Expert reviews
“The distinctive steel-clad building that was once home to the Danish Union of Metalworkers has now been transformed into a cool urban hostel, with smart dorms (or small private rooms), plenty of communal space for meeting fellow travellers and an impressive range of facilities.”
What guests liked
- Clean rooms
- Excellent Wifi
- Friendly staff
All you need to know
Steel House Hostel situated at the heart of Copenhagen is five minutes’ walking distance from Copenhagen central station. It is an ideal place for an international, lively, and entertaining stay. The luxury hostel provides all the facilities to its guests at a reasonable price. Restaurants and edgy retro cafes surround the place. If the traveler wants to enjoy the nightlife of the city, he/she should book a stay with the steel House hostel. The luxurious environment of the hostel makes you feel relaxed in a foreign location.
Rooms
There are various kinds of rooms available with the hostel such as twin room with two bunk beds, family room with private bathroom which has six bunk beds, quadruple room with private bathroom, double room with terrace, single room with terrace, female dormitory and a mixed dormitory with bunk beds. You can book the dorm, 6-bed or 4-bed shared rooms and private rooms with private bathrooms in the hostel in Copenhagen. There are also double sharing rooms are available for the guests to book.
Services offered
The hostel has all the luxurious facilities, including a fitness center, swimming pool, bar, parking place, lounge, and much more for the guests to enjoy their stay in the hostel. Due to the availability of budget-friendly rooms along with all the necessary services, it is one of the famous hostels in Copenhagen.
You can book your stay with Steel House hostel before your trip to avail of the discount and the kind of rooms you want. Travelers handsomely rate the hostel due to its services and amenities.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
4 November 2025
Great fun, good location and lovely atmosphere
Great social space and facilities. We enjoyed the communal dining area, games and shuffle board
Rooms are small - ok for a couple of days
3 November 2025
Easy stay
Location
Room size and facilities
3 November 2025
Nice and cozy hotel with a lot of things to offer
The hotel offers a lot of possibilities for guests
The dormitory room has not table or a shelf to put your stuff on if you have a top bunk bed
2 November 2025
Great location, fantastic concept. Need to be aware that you have to pay extra for all additional facilities ie pool, ki
Well located hostel for all ages. Good facilities
No chair in our room. No beakers in the bathroom. Room was not cleaned at all during our stay. Need to pay for all extras ie kitchen use, pool etc.
2 November 2025
Fabulous
Nice kitchen, luggage storage, proximity to the central station. The room was clean and quite in the night time. The kids loved the beds. Very friendly staff.
Very limited number of bowls in the kitchen. We ate our cereal from cups.
2 November 2025
Good hotel with good location and nice views!
The location was very good and the room had a nice view for a lake. The beds were very comfortable.
There’s lack of towels and of a bath rug as well. But everything was enough for our stay and we made it work
1 November 2025
very dynamic hostel with an impressive range of activities and services
Modern, hostel with a buzz of activities and offers. Creativity, dynamism and sustanaibility are considered in all aspects. Customers are treated in a happy and kind way
Food offers come in packed bag, with average quality and against a garbage reduction
31 October 2025
Pleasant
Balcony
Need for more storage/shelving
31 October 2025
Beyond the hostel
It maximize services beyond hostel expectation. I like pool, kitchen, lobby living area, with our limited budget. My kids even learnt to play chess and trump.
The room and bathroom was quite small. Add-on kitchen’s eating area was sometimes full. Refrigerator is full, no freeze. run out of utensil.
30 October 2025
Great place, great vibes.
The vibe is great here! Solo travellers, families, couples everyone felt welcome. Great location right next to the center of Copenhagen.
The dorms were a bit too small, even by the regular dorm standards. Cleaning frequency can be a bit more.
