Expert reviews
“The conveniently situated Generator blurs the lines between hostel and hotel, with design-led interiors, buzzy communal areas and a combination of private rooms and en-suite dorms. All of the main city centre attractions are within a 10-minute walk and evenings play host to live music and social events.”
What guests liked
- Friendly staff
- Central location
- Boutique style
- Excellent Wifi
All you need to know
Situated at the center of the city, Generator Hostel is a hub for travelers as well as the locals of Copenhagen. Each room in the hostel is designed with modern décor; the place is five minutes walk away from the Kongens Nytorv Metro station and ten minutes walk away from Stroget Pedestrian Street. Along with the central location, the budget accommodation of the hostel makes it travelers’ favorite to book their stay in.
Basic amenities
The hotel features modern décor along with a convenient 24-hour reception service, luggage storage facility on-site. Also, it has a bar that serves drinks, has a considerable lounge to chill-out, and has entertainment facilities with DJ nights and karaoke.
Rooms
The guests can book their accommodation in dorms, double room with private bathrooms, family rooms with private bathrooms, or twin rooms. The place also has a female dormitory, especially for female guests. However, you can book any kind of shared or private rooms in the hostel in advance to avail discount on your booking.
The services offered
All the guests love the couple-friendly place and rated high due to the friendly staff and high-quality service. Guests who book their stay here can avail a lot of services along with the facilities for their comfort and luxury.
Travelers, who are interested in exploring the city and enjoy the night-life of the place, looking for comfortable and affordable accommodation in Copenhagen, can book their stay at the generator hostel. It is one of the best places to stay for the guests.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
29 May 2025
For young people
Good location
Npt super clean - too essential (rooms look poor) specially the bathroom
27 May 2025
Great but have some issues
location and stafs were great
they dont give towel and shampoo, I was not expecting it.
27 May 2025
Good value for money
Clean rooms, comfortable beds, good staff
Bar is a little noisy on Saturday night No kitchen to prepare own food
27 May 2025
Good price for a stay in the city center of Copenhagen
Great location right in the center of Copenhagen. This is a hostel so don't expect too much in terms of room size and facilities. There's a bar with reasonable food but most likely eating out where there are plenty of options would be a better choice.
27 May 2025
Couple stay - nice hotel
What I really liked about the property was its location – it was ideally situated, close to everything I needed, with easy access to public transportation, shops, and restaurants. It made getting around very convenient and enjoyable
The living room could have been a bit more spacious, and the bathroom felt quite small. Also, the room could have been a little brighter – it didn’t get as much natural light as I would have liked
25 May 2025
Pleasant
Location
No tea/coffee making facilities in room. Very expensive for what is a hostel, not a hotel. Very tired/scruffy decor; threadbare carpets etc.
25 May 2025
Amazing!!
Everything was good. It's just that the toilets in the lobby area needs to be cleaned again and again because it is used by many people.
It's just that the toilets in the lobby area needs to be cleaned again and again because it is used by many people.
24 May 2025
Very good
Location
Pillows were uncomfortable, maybe an extra pair will solve the problem next time.
22 May 2025
Fabulous
Shared area on reception
Expensive to shared room
22 May 2025
It's fine. Mediocre, but would reccommend
It's a well located clean hostel and staff was really pleasant. Also a nice selection of beers and drinks at the bar.
Pet peeve: I hate when hostels make you pay extra for towels and don't even bother making your bed before you come. Breakfast is overpriced for what you are getting. Hostel is too big for my taste so the lounge often felt overcrowded.
21 May 2025
Good value in a great location with some room for improvement
- Central location - Good value even when booked at short notice - Nice bar and beer garden on 1st floor
- General cleanliness / maintenance of building could be improved - Beds not particularly comfortable - Elevator very slow
19 May 2025
Great location
Location was superb.
There was a party in the hostel on the first night, which was exactly under our room. So it was impossible to sleep, the next day they changed our room, it was more spacious, very quiet and comfortable
18 May 2025
Great stay at best location right in the centre near metro station
Best location, clean bed and bedroom.
