We live in Norway. My spouse and I have taken the Frederikshavn cruise many times for an out-of-Norway experience. It's usually substantially cheaper than staying at a hotel in Oslo, and about 5 times more fun. You also get a quick bonus shopping experience in Denmark, where food is much cheaper than Norway. You're allowed to bring in 10 kilos... More

Wow, what an impressive set-up! The inhouse indoor swimming area is super-cool. Designed around a "moutain" with lots of different pools offering entertainment for almost everyone. Bare in mind though, that this is very much a paradise for kids - forget a romantic weekend here. When eating the buffé in the evening, or especially during breakfast, you really understand that... More

The pool area looked very nice and is perfect for families, but if your not planning to go swimming be prepared for a lot of noise and smell of chlorine in the entire hotel. I switched room after the first night to a room facing away from the outside pool area but could still hear shouting and screaming in the... More

Water paradise but rather poor rooms! Too hot and no aircon! Kids lovednit, we less! More

The water theme park of the hotel is great for family even with very young children. Nice location too. More

We have stayed both before and after the enormous remodeling of the hotel last year, and we liked it. The name of the hotel has changed to " Scandic the Reef hotel" and it's best asset is of course the big swimmingpool area. Now it is more like a caribbean waterworld and it is really great fun specially for the... More

+ The hotels waterworld was great fun for the whole family. + Good location near the harbour and in the city. - Old and quite worn rooms. More

Have stayed before and after the enormous remodel of the hotel that took place a couple of months ago. Just about everything except for the rooms, that are standard A OK but nothing more Scandic rooms, have been replaced. What a different hotel it is now. The new Caribbean theming is cheerful and you can´t help smiling when you see... More

Have stayed there sevaral times before om business trips. Now the hotels aquaparadise has had a complete makeover and is now turned into a fantastic caribbean style paradise with water slides, several jacuzzis, pool, steamroom, sauna located outside the building and of course a nice poolside bar. The bar in the lobby area is at wintertime quite cold, when the... More