menus consisting of 12 dishes as well as à la carte choices.

Located just one metro stop from Copenhagen Airport and literally by the sea, Scandic CPH Strandpark will be uniquely situated close to the national aquarium, Den Blå Planet, and Kastrup Marina.

Comwell Hotel Aarhus opened in 2014 and offers 240 guestrooms on the first 12 floors of a 25-story landmark building. A new 15-storey annex is set to open in 2021 with additional 198 rooms as well as conference facilities, rooftop restaurant and lounge that enjoy views of the harbour.

Constructed next to the Clarion Hotel Copenhagen Airport, the new conference hotel will offer 605 budget rooms, allowing the total hotel complex including the adjacent full-service Clarion Hotel to total 1,000 rooms.

The Guldsmeden chain of luxury hotels has added a sixth hotel to their Copenhagen collection. Guldsmeden boutique hotels offer a homely atmosphere and organically certified hospitality.

Copenhagen Airport has been ranked by the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) as Europe’s most efficient for the fourteenth time in the category of airports with between 25 and 40 million passengers.

As part of their nationwide expansion, the new Zleep Hotel Copenhagen Arena will be constructed next to Royal Arena and Ørestad Station with easy rail access to the airport and 24/7 metro service to the city centre.

The first of nine exclusive treehouse cabins has been completed in what will become a 9-cabin treetop nature escape. Located on a peninsular by the sea at the Mariager Fjord estuary, the retreat combines easy access to woodland and open sea.

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) has ranked Copenhagen as Europe’s seventh-largest conference city in 2018.

The historic city of Hillerød in North Zealand is set to open a new 8,800 m2 combined sports and conference facility adjacent to city’s culture and sports centre, FrederiksborgCentret.

One of the latest gourmet offerings to open in Aarhus, restaurant Ghrelin is named after the human “hunger hormone”. Located in the city’s new dockland developments on Aarhus Ø, Ghrelin is headed by two of the city’s most celebrated chefs, Anders Kuk Kristensen and Nicklas Friis Nielsen.

Scandinavia’s first hotel under the Radisson RED label is set to open in central Aarhus, offering 78 rooms, meeting and event facilities, a restaurant, and a gym. 

A new Comwell Hotel is to be developed in the Trælastholm area in the heart of Copenhagen’s largest new dockland development, Nordhavn. The new hotel will be situated right next to the Nordhavn Metro Station set to open in 2020, offering easy 24/7 access to the city centre and the airport.