Small bathroom, only shower curtain in the middle of bathroom, no shower corner = water everywhere. Sliding door would add more space for proper shower corner.
18 May 2025
Fabulous
Nice hostel with bar and friendly staff. Great location as well.
18 May 2025
Typical large Generator hostel that is well priced, convenient, and with a great common area.
Bunk beds are very comfortable, but don't have curtains or isolation walls. Common area is huge, with a. well equipped bar and live bands every now and then. Nice long area outside. They also organise pub quizzes. Frequented by back packers and large organised groups from I'm guessing high schools or universities from other countries.
When I checked in I was given a bed in the bunk room but when I went to the room, someone else was already sleeping there (the person took my bed thinking it was empty even though he had been assigned another bunk bed). Staff should tell all guests upon checking in that they must stay in the bunkbed assigned to them. Also, the bunkbeds don't have any sort of curtains or isolation walls so there is no privacy and it can get noisy with alarms and snoring and the odd light being switched on.
17 May 2025
Very good
Comfortable beds with nice linen. Clean. Cute room. Quite Simple check in
Bathroom not very convenient. But good shower
17 May 2025
Fabulous
Clean , great location and staff friendly.
To enhance privacy, I recommend installing curtains on each bed. Otherwise, the accommodations are excellent.
16 May 2025
probably stay again if I come back
location was great. the bar inside the building was fun but really for the younger crowd which we didn't mind for a drink and some shuffle board. place is clean and friendly staff.
it's a hostel which i want prepared for but it worked.
16 May 2025
Very good
Location is great, everything is close and only 10minutes walking to city center or Nyhaven. From airport is 20minutes by metro M2, metro station is 5minutes from hotel
Only one elevator and lot of rooms, flors and guests
15 May 2025
Good place to stay a night or two. Location is great.
Conveniently located. Clean and easy access.
There’s a bar downstairs and some guests could be loud and noisy it really depends what part of the hotel you’re staying.
15 May 2025
quite good
in the center of city
no
13 May 2025
Great location, very friendly staff
The location was great
That generator in particular was a bit outdated in comparison with others that I’ve been to.
12 May 2025
Pleasant
staff is good helpful
Everything is charged
12 May 2025
As expected! Apart from the Danish starting work so early!
Great vibe, lovely staff and exactly as expected for a bustling hostel and budget!
Rooms were warm with no aircon, and building works outside started at 5am(!) so it wasn't the best sleep.
12 May 2025
a bit noisy
No public area for sitting and meeting cause all the areas are used for the bar if wanna use u have to order something.. No kitchen
11 May 2025
Pleasant
Hand towel as well as bath towel per pese soon would have been preferable to have. Not sure why bedding was changed the day before our checkout. Three nights usage would have been fine.
11 May 2025
Love the Generator Copenhagen
Really lively place, Excellent location - great staff - super service from dark haired girl behind the bar and she makes great coffee!
Beds weren’t that comfortable
9 May 2025
Pleasant
Good, clean accomodation
It was fine, but it would be good with house rules. I cannot believe that I have to suggest this, but a "room mate" in a 8-person room took a phone call with the speaker on the phone half past 10pm. I hinted to the person if the phone call could be taken outside, but the reply was "I'm paying for it!". I chose to leave it, but it would have been nice with a clear reference to something. I would never believe that this was necessary, but I have to mention it..
9 May 2025
Fabulous
I'm a woman got a room with 3 young men. Frist 3 hours I feel uncomfortable. Thanks God I had wonderful night without disturb.
In the city
8 May 2025
Pleasant
Great location, at the heart of CPH.
7 May 2025
Pleasant
Cheap
Have to pay for everything (lugagge storage, towel, lock, …)
7 May 2025
Good for price but not for peace
Good location - very close to key attractions so easy to get everywhere on foot or train/bus as needed. Room was small but had everything we needed. Staff were friendly. I liked the jazz music on Sunday night.
