The Square, Copenhagen: Pre-Cruise Hotel Review

The verdict

The Square ranks twelfth, first of the seven hotels tied on 23, because its parking is in the basement. It's on City Hall Square with Tivoli across the street and the M3 and M4 metro outside the door — and the M4 runs to Orientkaj, the station MSC names as the closest metro stop to Oceankaj.

By road, Oceankaj is about 5.3 miles away on our routing, roughly 15 minutes. There are 284 rooms and suites, with connecting rooms for four to six and air conditioning throughout.

Evenings are a bar, a lounge and the CARA Executive Lounge, not a restaurant. Breakfast comes with some packages, and the basement parking has no price on the page.

Book a connecting pair if you're travelling as a family, and ask for the parking rate before you arrive by car.

Book it if

You want the metro at the door
You're a family of four to six
Tivoli is on your list

Look elsewhere if

Dinner downstairs matters — it's a bar and lounge only.
You need the parking price first.
You'd rather be by the harbour.

Sail Morning

Your night before, from here

From check-in to the gangway, using only what The Square publishes.

Evening

Check in and settle

A bar and lounge, and the CARA Executive Lounge — dinner is across the square in Tivoli or town.

Before bed

Line up your ride

No ride to the ship is listed. A taxi to Oceankaj is about 15 minutes by our routing, and the M4 line outside runs to Orientkaj.

Sail morning

Breakfast, your call

A buffet you add in the booking flow, per Arp-Hansen — it isn't in a plain rate, and the price isn't printed.

Heading out

To the terminal

Arp-Hansen puts Tivoli across the street and the M3 and M4 outside the door, not a cruise figure. By road, Oceankaj is about 5.3 miles (8.6 km) on our routing, about 15 minutes. Our figure for The Square assumes clear roads, so build in a margin.

While you sail

Your car

Basement parking under the hotel, per Arp-Hansen — no price, and a night's parking, not a week's.

Score

Night-Before Score: 23 of 100

23No. 12 of 20

Distance to the ship20/30

Getting to the ship0/25

Parking while you sail0/20

Free breakfast0/10

The evening before3/15

Every point comes from the hotel’s own pages or its brand’s; the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.

To the Ship

Getting here, and on to the ship

This hotelOther ranked hotels, tap one to open itCruise terminalStraight line to the ship, not a routeReal geography: NOAA’s GSHHG shoreline, generalised; Nordhavn’s reclaimed land is a rough outline sketched around our pins, not surveyed, and harbour piers aren’t drawn. Map pins from the Esri World Geocoder, address matches. The Oceankaj pin is Esri’s point for Oceanvej 13, one point for quays 331 to 333, not a berth; Langelinie and Nordre Toldbod are street points too.

Copenhagen Airport is about 5.1 road miles from The Square by our routing, and Oceankaj is about 5.3 road miles, roughly 15 minutes with no traffic, by our routing; every question mark below is a ride you arrange yourself.

Leg 1 · Copenhagen Airport to the hotel

Not stated

No shuttle listed. Arp-Hansen puts the airport 25 minutes away by train or metro, 15–20 minutes by taxi.

Leg 2 · Hotel to the ship

Shuttle not stated

No ride to the ship is listed. A taxi to Oceankaj is about 15 minutes by our routing, and the M4 line outside runs to Orientkaj.

Arp-Hansen puts Tivoli across the street and the M3 and M4 outside the door, not a cruise figure. By road, Oceankaj is about 5.3 miles (8.6 km) on our routing, about 15 minutes.

From CPH without a hotel shuttle

By our routing Copenhagen Airport is about 5.1 road miles from The Square, roughly 13 minutes with no traffic. Without a hotel ride it’s the metro, the train or a taxi from the rank outside Terminal 3. The airport page has the rest.

Leg 1 · Drive in and park

Cruise parking unconfirmed

Basement parking under the hotel, per Arp-Hansen — no price, and a night's parking, not a week's.

Parking for your stay: Hotel basement parking; price not printed.

