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Denmark's Best Bathing Hotel
In Denmark, we have a rich selection of beautiful bathing pensions, modern and classic, and to focus on the beautiful places and make it easier to find them, we do a poll every year, where we ask the Danes about which hotels they best can recommend.
Before the season really begins, we select the best so that you can find the places worth a visit.
2024
This year's vote has seen over 5,500 Danes vote for their favorite place for a classic Danish beach holiday in the period 22 - 29 April 2024. On 29 April, we will award Jutland's, Funen's, Zealand's and Denmark's Best Bathing Hotels
How to vote
- Find your favorite in the list below when voting begins
- Find the code and enter it in a text message to +45 52 51 09 87.
- Send the sms. It only costs alm. sms rate.
- When you receive a “Thank you for your vote SMS ”, is yours vote talked to. (If you do not receive an SMS return, we have not received yours vote. Please try again later)
Congratulations to:
Knudhule Badehotel, Ry
DENMARK'S BEST SWIMMING HOTEL 2024
The regional winners were:
🏆 Jutland: Knudhule Badehotel, Ry
🏆 Funen & Islands: Lunds Hotel, Bogense
🏆 Zealand & Islands: Melsted Badehotel, Gudhjem
The top 10 finished as follows:
- Knudhule Badehotel, Ry
- Hotel Strandly, Skagen
- Hotel No, Fjerritslev
- Nymindegab Inn & Hotel
- Tambohus Kro & Badehotel
- Kallehavegaard Badehotel, Løkken
- Melsted Badehotel, Gudhjem
- Strandhotellet, Blokhus
- Lunds Hotel, Bogense
- Hages Badehotel, Rødby
The final position ended as follows:
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2023
While we wait for TV 2's last and 10th season of Badehotellet, it is time again to ask all of you where you think it is best to go if you want to have the most wonderful stay at one of the real-life beach hotels.
This year's program is as follows:
- Nomination phase: Up to and including Monday 13 March
- Voting: 14 March at 12.00 – 21 March at 1 p.m
Congratulations to:
DENMARK'S BEST 2023
The regional winners were:
Jutland: Hotel No
Find: Lunds Hotel, Bogense
Zealand: Rødvig Kro & Badehotel
The vote ended as follows:
- Hotel No, Fjerritslev
- Rødvig Kro & Badehotel
- Melsted Badehotel, Gudhjem
- Knudhule Badehotel, Ry
- Lunds Hotel, Bogense
- Liseleje Badehotel
- Hotel Faaborg Fjord
- Hjerting Badehotel, Esbjerg
- Sandkaas Badehotel, Allinge
- Ballebro Ferry Inn, Sønderborg
2022
This year's vote took place between 21 February and 8 March, where over 4,400 Danes voted for their favorite hotel, after which we can say congratulations to the following hotels:
Congratulations to:
DENMARK'S BEST 2022
The regional winners were:
Jutland: Knudhule, Ry
Find: Lunds Hotel, Bogense
Zealand: Rødvig Kro & Badehotel
The vote ended as follows:
- Rødvig Kro & Badehotel
- Knudhule, Ry
- Hjerting Badehotel, Esbjerg
- Lunds Hotel, Bogense
- Villa Vest, Lønstrup
- Kallehavegaard, Løkken
- Strandhotel Røsnæs, Kalundborg
- Strandhotellet, Blockhouse
- Sandkaas Badehotel, Allinge
- Brøndums Hotel, Skagen
2021
This year's vote took place between 15 February and 2 March, where more than 10,000 Danes voted for their favorite hotel. It was a close match to the last between Strandhotel Røsnæs and Knudhule, the winner from 2019. In the end, however, the Zealand bid from Kalundborg drew the most votes. In total, 12 of the beach hotels received over 250 votes, which gives a pin on our map of the country's best experiences.
Congratulations to:
Strandhotel Røsnæs, Kalundborg
WINNER 2021
The final position and beach hotels with over 250 votes:
- Strandhotel Røsnæs, Kalundborg Winner Zealand and Denmark
- Knudhule Badehotel, Ry - Winner in Jutland
- Rødvig Kro and Badehotel
- Villa Vest Badehotel, Lønstrup
- Hvidbjerg Strandhotel, Blåvand
- Strandhotellet, Blockhouse
- Lunds Hotel, Bogense – Funen wins
- Kallehavegaard Badehotel, Løkken
- Sandkaas Badehotel, Allinge
- Liseleje Badehotel
- Årøsund Badehotel
- Marienlyst Strandhotel, Elsinore
2020
This year's vote took place February 17 - March 3 and received over 11,000 votes. Thank you to all of you who have voted and made it possible for us to say congratulations to these places in 2020:
Congratulations to:
Winner 2020
This year's top 10:
- Rødvig Kro and Badehotel Winner Zealand and Denmark
- Årøsund Badehotel - Winner Jutland
- Knudhule, Ry
- Lunds Hotel, Bogense – Funen wins
- Ballen, Samsø
- Strandgaarden, Læsø
- Deep, Nordborg
- Strandhotellet, Blockhouse
- Gilleleje Badehotel
- Villa Vest Badehotel, Lønstrup
2019
In connection with TV 2's viewing of season 6 of their popular TV series, we asked you again.
