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Home at First
offers some excellent lodgings with unusual histories: converted farm outbuildings in
England, Wales, and Scotland, old castle towers in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland,
gatehouses, farmhouses, and crofters’ cottages throughout the British Isles. Our
superbly located London Apartments at St. Katharine’s Marina, while themselves in
modern apartment buildings, are set by an upscale marina that had been a warehouse wharf
complex for 150 years.
IN-HOUSE RESTAURANT
COPENHAGEN'S COLORFUL NYHAVN CANAL
THE UPSHOT: Here’s the magic formula: Location + Setting + Service + Ambiance = Desirability. For visitors looking to explore Copenhagen efficiently, enjoyably, and comfortably, Home at First's New Harbor Hotel is the ideal lodging. Home at First’s lodgings throughout Scandinavia are selected to provide our guests easy access to the best of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. SUPERIOR DOUBLE BEDROOM NOTE: Our cooperating Central Copenhagen hotel is one of many small, quality
lodgings through Sweden, Norway, and Denmark that participate in Home at First’s
Scandinavian travel program. With Home at First’s help, guests choose from among many
locations to design a very personal Scandinavian travel experience. More information about Home at First's travel program to: SCANDINAVIA |
HOME AT FIRST'S NEW HARBOR
HOTEL
THE HISTORY: The modern
4-star hotel still looks like the two historic warehouses that originally filled the
colorful red brick, gabled structure. The two spice warehouses were built in 1803, two
years after Britain’s Admiral Horatio Nelson’s daring attack at the Battle of
Copenhagen during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1807 the British Navy (absent Lord Nelson, who
had been killed destroying Napoleon’s fleet at Trafalgar in 1805) returned to
Copenhagen to break Napoleon’s continental blockade of trade with Britain. The
resulting bombardment of the old, wooden city with the navy’s new fire rockets
destroyed many buildings, including homes, churches, and warehouses in the harbor
district. Somehow the new warehouses at the intersection of Copenhagen’s harbor and
its Nyhavn canal dock port escaped the shells and fires that destroyed much of the
district. The buildings served the city for almost 170 years as warehouses, then as a
hospital, then as a prison. With the revitalization of Copenhagen following World War
II—when the city was occupied by the Nazis but suffered no large-scale
devastation—the old buildings were converted into a hotel in 1971.
THE LOCATION:
When Nyhavn claimed its place as the brightly colored, historic harbor centerpiece of
central Copenhagen, the hotel was properly positioned for Copenhagen’s latest great
invasion, this time by visitors from all over the world. The New Harbor Hotel is just a
few steps from the lively shops, cafιs and restaurants that line the Nyhavn Canal.
Walking a few minutes from Nyhavn brings visitors to the Royal Theatre, Denmark’s
Royal Palace, the nation’s Parliament, and Copenhagen’s great Strψget mile-long
pedestrian shopping street complex. Indeed, most of Copenhagen can be explored easily
using Nyhavn as a central base. The city’s two most famous attractions, Tivoli
amusement park and the Little Mermaid statue, are within walking distance, or are easily
reached by public transportation (including buses, taxis, pedi-cabs, and water taxis) or
by bicycle—taking advantage of Copenhagen’s free bike program. Importantly in
crowded central Copenhagen, having the use of a car unnecessary. Still, the hotel offers
(limited) free off-street parking.
THE ACCOMMODATIONS: Following a major renovation in 2001, the fully modernized hotel continues to
incorporate exposed pine beams throughout—a reminder of the structure’s
warehouse origins. The hotel has 150 rooms and suites, all with shower or bathtub, toilet,
trouser press, hair dryer, minibar, telephone, radio, satellite TV and internet access.
Not traveling with your laptop? The hotel offers its guests use of a computer and printer
(and a WIFI hotspot) in its lobby. Many of the rooms feature views of the harbor or the
Nyhavn Canal. The hotel’s self-contained restaurant offers the closest fine dining,
but the large choice of other fine restaurants includes many within 200 yards along the
Nyhavn Canal.