The bar on level 1 played loud music until 2am on Fri/Sat nights and party-goers hung around in the street making noise. As we were on the second floor with a street facing window and it was loud. Like could hear all the words to the songs and hear what people were shouting loud. It would be fine if you were the type to be out there on the street or at the bar but alas, my friend and I weren't.
7 May 2025
Pleasant
nice bar, hostel just in the city center
The 4-bedroom was cleaned only the first day, the rest of the days it wasn't cleaned. The toilet is in the room, but the sink was not in the bathroom but in the room itself. So you have to wash your teeth in front of everybody. Not very comfortable. There is no kitchen in the structure
7 May 2025
Fabulous
Nice location in the park
Inside the park
6 May 2025
not bad
Location, clean bed sheets and rooms.
Not much isolation for individual beds- so if someone snores close to you- you also won’t sleep. In other hostels they have either walls or curtains. Also no united bathroom but they’re divided.
6 May 2025
Great location
The location it’s perfect.
On weekends it’s really noise till 1am impossible to sleep if you are on the second floor. The noise of the bar it’s to loud
6 May 2025
Amazing holidays with friends.
Location and Staff was excellent.
The dimensions of the room was too small and generally the description , photos were different on the booking platform.
5 May 2025
Very good
Staff was nice and the commynity/bar area was also nice. Easy to go out from as there is alot of nightlife nearby.
5 May 2025
Perfect location for sightseeing in Copenhagen
Clean staff friendly & helpful
Breakfast
4 May 2025
Very good
The location was great and personnel very kind
There is to much noise, from the street and from the hostel itself
4 May 2025
Very good
No kitchen No place to eat even cause it bar down stairs and u have to order. No kitchen Very noisy
Systemic hostel such any huge hostel
4 May 2025
Fabulous
The hostel doesn't have a public kitchen room
2 May 2025
Pleasant
location
2 May 2025
Good value
Excellent location and good room size.
While my room was clean and comfortable, the general facilities weren’t as clean as I would hope.
1 May 2025
Very good
Location and specious rooms.
Top Bunks were without any drapes.
29 April 2025
Fine for one night
The location is great and the staff looks pretty nice
It was super noisy, lots of children and music in the bar was super loud until late on a Tuesday
28 April 2025
Pleasant
Good location for my purpose.
Breakfast options was on the smaller size. Curtains didn't reach all the way down to cover the window, so at sunrise the sun was shining right on to the bed and eyes.
27 April 2025
Okay for what its worth.
A great location, so that might do. Staff was give-or-take, evening staff on my check in was very helpful and sweet, morning staff (boy on the kitchen, indeed, not girl) - need some HR training. Room was okay, exactly what you'll expect to see in any mid hostels. Overall stay was okay.
They need seriously install some shelves in the showers, as it was torture, no way to put your personal belongings. Another disappointing this is that you don't "rent" the towel, you need to pay to use it. Wording is confusing, as when you rent something - you get your deposited money back. Also, unfortunately, I didn't have chance to try the breakfast, as (as I understood) cooking staff was late for 30 minutes or more. Boy at the counter didn't bother to suggest any of the fixing of the situation.
27 April 2025
Pleasant
The area is perfect, close to all sites, food options and supermarket close by.
We had a private room and the bathroom was not clean enough to go in barefoot.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Luggage storage (additional charge)
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Lockers
- - Invoice provided
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box (additional charge)
- - Packed lunches
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Designated smoking area
- - Vending machine (drinks)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service
Activities
- - Billiards (additional charge)
- - Nightclub/DJ
- - Evening entertainment
- - Pub crawls
- - Walking tours
- - Bike tours
- - Happy hour (additional charge)
- - Live music/performance
- - Bicycle rental (additional charge)
Business facilities
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Entertainment and family services
- - Board games/puzzles
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Face masks for guests available
30 May 2025
Good location.