It is one of the largest European hostels,[3] the biggest in a metropolitan area.

It was the tallest building of Denmark from 1955 to 1958, when it was surpassed by the Falkoner Center.

[4] Its interior furniture was designed by the Danish firm Gubi recalling with its colors Denmark's traditional housing style.

[1] Its basement hosts kitchen facilities while in the ground floor is located an Internet café.

[5] Two gangsters are having a conversation on the roof of what was then called Hotel Europa at 0:59:52 in the 1969 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang in a Fix.