6,878 SMS votes have been received, and we can hereby present you to the top 10 of the year:
The overall position ended as following:
- Knudhule, Ry
- Brøndums Hotel, Skagen
- Strandhotellet, Blockhouse
- Ruth's Hotel, Skagen
- Well done, Nordals
- Hotel Bretagne, Hornbæk
- Ilse Made, Samsø
- Strandgaarden, Læsø
- Stammershalle, Bornholm
- Villa Vest, Lønstrup
2018
The first year of our vote, we ended up sending the award to North Jutland. The top 10 ended as follows:
- Løkken Badehotel
- Strandlyst, Samsø
- Strandgaarden on Læsø
- Ilse Made, Samsø
- Ruth's Hotel, Skagen
- Brøndums Hotel, Skagen
- Ballen, Samsø
- Villa Vest, Lønstrup
- Tannishus, Tversted
- Hotel Løkken Strand
If you don't trust the 5,880 Danes, you can also see the the hotels that the TV 2 experts selected:
The hotels with restaurants in the Michelin and White Guide
White Guide is a recognized guide and guide to the best restaurants in the Nordic region. More than 300 Danish restaurants are included in the guide, and there are also several bathing pensions. Are you a foodie or just looking for a stay with luxury all around, then the following hotels are worth going for:
- Ruth's Hotel, Skagen
- Brøndums Hotel, Skagen
- Hjorths Hotel, Skagen
- Villa Vest, Lønstrup
- Strandgaarden, Læsø
- Helenekilde, Tisvildeleje
- Stammershalle, Bornholm
- Kellers, Fanø
- Molskroen, Ebeltoft
The list is of the hotels that are or have been included in the White Guide. Did we forget someone? Write to OpdagDanmark on Facebook or via the comment field further down.
The list of TV 2's most beautiful sea side hotels in Denmark
After the big hit with the TV series, TV 2 shortly after brought Denmark's nicest beach hotels, where three experts at the beginning of 2015 went behind 16 of the real-life beach guesthouses to find the nicest ones of their kind. These 16 places were selected and visited:
- Helenekilde Badehotel
- Gilleleje Badehotel
- Hotel Hornbækhus
- Molskroen, Ebeltoft
- Pension Vestergade 44
- The small summer hotel
- Brøndums Hotel
- Villa Vest
- Ballebro Færgekro
- Hotel Vejlefjord
- Ruth's Hotel
- Henne Mølle Å
- Hjorths Hotel
- Klithjem, Vejers
- Melsted, Bornholm
- Stammershalle, Bornholm
The history of the bathing pensions
The first bathing pensions appeared in the late 19th century. This is where the finer citizenship begins to holiday and in Copenhagen it is no longer good enough to take a trip to Frederiksberg (which at this time is considered to be in the countryside). As physicians began to prescribe fresh air and sea baths against diseases, it became exotic for the wealthy families of Copenhagen to bring their servants with them and move into summer residences in the countryside or on the coasts.
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In the booklet "Skagen Badehotel on Grenen - Danmarks Healthcare Source" from 1912 the text reads:
"You get out of bed, go to the window and open it! The air from the sea flows in so fresh and salty that you can probably feel it on your tongue when you lick your mouth. "
The pamphlet did then what TV 2's TV series does today – makes us dream of the uncomplicated life and well-being by the water. That is probably also why you have come to this page. But where are the places where you can still experience the classic Danish beach holiday at a hotel on the water's edge? You can of course take one of the expensive ones, but the truth is that after TV 2's hit series took the country by storm, hotels have had a lot of 'baths' inserted in front of 'hotel' in the name or description.
The first bathing pensions
Fanø Vesterhavsbad opened as the first decidedly spa and bathing pension in the early 1890s. Watch video clips of the hotel and the old baths.
The spa hotel lived a tumultuous life with changing owners after the war and was finally closed in 1989.
Among the first bathing pensions was also Skagen Badehotel, which opened to bathers in 1898. The place was among the largest and finest and was visited by royals, rulers and wealthy people from home and abroad. The idyllic location on Grenen can be seen below in 1912. The hotel tragically burned as a result of a lightning strike in 1938. Read more about the fire at the sea side hotel in Skagen.
The Holiday Act of 1938
In the beginning, only the rich and wealthy had the opportunity to vacation. However, industrialization in the late 1800s led to a separation between work and leisure. Together with the ban on Sunday work from 1891, it helped to start the allotment movement and in time the concept of weekend also found its way to Denmark.
In 1938 the Holiday Act happened, which secured employees holiday with pay. In 1939 the law gave you 9 days of paid holiday and from 1940 a full 12 days (!). Today, the Holiday Act guarantees you 5 weeks of holiday and many have the option of a sixth holiday week through their agreement.
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