While Sara Johannsen gives every room in the BENEN-DIKEN-HOF a very special ambience, Claas Johannsen stands in the bar in the evenings chatting and discussing with the guests. You want to be an ‘island on the island’. And this island is growing. Plots of land in the immediate vicinity will be added, on which more houses will be built. First the KapitänsHüs, then the NorderHüs, later the WesterHüs, DikHüs and SüderHüs are built on a good 20,000 square meters. 18 rooms become 40. A special attraction from day one is a heated 8x4m swimming pool and a small wellness area.
In 1996, Claas Johannsen passed on his enthusiasm for the BENEN-DIKEN-HOF and its guests to his son Claas-Erik, who took over the hotel with his wife Anja. The next generation carefully continues the history of the house, contributing their ideas and experiences without changing the character of the courtyard. With good taste and attention to detail, Anja and Claas-Erik Johannsen begin to renovate room by room, a larger, modern swimming pool is built, as well as extensive wellness and beauty areas. Behind the WesterHüs they are building the TerpHüs, in which guests with up to 16 people can also meet or celebrate. The BENEN-DIKEN-HOF will also have a restaurant, which is initially only available to house guests and later develops into a popular fish restaurant with an impressive wine cellar as the RESTAURANT KØKKEN.