Leg 2 · Hotel to the ship

Shuttle not stated

No ride to the ship is listed. A taxi to Oceankaj is about 15 minutes by our routing, and the M4 line outside runs to Orientkaj.

Arp-Hansen puts Tivoli across the street and the M3 and M4 outside the door, not a cruise figure. By road, Oceankaj is about 5.3 miles (8.6 km) on our routing, about 15 minutes.

Same-day flight? Go airport to terminal and leave The Square for another trip; our landing check sets the margin.

Which terminal

Oceankaj

Norwegian, Royal Caribbean and Princess all name Ocean Quay, and The Square is about 5.3 road miles, roughly 15 minutes with no traffic, by our routing — 8.6 km. If your ship is booked into Langelinie, it’s about 2.4 road miles instead; see the Copenhagen cruise guide.

Source: cmport.com

Distance

~5.3 road mi, our routing

Arp-Hansen puts Tivoli across the street and the M3 and M4 outside the door, not a cruise figure. By road, Oceankaj is about 5.3 miles (8.6 km) on our routing, about 15 minutes.

Source: thesquare.dk

To the ship

No shuttle stated

The Square lists no ship shuttle, which means no timetable to keep, just a booked taxi or the M4 and a bus — about 15 minutes to Oceankaj by road on our routing.

Source: arp-hansen.dk

Parking

Parking while you sail

Cruise parking

Cruise parking unconfirmed

Basement parking under the hotel, per Arp-Hansen — no price, and a night's parking, not a week's.

Source: arp-hansen.dk

By the ship

P-plads Oceanvej, DKK 150 (about US$25) cap

The parking next to the terminal isn’t The Square’s: it’s P-plads Oceanvej, 50–100 m from Ocean Quay, at most DKK 150 per 24 hours. Here it’s basement parking, unpriced.

Every Copenhagen cruise-parking option and what The Square’s neighbours charge.

Source: wonderfulcopenhagen.com

The Night Before

The evening and the morning

The evening

Food or bar on site

A bar and lounge, and the CARA Executive Lounge — dinner is across the square in Tivoli or town.

Breakfast

Not stated

A buffet you add in the booking flow, per Arp-Hansen — it isn't in a plain rate, and the price isn't printed.

Address

Rådhuspladsen, City Hall Square

Rådhuspladsen 14, 1550 København V
Hotel website

Fact Sheet

The fine print, in one place

Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, as The Square publishes it. The gaps here are the parking price and the breakfast price — a call to The Square settles both.

Check-in and check-out

Check-in15:00

Check-out12:00

Minimum age

—

Not stated by the hotel.

Extra fees

None stated; no city tax in force

Wi-Fi

Not stated

Parking for your stay

Hotel basement parking; price not printed

Breakfast

A buffet, included with some packages; price not printed

Pool

No pool mentioned on the pages we read

Pets

Arp-Hansen's page doesn't mention pets.

Food and drink on site

Bar and loungeOn site
CARA Executive LoungeFor executive guests

Rooms

284 rooms and suites, with family rooms and connecting rooms for four to six.

Accessibility

The Square’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so call before you book one.

On site

EV chargingNot stated
Guest laundryNot stated
GymYes
Pets allowedNot stated

Nearby, by the hotel’s count

Tivoliacross the street
M3 and M4 metrooutside the entrance

Distances as The Square or its brand lists them, kept in its own units.

Also worth knowing

Air conditioning in every room

Worth Knowing

Before you book

Worth knowing

Check-in 15:00, check-out 12:00.
284 rooms and suites, with connecting rooms for four to six.
Air conditioning in every room.
Airport about 25 minutes by train or metro, per the hotel.
No tourist tax: we found no Copenhagen overnight tax in force on October 4, 2026, and The Square prints none.

What we couldn’t confirm

The parking price
The breakfast price
Pets

Every hotel fact here comes from The Square’s own pages or its brand’s, read October 3, 2026, unless we name another source — so before you book, confirm the basement parking rate.

Compare