Copenhagen Airport has no hotel rooms or sleeping pods past security, but its terminals stay open all night and you can stay with an onward boarding pass. Two hotels stand beside Terminal 3, five lounges sell entry from DKK 229, and lockers by the metro hold your bags while you see the city.
Can you sleep at Copenhagen airport during a layover?
Yes, in the terminal: Terminals 2 and 3 are open all night, and you can stay as long as you can show a valid boarding pass. There are no rooms or pods past security, and the paid lounges, from DKK 229, all close by 10:30pm. For a bed, the Clarion and Comfort hotels are beside Terminal 3, before passport control.
Hotels in and next to the terminals
There are no hotel rooms or sleeping pods past security at Copenhagen Airport (CPH). The two hotels at the airport stand beside Terminal 3, before passport control, so to use them you need to be able to enter Denmark (visa and transit rules).
| Hotel | Where | Airside or landside | How you get there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarion Hotel Copenhagen Airport | Beside Terminal 3, above car park P7A | Landside | A short walk from Terminal 3 arrivals |
| Comfort Hotel Copenhagen Airport | Beside Terminal 3 | Landside | A short walk from Terminal 3 and the metro |
The Clarion is the full-service hotel, with a restaurant and bar; the Comfort is the no-frills one, with no room service or minibar. If you’d rather sleep in town, the metro runs all night and reaches the centre in 12 to 15 minutes, so a hotel near Kongens Nytorv or Nørreport works for a late landing too.
Day rooms
Neither hotel publishes a daytime rate. For a few hours’ rest between flights, ask the hotel directly before you travel, or book the night before or after your flight.
Lounges you can pay for
Five lounges past security sell entry at the door, from DKK 229 to DKK 349 (prices seen November 2026). All close in the evening, so none is a place to spend the night.
| Lounge | Where | Hours | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAS Lounge | Near the C gates, opposite passport control | About 5am to 10:30pm | DKK 349 |
| Aspire Lounge | Near the A gates, first floor | 6am to 10pm | DKK 339 |
| Pearl Lounge | Past passport control, by gates C26 to C28 | 5:30am to 9pm | DKK 300 |
| Danske Bank Aviator Business Lounge | Between the A and B gates, first floor | Until 8:30pm | DKK 289 for up to 3 hours |
| Carlsberg Aviator Lounge | Between the A and B gates, first floor | 5am to 8:30pm | DKK 229 for up to 3 hours |
- Who can buy entry. Anyone can buy entry to the Aspire and Carlsberg lounges, and the Danske Bank lounge when it has room. The SAS Lounge sells entry to passengers flying with SAS or a SkyTeam airline, from 3 hours before departure, and also takes 4,300 EuroBonus points. The Pearl Lounge is only for passengers flying outside Schengen, so you reach it after passport control.
- Priority Pass gets you into the Aspire, Carlsberg and Pearl lounges, but places for cardholders are limited. The Pearl Lounge is most often full to them from noon to 4pm.
- Hours change through the year, and the SAS Lounge follows SAS’s first and last flights, so check on the day if you’re relying on one.
- With children. Under-2s go in free at the SAS, Pearl and Danske Bank lounges, and the SAS Lounge has a playroom.
Showers
The airport lists showers only in two lounges: the SAS Lounge (DKK 349, for SAS and SkyTeam passengers) and the Pearl Lounge (DKK 300, for flights outside Schengen). It doesn’t list a public shower outside the lounges, so if you need one and can’t use those two, book a room at the Clarion or the Comfort.
Fast Track
Copenhagen has CPH Express Fast Track lanes at each end of the central security checkpoint between Terminals 2 and 3. Ask your airline whether your ticket or status gets you into it. With your boarding pass and no bag to drop, the ordinary queue fits within the 90 minutes this guide asks you to be back before departure.
Left luggage
The airport’s left luggage is self-service lockers, open 24 hours, in two car parks: on the first floor of P7A, beneath the Clarion Hotel and next to the metro and Terminal 3, the handy one for a trip into town; and on the ground floor of P4, in the Kiss & Fly area opposite the Terminal 2 entrance. Pay by card at the terminal or by scanning the locker’s QR code. You can’t book ahead, and the longest stay is 7 days. Prices, seen November 2026:
| Locker | Size (cm) | Per hour | Most for a day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small | 28 x 50.5 x 60.2 | DKK 50 | DKK 100 |
| Large | 43 x 50.5 x 60.2 | DKK 80 | DKK 150 |
| Checked-bag size | 34 x 55 x 83.7 | DKK 100 | DKK 200 |
On a 5-hour layover a small locker costs the day rate, DKK 100. In town, DSB’s baggage centre at Central Station has lockers from DKK 70 for 24 hours, and is open Monday to Saturday 5:30am to 1am and Sundays and holidays 6am to 1am.
Connections, money and Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi. CPH Airport Free Wi-Fi is free with no password, before and after security and at every gate.
- eSIM. The airport’s pages don’t mention SIM cards, so set up a Denmark eSIM before you fly if you want data in town.
- Money. Denmark uses the Danish krone (DKK), not the euro. Cards are taken almost everywhere, and the metro ticket machines take cards and coins but not notes.
- Passport queues. The CPH app and the screens in the terminal show the current wait at passport control, worth a look before you head for a flight outside Schengen.
- Flying on outside Schengen. You pass passport control on the way to your gate: the main control is near the C gates, with a smaller one near the E gates.