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Lovely mal: a thoroughly excellent stay. A lovely hotel - beautiful, modern decor. Nice wee extras, like decent free toiletries. Sky Sports too.
Friendly helpful staff (e.g. our bill at checkout was about £20 higher than the website had preordained it would be, I queried this - and it was not a problem in the slightest, no quibble - just an instant alteration to the figure I said).
Brilliant location too, right by Millennium Bridge, Baltic, Sage. Decent cafe attached too.
Quayside
Location, location, location.
The hotel has an absolutely perfect location. Right by the station, shops, quayside and the best restaurants, cafes and bars.
However, the room was very small. The room was all very nicely furnished, but it felt very compact. It was ok for our one night stay, but anything more than that would have led to claustrophobia. It also only came with a teensy amount of toiletries. Plus there was a constant large droning noise outside our window (which you couldn't see out of).
The hotel is a similar price to Malmaison. Malmaison is a million times nicer, but Grey Street’s location is much better.
The room was very clean and light. Good shower. The attached restaurant/bar is very nice. Very good food at reasonable prices, with very nice staff. The tap water isn't really drinkable for some reason, tastes very funny. Comfy bed.
Grey Street
It is a bar with grandeur and cosiness. It has snugly couches, friendly staff, a very pleasant atmosphere and good food options. The nicest station bar I’ve ever seen, by some distance (not much competition).
Adjoining Newcastle central station
A brilliant, varied and inventive multi-storey art gallery in an iconic building. Always has fun and engaging exhibitions from all over the world.
A very nice, posh restaurant - but not too expensive. Excellent food. Nice atmosphere too.
5 Nytorv
Don't bother with the Little Mermaid (pointless), Christiania (it makes the whole island pretty horrible), the Opera House (too hard to get to and you have to go to Christianshavn), Danish Architecture Centre (considering Denmark's architecture, its architecture centre is pretty limp plus it's on Christianshavn).
Don't expect any interesting galleries, there aren't any.
Stroll along the lakes, around the Kastellet
(look out for the brilliant windmill) and in the Botanic Gardens.
Wonderful church - brilliant interior, exterior and tightly-clustered statues outside.
By Amalienborg
A wonderful church with an excellent exposed viewing tower to climb up. It's quite an experience.
Interesting exhibits and videos, wonderful interior. Designed by Daniel Libeskind.
By the Royal Library
The zoo - lots of fun animals, set in a lovely copenhagen suburb. There are, however, a few cramped enclosures.
A lovely building, with quite interesting interiors, but it is one of those attractions where they seem desperate to get money off you at every point.
4a Oster Voldgade
Rundetaarn (Round Tower) - It is an observatory; you walk up a tall, sloping path to get to the excellent viewing point at the peak. Make sure you also go inside the adjoining church.
52a Kobmagergade
We stayed at Avenue Hotel (Aboulevard 29), which was absolutely lovely.
It was a fair walk from the centre, but nothing too far. Nice, functional bedrooms. Lovely, comfy bar/lounge (nice food, but a choice of only two main meals). Brilliant breakfasts, lovely decor and very good staff.
You have to shop around a lot of websites to find a good hotel for a good price, it is one thing which is generally a lot more expensive than the UK.
Aboulevard 29
Turkish restaurant right in the centre.
£8 for an awe-inspiring, delicious meat and vegetable buffet.
34 Valkendorfsgade
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