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
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.
25 April 2025
Pleasant
ok, quite slow tho
24 April 2025
A comfortable hotel in a great central location with easy access to all the sights.
Nice and clean room, comfortable bed and excellent location.
The TV didn’t have any English channels, and the pillow was a bit low, could of done with one more.
23 April 2025
Overall my stay was okay, practical, worth the price, clean and functional.
The hostel is within walking distance from Nyhavn and metro stations. Toilet and bath were ensuite but there are common toilets and baths in every floor to accommodate influx of guests. Plenty of space in social and gaming areas. You can even watch football games. Reception is very responsive to requests and changes.
23 April 2025
Fabulous
Really nice place with an amazing location
N/a
23 April 2025
Amazing location
Amazing location and good environment for extrovert people. Breakfast was good
Rooms could be a little cleaner
22 April 2025
Great location
Common area was great,food was really tasty and playing shuffle board was good fun. Rooms where fine nothing fancy but clean. Great location for seeing the city
It could do with a lock of paint was all looking a bit worn. Really could do with a place to fill up water bottles because the water in the rooms wasn't nice at all
21 April 2025
Other than the heating problem, I would definitely stay here again
Excellent central location, with everything you need less than 5 minutes walk. Bus and Metro/trains access close by and very reasonable prices :-)
Radiator in the room was constantly boiling hot and made sleeping uncomfortable, even with the windows open and being freezing cold outside! Reported problem and despite efforts to rectify, this wasn't possible during our 4 day stay. Just unlucky I guess.
20 April 2025
Simple place downtown with lots of charm and animation
Good location, nice games bar on the 1st floor, the staff was friendly
The room was a bit small, and we could hear the street through the windows.
20 April 2025
Fabulous
Pleasant location in a very pleasant city. Very friendly staff.
19 April 2025
good
Good
good
19 April 2025
I liked my stay because of the location and the reception staff.
The location is just perfect. The staff at the reception are very welcoming. The bar is lovely. The bed is comfortable.
I got a room with 4 beds. There no sink the toilet room and the shower room. The sink is just at the room. So, every time someone wanted to brush their teeth or wash their hands there was a noisy and I woke up. Also, in the shower room inside the room there was a curtain and not a proper shower cubicle or door.
19 April 2025
Very good
The room was great. It had a great view, and it was centrally located. Almost all the attractions we wanted to see were within walking distance.
The room felt a bit crammed. It needed extra hangers for our jackets. The shower's light turned off on its own while I was showering.
18 April 2025
I would stay again simply for the location, worth it!
Perfect location in the city for someone who likes to walk. The staff were kind and my hostel room was cleaned daily. The toilet and shower are separated inside each room which was efficient.
The bathroom sink is quite small and in the open, hard to fill up water bottle and noisy. My bed was very creaky too.
18 April 2025
Ideally located homebase with cosy beds for a few days in Copenhagen!
An ideally located and cosy accommodation for a few days away in Copenhagen! We stayed in a Superior King with an en suite bathroom. Quiet rooms, very cosy beds, it was exactly what it needed to be!
The placement of the shelf above the sink meant that it was quite awkward to use for rinsing one's face. Just a small thing but best to flag!
17 April 2025
Pleasant
The location is perfect, everything is within 15-20-30 min by walking
The towels were not changed all 3 days
17 April 2025
Good place
School kids were messing around at night a lot other then that everything was good
16 April 2025
Good enough
Spacious room, our family had it all for ourselves together with a shower and a toilet which is great. Clean bedlinen Staff supportive Mind you this is a hostel and there are no towels, cups, shower gel in the room, but we had our own so that was not a problem
Before check in they require all the details of you credit card, even cvc codes. So when you enter the room, make photos of all the flaws and show the receptionist not to be charged.
16 April 2025
Good !!
Toilet was dirty in the room . One lady in the reception was very loud .
15 April 2025
It was a really nice stay
Everything was great.
I find it a bit weird that the sink is in the bedroom.
14 April 2025
Comfortable and good value for money.
Location and staff.