30 October 2025
Fabulous
Its ok. These two hostels r perfect. But this one has better location
Lockers in the room are unavailable to lock with standart travel padlock. You need one with thick ring, what makes these lockers just a shelf wothout it. PS Stop dancing salsa
30 October 2025
Pleasant
As expected. Booked this for a band and they had no concerns or anything expectional to report
As above
30 October 2025
Great Location, Comfy Pod Beds
We arrived late and it was easy to find, very close to Metro. We used the electronic card to get in. Beds were very comfy.
The bathroom lights are on a timer, but as we didn't know this we spent a good deal of time trying to work out how to shut them off. A simple sign in toilet area, shower area or near main lights would have avoided this hassle.
28 October 2025
Perfect
• The dorm itself! The bed is made, you get a fresh towel for which there’s a numbered hook in the bathroom; shower gel included, a hair dryer provided... Decent ventilation, never felt stuffy (4x). Honestly, what more could one wish for? • Proper lockers are always a bonus • The kitchen, although it (naturally) has its “peak hours”, and the 3rd fridge certainly needs to be repaired ASAP • Couldn’t be more central — literally a 5-minute walk from the train station • Never used but appreciated the gym & swimming pool
1) I found the common area/-s a little uninviting, but that’s only a matter of taste; 2) The WC downstairs (-1) deserves more regular cleaning 3) Why charge for something as silly as darts? Literally no electricity involved 🤔
28 October 2025
Get Vibe, Great Location - shame about all the extra charges
Vibe, location and facilities.
Swimming pool was very cold and a lot smaller than the pictures showed. If going to pay £3 per person for 1hr some warmth is expected.
27 October 2025
Very good
Good location. Very friendly atmosphere. Lots of amenities and the room was clean and quiet.
Having to pay to leave my luggage for a few hours before leaving.
27 October 2025
If you are on a budget and more people in your group, Steel House will do it. Good for a day or two.
Value for the money
Small rooms.
27 October 2025
Fabulous
Kitchen was really nice, access is underrated. Beds were really comfortable and pods were surprisingly private
Lights in shower keeps going off. It's not possible to shower within 3 minutes. Locker could also use more shelving
26 October 2025
Fun place to stay as a family!
Great location. Room was perfect for our family of 5 with the three bunk beds. Communal areas were great and staff were helpful!
26 October 2025
Fabulous
Nice rooms, a lot of nice spaces to chill relax watch something, eat, work, swim or workout. Bar was great too i had many breakfasts. The staff were very friendly, welcoming and sweet.
I didnt like the doors for shower and toilet inside the room that makes it less private as people can hear everything. The cleaning of the room was being done very early 9:30-10:00 earliest i’ve seen in all of my hostels stays.
23 October 2025
Great location and ambience, facilities can be improved.
The games area, lots of variety and good social vibe!
The room wasn’t the cleanest and the bathroom had a little gap in the door
23 October 2025
Pleasant
although there weren't any curtains the beds provided enough privacy. bedding was clean, and the beds were premade.
there are no curtains in around the beds, and the lockers were inconveniently placed behind the door. Also, getting down from the top bunk is a death-trap if you're wearing socks.
23 October 2025
Fabulous
Had an amazing stay at the Steel House Copenhagen! The staff at the reception were incredibly friendly and helpful, making check-in a breeze. The room was clean, modern, and comfortable. The location was perfect for exploring the city.
22 October 2025
Pleasant
The ambiancevand the hotel hall and the price
Small rooms and WC doors couldnt be closed at 100%
19 October 2025
It was very good! I would come back and recommend it.
The room was very clean and the bunk bed set up was fun for a group of four. Everyone gets their own pod with their own outlets which is very nice. The actual property has a lot of events going on but up on the fourth floor you couldn’t hear anything which was great.
The only things to note are that the light system in the bathroom needs to be fixed because when having a shower every 2 minutes you needed to open the door for the light to turn on again. This would be easily fixed if they just switched it to a regular manual light switch. Also a bathroom mat should be provided so that the whole bathroom doesn’t get wet. Also important to note that although the kitchen is well equipped, it can get incredibly busy and overwhelming at times. So, if you are planning to properly use the kitchen I would say that you should try to cook outside of typical meal times.
