New: Landfolk Urban
Landfolk began with holiday homes. Places between trees, near the sea, and far from the noise of everyday life. Places chosen for their ability to help people slow down. With Landfolk Urban, we extend our curated philosophy to the city - loved and lived-in homes in Copenhagen. Three of Landfolk’s founders – Christian (CEO), Cathrine (Head of Community & Partnerships), and Camilla (Head of Brand & Communication) – reflect together on why the city is a natural next step, and what it means to share homes responsibly.
Why are you adding city homes in Copenhagen to Landfolk?
Christian: Early on, it became clear that Landfolk’s raison d'être is our method of personally handpicking and onboarding each home to our platform. What we’re doing now is extending the same care, curation, and responsibility into the city. This isn’t a shift away from nature. Nature and holiday homes remain the heart of Landfolk. This is a considered extension of the same idea.
Cathrine: When we started expanding to markets outside Denmark, it soon became clear that guests were dreaming about ways to combine nature and culture – without compromising on the intentional way of travelling and staying in personal homes.
Camilla: We’ve had many conversations both internally and with people outside Landfolk, because entering a city is not an easy thing to do. There are many things to consider, especially because we hold ourselves to a high standard and want to do it responsibly. So we didn’t want to rush it. But five years into Landfolk’s existence, we now believe we have found a way of doing it that feels true to Landfolk’s DNA.
Christian: Yes, we’re proud to expand our universe with urban homes – giving our guests a seamless way to extend their countryside retreat into inspiring city stays.
What does Landfolk Urban mean for guests and hosts?
Christian: For our guests, Landfolk Urban offers something different from traditional accommodation. You’re not staying in a place designed for anonymous turnover. You’re staying in someone’s real home. A place shaped by their life, their routines, their care. That allows you to connect more deeply to the soul of the city, and have authentic experiences on your holiday. And that’s exciting!
Cathrine: Since the very beginning, we’ve had conversations with hosts who already share their holiday homes with us. Again and again, the same question has come up: could they also share their city homes on Landfolk?
Our hosts with holiday homes are familiar with how we work, what we stand for, and the kind of community we’re building. For many, it feels both meaningful and practical to gather their hosting in one place – not only because it simplifies things, but because they feel aligned with our brand and the people around it. Extending that partnership beyond the holiday home simply feels like a natural next step.
How is Landfolk Urban a responsible way to share your city home?
Christian:
This is an important question – and one we take very seriously. Mass tourism becomes a problem when housing is removed from the city permanently and turned into full-time tourist accommodation. That is explicitly not our model.
Landfolk Urban only includes homes. Homes where people actually live. And they can only be shared occasionally – with a strict limit of 70 rental days per year, built directly into our platform. We make it super easy to monitor and stay within city and tax regulations, so that everyone that rents out their place can have peace of mind.
This makes it not only impractical, but also impossible to use Landfolk Urban for systematic or commercial short-term rental.
Cathrine: We’re not interested in volume. We’re interested in meaning. We handpick every home. We speak personally with every host. That’s why we’re starting in Copenhagen. If short-term home sharing is to exist in cities, it needs to exist responsibly. With transparency. With limits. With respect for the city and the people who live there. That’s what we’re building.
Christian: The difference between Landfolk and other ways of renting out is not just what we allow – but what we don’t allow. Our goal is not to bypass regulation, but to operate fully within it – and to demonstrate that home sharing can exist in balance with the city and its communities of people.
A natural next chapter
Camilla: Landfolk has always been highly curated and personal. And that continues with Urban. Every Landfolk Urban home is someone’s real home. That changes everything – the way it’s shared, the way guests behave, and the relationship between host, guest, and place.
Cathrine: Landfolk Urban is not a departure from what we’ve built. It is a continuation. Nature and holiday homes remain at the core of Landfolk, and always will. But the deeper mission has always been larger than any single landscape. It has always been about helping people feel at home by staying in loved and lived-in homes.
Invitation to share your city home
We invite you to join if you have apartments or townhouses that are:
• Loved and lived in
• Designed with care and personality
• Located in neighbourhoods that invite an authentic way of experiencing the city
If your city home feels like it could belong here, we’d love to hear from you.
What is Landfolk Urban?
Landfolk Urban is a way to share city homes on landfolk.com – starting in Copenhagen.
Each Landfolk Urban home has been handpicked by our team of host experts based on our selection criteria.
Landfolk Urban is a one of a kind way to rent out that is fully compliant with local regulation.