Our room was very cold and we only had thin blankets.
10 April 2025
I would book there again.
The location is PERFECT! Very central, close to everything. You can’t even hear the noise from the bar or anything, it was very quiet. The staff was very friendly 10/10 to the staff!
8 April 2025
Option for 2-3 nights.
The location is wonderful, all the main attractions and the metro are 5 minutes away. The staff was very nice, answered all questions, and helped in every possible way. I asked them for scissors, and they helped me open the package. Prices for souvenirs are cheaper than in the city center :)
There's a pretty popular bar on the ground floor. I arrived at 10 p.m. and was greeted at the entrance by a crowd of drunk men. As a female solo traveller, I was scared. In addition, bar visitors are constantly screaming, which makes it impossible to fall asleep at night. This is not the first night on the Generator hostels network, they have a good reputation for me, but this one left not super good impression. There are 2 showers for 8 people, one of which has a clogged drain. When you go to the shared shower, there is a high probability that the key will not work (yes, they will immediately replace it at the reception, but after the trip you do not want to go back and forth at all). The sink is designed so that you can't wash your face. Everything drips onto the floor. There is no personal space at all, my 1.90 neighbor was hitting the ceiling. A bed, shelves that slide out so loudly that you can wake everyone up in the morning, and that's it. The distance between the beds is small. I knew what I was getting into when I booked: I saw the price, I saw that the room is for 8 people. But I relied on my experience of being in generators in other countries.
8 April 2025
Pleasant
I didn't like the bathroom of the private bedroom, it wasn't comfortable, everything get wet during shower...
7 April 2025
Cheap but small
Close to center, clean, lovely stuff, cheap for CPH
Super small rooms, shower was very uncomfortable
7 April 2025
Great Location, good rooms, but still a hostel.
Great location, rooms are fairly large (compared to the usual Copenhagen rooms), bar works until late.
Even in the hotel rooms there is no changing of towels/sheets, Bathroom sink has no space for toiletries.
7 April 2025
Perfect Location with 8/10 price/performance rate.
-Great location with 1 min metro accessi and 15 mins walking to every district popular. Next to bars, restaurants, cafes, markets. -Room not small, modern, new, clean. Facilities are ok. -There was a bad sewage smell in both the corridor and the room in the evenings both nights. We could not ventilate the room because the windows did not open. Ventilation is 4/10.
7 April 2025
Pretty good
Bed not very comfortable. Walls were a little bit dirty. But great location and events and bar area downstairs were amazing. Good games too. Easy to locate and easy check in and check out
7 April 2025
Pleasant
The location was amazing, the online check in and check out process and locker rental were convenient
Well the sheets were clean but it wasn't wery clean underneath them - nothing smelled bad or anything, but there were some let's say, weird stains underneath them. The pillows were terrible, the most uncomfortable ones we ever slept on
6 April 2025
Fabulous
Great location. Good food and drink. Room small but has all we needed.
4 April 2025
A normal one
There are no slippers provided in the hotel rooms, and naturally, the floors get dusty. Additionally, there seems to be a charge for almost everything—we were quite surprised to see that even cotton swabs cost 10 DKK. Although the hotel seems to cater more to younger groups, overall, my wife and I were satisfied with our stay.
4 April 2025
Very good
It was really nice place
Rates are bit high and they must provide Facilities like fridge or freezer to customers...
3 April 2025
Pleasant and budget friendly
The location
The toilets for 8 bed dorm could be. More cleaner and well facilitated with tissues
1 April 2025
Very good
Corridors and stairs are run down but that's the only bad point overall had a great stay. Slept well, it's quiet and comfortable and the staff are just lovely.
1 April 2025
You can stay better place with this amount.
I liked staff, location, 2 bathrooms (8 people), providing hair dryer, drink excuse for waited check in, good heating system, several mirrors in the room.
CLEANNESS MUSTY & STINKING SMELL (SMELL OF MICE) DIRTY CARPETS only 1 toilet Water drop under the sink (they put basket under the sink) Low quality toilet papers
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
7 May 2025
Fabulous