19 October 2025
Great location, comfortable but hard to make friends
Clean, nice communal spaces, great location. Good value for money
I’d say this Hostel isn’t for solo travellers hoping to make friends. Strangest vibe of families and much older people (also lots of after work drinking in the bar from surrounding offices) made it hard to spot any other solo travellers. There was a little scheduled but minimal activities planned for people to get involved with. I’ve travelled alone a lot and always made a friend in the hostel but this time I didn’t… I would suggest more effort in activities or maybe a WhatsApp group for guests.
19 October 2025
Good value for money
Good location, walkable to many cafes and restaurants. Co working space downstairs and quite vibey throughout the day. Fantastic value for money.
The rooms are small so to do anything, they encourage you to be downstairs in the communal space. I needed to take a call but couldn't find a corner that wasn't playing loud music.
18 October 2025
Overall, a good experience.
The location was amazing, we could walk or bike everywhere. Staff was great, very helpful and friendly. There are lots of things happening and the vibe is great. The room was cute and me and my friends loved it. We stayed in a private room for 4 people.
Even tho the room was cute, it wasn’t very clean. The windows and drapes were smudged. We also found some stuff under the mattresses which wasn’t very pleasant.
18 October 2025
Top Location
Top Location!!!
16 October 2025
Pleasant
Location was great - very central.
The room was quite small and cosy but perfectly adequate for a couple.
15 October 2025
Amazing Hostel, great vibe and facilities
This Hostel is definitely one of the best hostels I've ever stayed at. The vibe was great, loads of facilities, you can rent a bike from them too. The common room space was great and you could watch sports, play games and meet new people.
The room was nice but a little too small. I am sure they are maximising their space but I felt the space between the bunk beds was so narrow so it made getting ready and moving around difficult
15 October 2025
great value for money, sleek modern design
aesthetics
room didn’t have a desk
15 October 2025
Comfy
Great location, friendly staff and edgy design. Bed was comfortable, shower water pressure amazing as well as temperature.
We had a tiny issue with miscommunication about the cleaning of the room, however the staff was very helpful and provided solutions once feedback was given.
15 October 2025
Excellent facilities and a fun vibe for a short stay or budget/solo travellers
The hostel was conveniently located, very modern, rooms were clean, and the bar downstairs had a nice vibe and a great selection of beers. Staff were friendly and helpful. The facilities seemed excellent (games room, swimming pool, gym, kitchen, laundry, storage lockers), recycling bins, although we didn't really use them apart from a quick game of pong! There were also organised activities (such as walking tours, music nights, etc) which would be great for younger/solo travellers. The rooms have a digital key entry, which worked well for us. We had a double room, but this is primarily an upmarket hostel, so most floors had 4-6 bed rooms.
The room itself had what we needed, but was very snug and there was very little hanging space (or even floor space for a case) - totally fine for a night, but bear this in mind if you're staying longer. Not sure what the mattress was made of (some kind of foam perhaps) but we were very hot. The pillows were also a bit odd (strange shape and hard to mould under your head) - wouldn't say it was dreadful, but we didn't get the best night's sleep. Minor thing, but the lifts are either end of the building and in the middle are stairs - we were a bit confused when we arrived as this wasn't really sign-posted. Luckily we asked the bar staff rather than hauling our luggage up six flights!
14 October 2025
I had Only stayed there for one night
Could have been more better
Okay
13 October 2025
mid-aged friends in a hostel
Perfectly located. Quiet in the room. Everything was clean, comfortable and even better than expected. We liked it very much.
13 October 2025
Very pleasant stay
The place and environment, very friendly and quite nice. All clean and organized. Full of services and activities that you can do.
the location
13 October 2025
Neat and clean budget friendly hostel stay.
