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Brøchner Hotels hotels
Copenhagen’s breweries and old substations find new life as hotels, their industrial bones intact.
Brøchner gives Copenhagen buildings a new life as hotels, with the city’s industrial and architectural history close at hand. Family-owned addresses include Hotel Ottilia in the former Carlsberg brewery and Hotel Herman K in a 1960s electrical substation, each retaining a character that comes from the building itself.
4 Brøchner Hotels hotels in 1 country on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Owned by the Brøchner-Mortensen family
- Worldwide: The public atlas files 4 Copenhagen houses
- On the atlas: 2 Accessible Luxury, 2 Near Luxury
History
Hotel Ottilia occupies two protected Carlsberg brewery buildings, preserving industrial details while giving the rooms a new purpose. The former malt store and Lagerkælder 3 retain their distinctive exterior character, while thistle motifs in the carpets and tiles honor Ottilia Jacobsen. The bar sits among former brewing spaces, and the rooftop opens toward Copenhagen.
Timeline
- 1982 — Einer Honoré buys Hotel Kong Arthur for Søster and Hans Brøchner-Mortensen.
- 2009 — Hans and Søster pass the company to their children, Søren and Kirsten.
- 2013 — Søren and Mette take Brøchner Hotels. Kong Arthur and Ibsens Hotel move to Arthur Hotels, owned by Kirsten.
- 2018 — Hotel Herman K opens in a former electrical substation, 31 rooms. The conversion ran from roughly 2016.
- 2019 — Hotel Ottilia welcomes guests in January in Carlsberg Byen and holds its grand opening on 16 May. Herman K receives a Renover Award.
- 2025 — Hotel Hans opens around this year in Frederiksberg, in Emil Blichfeldt's brick house of about 1900.
- 2026 — Ottilia Heritage, 14 rooms, is still described as slated to open.
The houses to know
- Hotel Hans by Brøchner Hotels, Copenhagen, Denmark — Emil Blichfeldt, the architect of Tivoli's main entrance, also designed this brick house around 1900 in Copenhagen.
- Hotel Herman K, Copenhagen, Denmark — Thirty-one rooms in a 1960s electrical substation, full of Kähler ceramics, a Renover Award in 2019.
- Ottilia Heritage, Copenhagen, Denmark — A 14-room 2026 sister in Humleby, still listed as slated, with no verified older story.
- Hotel Ottilia, Copenhagen, Denmark — One hundred fifty-five rooms in two listed Carlsberg buildings, gold bottle-shields on the facade, named for the brewer's wife.
Newest openings
- Hotel Hans, Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, opened around 2025. A theatrical boutique in a brick building of about 1900 by Emil Blichfeldt, architect of Tivoli's main entrance. A room count has not been published.
Opening next
- Ottilia Heritage — Copenhagen, Denmark — announced for 2026 — The Atlas record describes a planned 14-room hotel in Humleby, the neighbourhood of Hotel Ottilia. An opening day and details of the building’s earlier use have not been confirmed in the sources reviewed.
Every Brøchner Hotels hotel on the atlas
Denmark
- Hotel Hans by Brøchner Hotels — Copenhagen · Accessible Luxury
- Hotel Herman K — Copenhagen · Accessible Luxury
- Hotel Ottilia — Copenhagen · Near Luxury
- Ottilia Heritage — Copenhagen · Near Luxury
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