 On 17 June 2013 , the municipality executive of Aalborg decided not to bid for hosting the contest due to the city 's lack of sufficient hotel capacity . While DR required the host city to have at least 3 @,@ 000 hotel rooms , the city of Aalborg had only 1 @,@ 600 hotel rooms , more than half of which had been booked for other events taking place at the same time as the Eurovision Song Contest . On 18 June 2013 , DR announced that formal bids on hosting the contest had been received by the municipalities of Copenhagen , Herning and Horsens , and that the Municipality of Fredericia had confirmed its intention to place a formal bid , too . 
