Conferences, congresses, trade fairs, exhibitions, team days and company parties for anything from 4 to 4,000 guests can be organized at DGI Byen, a sports, meeting and hotel complex at Tietgensgade 65 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It sits about 50 meters from Copenhagen Central Station and combines several event venues with the 104-room CPH Hotel, a swimming center and sports halls.
Seminars and company events
DGI Byen sells meetings and conferences across several venues. CPH Conference offers classic auditoriums and small meeting rooms for board meetings, training and conferences. Øksnehallen, a historic hall of 5,000 square meters, takes large congresses, trade fairs, exhibitions and company events for up to about 3,500 to 4,000 guests. The complex also has its own dining venues, Spisehuset, Vestauranten and Restaurant Østerbro, which can host dinners and receptions. DGI Byen frames its events around movement, sustainability and community, and it sells team building programs that use its sports facilities. Company parties are a product of their own, and the venue handles framework agreements with Danish public bodies under the state agreement.
Weddings and receptions
DGI Byen does not sell weddings. Private receptions and dinners are possible in the restaurants as part of company events.
Rooms and capacities
Øksnehallen is one large hall with characteristic columns and a roof lit by wide skylights, and it can be divided into smaller sections for exhibitions or parallel sessions. It holds up to about 3,500 to 4,000 people. CPH Conference has auditoriums and meeting rooms of different sizes, from a room for four people upward. DGI Byen does not publish a room-by-room capacity list online, so ask the meetings team for the plan that fits your numbers.
Accommodation
CPH Hotel, inside DGI Byen, has 104 rooms, which covers speakers, staff and a share of delegates for a large congress, or the whole group for a smaller conference. Copenhagen hotels around the station add capacity for larger events.
Catering
Meals for Øksnehallen and CPH Conference come from DGI Byen's own green kitchen, where chefs prepare signature menus every day. The kitchen holds the bronze level of the Danish organic dining label, Det Økologiske Spisemærke. Coffee stations and cold water are available through the day.
History and setting
Øksnehallen is a historic hall in Kødbyen, Copenhagen's former meatpacking district, which today is a quarter of restaurants, galleries and creative businesses. Within the complex, the Vandkulturhuset swimming center and its sauna, and halls for badminton, basketball, padel, volleyball and indoor football, let delegates exercise between sessions.
Getting there
The address is Tietgensgade 65, 1704 Copenhagen V. Copenhagen Central Station is about 50 meters away, with regional trains, the metro and S-trains. Copenhagen Airport is connected to the Central Station by direct train, so delegates flying in can reach the venue without a car.
