Centralhotellet, Gävle, Historical hotel in Gävle, Sweden

Centralhotellet is a hotel built in 1875–1876, originally with its main facade on Norra Centralgatan and later extended toward Nygatan. After the May 2005 fire, the oldest section and the Restaurant Skeppet kitchen were demolished, while the Nygatan wing and the corner were renovated and reopened in January 2007. The hotel now has about 190 rooms and operates as Scandic CH.

Built in 1875–76 as Prins Oscar during Gävle's rebuilding after the 1869 city fire, it was renamed Centralhotellet when a wing facing Nygatan was added. Oscar Zedrén bought it in 1919, and after acquiring Grand Hotel in 1924 the name became Grand Central Hotel. An arson fire on 17 May 2005 destroyed the restaurant and oldest wing; the 1970s section reopened in May 2006 as Scandic CH, and the Nygatan wing followed in January 2007.

The hotel's basement laundry became Restaurant Skeppet for the 1946 Gävle Exhibition. In the 1960s the nightclub Darling opened in the restaurant; it was later called Trägår'n and then CH, drawing long queues and VIP passes in the late 1990s. Three of the restaurant's four turtles were found alive in the cellar fifteen months after the 2005 fire.

The hotel stands at the corner of Nygatan and Norra Centralgatan, with the Restaurant Skeppet entrance on that corner. The oldest wing facing Norra Centralgatan was demolished after the 2005 fire; the Nygatan wing and corner reopened in January 2007. The 1970s wing facing Stora Esplanadgatan reopened in May 2006.

During the demolition of the oldest wing after the 2005 fire, three of the restaurant's four turtles were found alive after fifteen months in the cellar; the fourth had likely been eaten by its companions. The building had also survived a smaller fire on Christmas Day 1968.