The Danhostel Copenhagen City is a hostel situated next to Langebro Bridge in central Copenhagen , Denmark . It is one of the largest European hostels , the biggest in a metropolitan area .
5-523: The building was originally called Hotel Europa. It was the first high-rise tower in Copenhagen and was originally intended to be coupled with a never-built tower on the other side of the bridge. It was the tallest building of Denmark from 1955 to 1958, when it was surpassed by the Falkoner Center . The building was later renovated and in 2004 was re-opened as a hostel . Its interior furniture
10-484: A Fix . Falkoner Center Falkoner Centre ( Danish : Falkoner Centret) is a hotel and conference complex located in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen , Denmark . It mainly consists of Scandic Falconer Hotel & Conference Centre . It has two venues which play host to both conferences such as concerts and shows. The corner of Falkoner Allé and Howitzvej where the centre complex now stands,
15-465: Was designed by the Danish firm Gubi recalling with its colors Denmark's traditional housing style. The hostel has 1020 beds in dormitories or smaller rooms. Its basement hosts kitchen facilities while in the ground floor is located an Internet café . Two gangsters are having a conversation on the roof of what was then called Hotel Europa at 0:59:52 in the 1969 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang in
20-551: Was previously the site of Frederiksberg's first town hall which was built there in 1886 but torn down in 1953. The new centre was built between 1958 and 1959 to a Modernist design by Ole Hagen . It was the tallest building of Denmark from 1958 to 1960, when it was surpassed by the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel . It was the site of the last concert by Judy Garland on March 25, 1969, with opening act by singer Johnnie Ray . The Doors also played there as did Kiss . It
25-449: Was renovated in 1987 and given a new stainless steel cladding. The hotel was previously owned by SAS but changed hands in connection with the company's sale of its hotel activities to Radisson Blu . Falkoner Centre contains two venues. The larger one, Falkonersalen (formerly Falkoner Teatret ), with a capacity of some 2,000 people, is mainly used for conferences and single-day events such as Annual general meeting . Falconer Teatret
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