Electrical outlets for Copenhagen, Denmark Hotels?

[Lavendar Lace]

Hubby and I are going on a transatlantic cruise this September from Copenhagen to New York--17 day Iceland & British Isle Explorer. We're staying one night in Copenhagen prior to boarding the Royal Princess. Just wanting to know what the electrical outlets/voltage is in the Scandic Copenhagen hotel? :)

 

Tom and Diane

[LHT28]

Ask on the Northern Europe forum one of the locals will have the correct answer or email the hotel

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=192

 

I think it is 220V but it has been a few years since we stayed in CPH

[sail7seas]

Yes, it is 220.

You will need adapter and if your electronics are not convertable, you will need a converter.

 

 

http://goscandinavia.about.com/od/denmar1/f/eloutletdenmark.htm

 

[jocap]

Europe generally is 220-230 volts- it would be unusual to have a lesser voltage outside of N. America and some S American countries. Buy a universal adapter which can also be used for the 220v plug in your cabin on the cruise.

[Lavendar Lace]

Thank you for the info! We'll get a converter and adapter

Tom and Diane

[slidergirl]

Thank you for the info! We'll get a converter and adapter

Tom and Diane

 

Double-check all the electrical and electronics you are taking before you get a converter. Many things (most electronics) are dual-voltage power supplies now. Even travel hair dryers are most likely dual-voltage. No sense buying something you won't need :)

[maryann ns]

In fact it might be less expensive to get a dual voltage hair dryer than a converter. All chargers for computers and cameras, etc. seem to be dual voltage. So then you just need a tiny adaptor plug.

[LHT28]

Most hotels now supply a hairdryer I would check with the hotel before packing one

 

No need to take up valuable space in the luggage ;)

 

Lyn

[scottbee]

All of Europe is now 230V.

 

The EU mainland went from 220->230, UK from 240->230. While it's still common for it to ACTUALLY be 220 or 240, that's within the 230 +/- tolerances.

[taglovestocruise]

A lot of hotels will loan you a adapter at the front desk, but not a converter.

[Gunner22aa]

While North America is 110/120 and 60 cycles Europe is 220/240 and 50 cycles. You need a step down transformer to run standard NA electronics with a European plug (round not flat). Also any electronics such as timers work poorly due to Europe running on 50 cycles They work but they loose time constantly.

[Hlitner]

You may not need a converter, so check the fine print on your devices before you invest money. It may turn out that all your electronic devices will function at any voltage from 110-240 and 50-60 cycles. In that case you just need a cheap simple adaptor (one with 2 round prongs). If you do need a converter you need to make sure you get one that can handle the appropriate wattage for your device (s). There are low wattage converters, high wattage converters, and the better converters are switchable to handle any wattage.

 

Hank

[slidergirl]

I always carry both a regular and a polarized adapter plug (2 vs 3 prong). I also carry a travel power strip that can handle dual voltage issues. It's very small, not like the power strips you use at home. Gives me one spot to plug in my stuff - battery charger, iPad, phone… I have 2 of them, a Monster Outlets to Go and one I picked up from the Magellan travel stuff catalog/website. It comes in handy when I travel anywhere, land or cruises. It's a pain to hunt for those plugs in hotel rooms!!!