Airbnb and short-term rental guides for Copenhagen

If you are going to rent out your home in Copenhagen, three things decide almost everything: how many nights you are allowed to rent, how much the tax authority takes, and what your association permits. The rest is detail, but those three have to be right.

Here is everything we have written for owners in Copenhagen and Frederiksberg.

The 70 nights

In Copenhagen you may rent out your whole primary home short-term for up to 70 nights a year. That applies only if all your letting goes through intermediaries that report your rental income to the Danish Tax Agency. Airbnb and Booking.com do. If you also let privately on the side, through Facebook for instance, the limit drops to 30 nights for everything.

Our guide to the Copenhagen Airbnb rules covers the limit, the requirement that the home serves as your own residence, and the exceptions people most often get wrong. If your question is really whether the home counts as yours at all, Copenhagen residency rules and short-term rentals deals with exactly that.

Enforcement is being tightened, and it is worth knowing where things actually stand. A broad majority reached a political agreement on 22 January 2026 on stronger oversight and higher fines. The fines rise with the length of the breach: 5,000 kr for up to four days over the limit, 15,000 kr for up to twelve days, 40,000 kr for up to forty days, 60,000 kr for up to 180 days and 100,000 kr beyond that. The agreement also lets municipalities take over the supervisory role, which today sits with the Danish Planning and Rural Districts Agency.

The bill was sent for public consultation on 16 September 2026, with a deadline of 21 October 2026 and a planned entry into force on 1 July 2027. Until it is passed, today's fine levels apply.

What happens if the limit is exceeded is covered separately. Short-term rental fines and enforcement goes through the fine levels, who checks, and what the January 2026 agreement will change.

The City Council also voted on 21 May 2026 on raising the Copenhagen cap from 70 to 100 nights. The proposal was rejected 50 votes to 3. Was the cap raised to 100 days? goes through what actually applies now, with sources.

The City of Copenhagen has set aside 3.6 million kr to start a proactive housing patrol with around 15 staff. It is expected to begin work if and when the law takes effect, and only then would the municipality be able to require rental data directly from the platforms. For now the Technical and Environmental Administration continues to enforce the rules as they stand.

Whatever happens with the law, the advice is the same. Do not go over the limit to save a single booking.

If you are in Frederiksberg the same rules apply, but the municipality enforces them in its own way. We have covered that separately in Airbnb in Frederiksberg.

The tax

You get a tax-free allowance of 35,100 kr in 2026 when you rent through a platform that reports. Of anything above the allowance, only 60% counts. Rent privately without reporting and the allowance is 13,800 kr.

A worked example. If the home earns 90,000 kr in a year, you first deduct 35,100 kr. Of the remaining 54,900 kr, 60% counts as capital income, so 32,940 kr. That is the amount you pay tax on. The other 57,060 kr is tax free.

Note that there is only one allowance per dwelling, and it is split by ownership share if there are several of you. Airbnb tax in Copenhagen 2026 works the calculation through with more examples.

What your association can forbid

The municipality's rules tell you what the law allows. Your association can still say no, and there is a real difference between the two types.

A housing co-op can forbid it outright, and often does. Most follow standard bylaws where short-term letting needs the board's permission. A condominium association has a harder time. The Western High Court held in 2019 that a ban on letting for less than three months can only be adopted if every owner agrees. Airbnb in a co-op or condominium explains where the line sits, and how to ask without provoking a no you did not have to get.

What can your home earn?

It depends on area, size and what time of year you open the calendar. How much can you earn on Airbnb works from actual Copenhagen figures rather than the ones the platforms advertise.

Area counts for a lot. The best areas for Airbnb in Copenhagen shows where guests book first and what it pays. We have gone deeper on two of the city's most sought-after districts: Airbnb in Vesterbro and Airbnb in Østerbro.

Pricing counts for more than most people expect, precisely because you only have 70 nights. Sell them cheap in March and November and there are none left for July. That is what Airbnb pricing in Copenhagen is about.

Remember too that the guest's price is not what reaches your account. Airbnb service fees shows what the platforms take and where the fees hide.

If you would rather just see a number now, our calculator takes 30 seconds.

What does help cost?

Management in Copenhagen typically runs between 15 and 25% of rental income, but the models differ. Some providers add cleaning on top, others quote a single package that can run higher. Always check what the percentage is calculated on. What does Airbnb management cost sets the models against each other with a concrete example.

Running it day to day

If you are starting for the first time, getting started with Airbnb in Copenhagen takes you through the whole thing step by step, from the rules to a listing that gets booked.

The changeover between guests takes more than people expect. Airbnb cleaning in Copenhagen describes what it involves, linen and keys included.

Your contents insurance rarely covers what you assume, and AirCover has deadlines that are easy to miss. We go through both in Airbnb insurance and damage.

Reviews decide what you can charge for a night. The first five are worth more than the next fifty, and Superhost and reviews explains why.

When 70 nights is not enough

The 70 nights only cover short-term rental. The other just under 300 days of the year are yours to use differently, and for a fair number of homes that is where the real income sits.

Mid-term rental to new arrivals and relocating professionals who genuinely live in the home is not letting for holiday purposes, so it does not count towards the 70 nights. That means you can take the summer and the expensive weekends as Airbnb and fill in the rest of the year. Two things need care, though. A time-limited lease has to be justified by your own circumstances to hold up in the housing court, and the tax rules are not the same for a let under and over four months. Get it checked before you commit.

If you are weighing an ordinary year-round tenant instead, Airbnb vs long-term rental works both models through.

If the home is standing empty for a particular reason, there are two situations we have written about separately: an empty parent-bought flat and a home while you are abroad.

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Sources. The limit of up to 70 days (70 nights), the requirement for reporting intermediaries and the residency requirement: the Danish Planning and Rural Districts Agency (plst.dk) and the City of Copenhagen (kk.dk). The political agreement on stronger oversight and higher fines, reached 22 January 2026, including the scale of fines from 5,000 kr to 100,000 kr and the option for municipalities to take over supervision: the Danish Ministry of Towns, Rural Districts and Church Affairs (blkm.dk) and the Danish Planning and Rural Districts Agency. The agreement has not been passed into law at the time of writing. The 3.6 million kr allocation to start the housing patrol with around 15 staff: City of Copenhagen, the transfer of unspent 2025 funds into 2026; enforcement within the municipality is carried out by the Technical and Environmental Administration. The 35,100 kr allowance in 2026, 13,800 kr without reporting, and counting 60% of the remainder: the Danish legal guidance 2026-1, section C.H.3.4.1.1.2 (skat.dk). The four-month boundary between sections 15 Q and 15 P of the Danish Tax Assessment Act: the same guidance. Airbnb has reported to the Danish tax authorities since 2019, pre-filled on the annual statement from income year 2020; other platforms come under the EU DAC7 rules from income year 2023. Condominium associations' ability to forbid short-term letting: Western High Court judgment of 23 September 2019. Earnings figures are illustrative and based on Copenhagen averages.