The hostel and dorm room were incredibly clean and tidy. We had a shared room with a private bathroom and shower; both were very convenient to use. The beds have a socket and small pouch to keep your smaller belongings while you sleep. If you want to use the in-room lockers, you need to have a padlock with you.
The only couple of downsides were that the door, or rather glass sliding door, for the bathroom is not very soundproof, so anytime somebody uses the bathroom or shower, it can be quite loud, especially if you are a light sleeper. Another thing which would've been nice would be curtains for each sleeping pod, which this hostel did not have.
12 October 2025
Pleasant
The bedroom is very small.
12 October 2025
Good value and comfortable
Easy check-in. The pod beds were long (great for tall people).
A bit noisy at night.
12 October 2025
Fair enough
Location, place
Room was very very small
11 October 2025
Pleasant
They say, "we are just a hostel", I would say, dream big, you could provide the quality of a hotel. The bathroom and toilet doors are slide doors and don't get sealed when closed. So, people in the room need to be very close to each other... And the whole room was not "perfectly" clean. It was more like fine.
11 October 2025
Good location & value for money
Good value for money
Small rooms
10 October 2025
Great hostel
Amazing price. Great location, staff and social areas. The beds are comfortable and private go sleep in. Easy check with in and out.
The ensuite bathrooms are in very close proximity to the beds and thin walls/door. Not much room to get changed in the rooms either. However I think the price is appropriate with these issues.
10 October 2025
value for money
Pool facilities, bar, location!! Easy check in & out, cheap for Copenhagen!
It was quite dirty, the mattress was visible and had stains on it, along with the windows were extremely dirty and nothing wiped down.
9 October 2025
Definitely a hostel rather than a hotel, but a top quality hostel!
Clean, warm and friendly. Very easy to book, check in and out. Compact room but everything you need with good bathroom en-suite in our room. Location was great with good transport links. Probably good value for Copenhagen?
Pillows, duvets and cases could do with a renew, although bed linen v clean. Bed not the most comfortable I’ve been in but perfectly acceptable. If I was 20 years younger I’m not sure there would be anything not to like!
9 October 2025
Very versatile hostel. Close to city centre.
Number of hotel amenities available. All-round hostel for everyone. The room is good enough to sleep in.
The fact that everything you do in the hostel outside your room is paid. You need to use the kitchen, you pay. You want to use the gym, you pay. But I guess it's the new model of hostel business.
9 October 2025
Very good
Great vibe with great facilities. Description in the website is accurate. The beds were very comfortable. The size is what you would expect in a shared facility. The toilet downstairs were not clean perhaps from people who checked in that has a shared bathroom/toilet. The vibe at the reception is amazing and staff was helpful. Rented bikes from them and instructions were easy to follow.
Could improve with the cleanliness of the common area facilities e.g. toilets.
9 October 2025
Great place & great location!
Great location, great prices, and clean room!
I didn’t bring a lock with me, as I thought the lockers had their own built-in password system. It would have been nice to know beforehand that I needed a key lock. Luckily, it was possible to buy one at the reception.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Bar
- - Snack bar
- - 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
Activities
- - Fitness centre (additional charge)
- - Games room
- - Billiards (additional charge)
- - Karaoke
- - Cycling
- - Indoor pool (additional charge)
- - Indoor pool (all year) (additional charge)
- - Evening entertainment
- - Fitness
- - Yoga classes
- - Temporary art galleries
- - Pub crawls
- - Stand-up comedy
- - Movie nights
- - Walking tours
- - Happy hour (additional charge)
- - Tour or class about local culture
- - Live music/performance
- - Live sport events (broadcast)
- - Bingo
- - Bicycle rental (additional charge)
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Packed lunches
- - Heating
- - Allergy-free room
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Shared lounge/TV area
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
Business facilities
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Kitchen
- - Shared kitchen
Entertainment and family services
- - Board games/puzzles
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Accessible parking
Outdoors
- - Outdoor furniture
Pool and wellness
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming pool
Miscellaneous
- - Key access
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered

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8 November 2025
Fabulous