Opposite Copenhagen's Royal Danish Theatre, Hotel Sanders has a theatrical streak of its own. It occupies a classical Jugendstil building on Tordenskjoldsgade. The owner is Alexander Kølpin, a former Danish ballet dancer, and the interiors are by Pernille Lind and Richy Almond of the London studio Lind + Almond.
Notice the lobby first. It is called the Living Room, and it is lit by a Murano glass chandelier. The bar, Tata, serves classic cocktails among untreated brass, drape curtains, large mirrors and a hand-tiled floor, and it is the room most likely to make you stay longer than you meant to. Upstairs, the hotel's rooftop has the Conservatory, a partly covered garden, and Sanders Kitchen is the restaurant.
There are more than fifty rooms. Furnishings lean on bespoke wooden pieces, leather armchairs, rattan cane couches and brass fittings, so the rooms feel domestic rather than corporate. The art comes from emerging artists, sourced with Dais Contemporary, and there are signed photographs of Mikhail Baryshnikov and Peter Martins, a nod to the owner's first career.
Who it suits
People who want Copenhagen's theatre district on the doorstep and a hotel with a distinct theatrical streak, and who would rather have a good bar downstairs than a lobby to hurry through.
