Seaside Hotel

At Andersen’s Seaside Hotel by the North Sea dunes, meet three young people as they try to emancipate themselves from the plans other people have made on their behalf.

Seaside Hotel (2013-2024) is a Danish period comedy-drama series created by Stig Thorsboe and Hanna Lundblad for TV 2. Set at Andersen's Seaside Hotel beside the North Sea dunes, it follows three young people who try to emancipate themselves from the plans other people have made on their behalf. Morten Enevoldsen, played by Morten Hemmingsen, sits at the center of the household, while Stuepige Fie (Rosalinde Mynster) and the hotel's staff and guests press their own agendas on the younger generation. Alice Frigh (Anette Støvelbæk) and Grev Ditmar (Mads Wille) bring the rivalries and romances that drive the plots forward. The engine of the show is the ordinary friction of a hotel household: a suitor pressed on a daughter, a job forced on a son, a secret affair that threatens to be exposed. Each episode is built from small domestic schemes that escalate into cheerful complications. Running across ten seasons and sixty-four episodes of roughly fifty minutes, it develops as one continuing story with recurring characters. Its cheerful, warm register and strong writing give it a light, breezy feel, with wistful undertones about constraint. Fans of Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs will find resonance in its period ensemble and class-tinged comedy, while Fawlty Towers offers a similar hotel-set sensibility.

• Downton Abbeyshared cheerful ensemble comedy-drama tone set in a hotel workplace, serialized character lives
• Upstairs, Downstairsshared gentle comedic tone and period-set workplace ensemble with young characters seeking independence
• Fawlty Towersshared light comedy-drama ensemble centered on a hotel setting and romantic entanglements

Created by

Stig Thorsboe, Hanna Lundblad

Release Date

2013-12-30

Episode runtime

50 min

Rating

8.1 / 10 (37)

What is Seaside Hotel about?

Three young people at a North Sea dunes hotel try to break free from the futures others have planned for them.

What is Seaside Hotel like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Seaside Hotel as measured, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Seaside Hotel violent?

No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Seaside Hotel.

Which shows are like Seaside Hotel?

Shows with a similar feel include Downton Abbey, Upstairs, Downstairs, and Fawlty Towers.

How long is Seaside Hotel?

Seaside Hotel: 10 seasons, 64 episodes.

Is Seaside Hotel still running?

No, Seaside Hotel has ended.

Where can I watch Seaside Hotel?

In United States, Seaside Hotel streams on PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel, Viaplay Amazon Channel, WETA+.