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                                                                                                      NYHAVN (NEW HARBOR), COPENHAGEN.                                                                Photo © Home At First  

Eastern Denmark: Copenhagen, Roskilde, & Zealand

          Copenhagen, Denmark's capital city in all senses, is at once lively, lovely, laid-back, and luxurious. With one of the world's highest standards of living, one in three Danes lives in greater Copenhagen. Its wealth and commitment to social planning have placed Copenhagen among the world's most livable and environmentally responsible urban areas. The city is served by a modern rail, bus, and metro network, taking much commuter pressure off the city's roadways. Despite its cool, wet, Scandinavian climate, one-third of Copenhagen's workers commute to work by bicycle. Free bikes and dedicated cycleways invite visitors to explore Copenhagen on two wheels. And there is much to see in this royal city packed with parks and palaces, pedestrian zones, playgrounds, and posh restaurants.
          Outside of Copenhagen comfortable day-trips by car or rail put the folk history and modern, groundbreaking culture of Denmark's largest island, Zealand within easy reach: Viking festivals, Hamlet's Castle, mid-summer parades, glittering city shopping malls, and thatched-roof restaurants.
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Copenhagen
Landmark Attractions in Copenhagen: Colorful Nyhavn harbor with its trendy shops and cafés; Canal boat tours ply the harbor so clean it's swimmable; the iconic Little Mermaid statue; the 17th century Round Tower astronomic observatory; the futuristic Tycho Brahe Planetarium; the 18th century Amalienborg Palace, home of Danish Royal Family; Christiansborg Palace, the Danish governmental center; Rådhuspladsen (City Hall Square); Tivoli Gardens, the world's (& Denmark's) second oldest amusement park; mile-long Strøget, Europe's biggest pedestrian street with over 1 million square feet of shopping; The Royal Danish Theater and The Royal Danish Ballet; numerous museums, especially the Ny Carlsberg 


DISTRACTIONS IN COPENHAGEN:

• AMALIENBORG PALACE — Photo Nicolai Perjesi  © VisitDenmark

• blue Viking ON THE STRØGET — Photo © HOME AT FIRST

• the daily commute — Photo Kim Wyon  © VisitDenmark

• rosenborg castle gardens — Photo H Stenberg © VisitDenmark

• jazz fest at nyhavn — Photo Henrik Stenberg © VisitDenmark

• the royal ballet — Photo Ted Fahn © VisitDenmark

• ROYAL PALACE GUARDS — Photo Bob Krist © VisitDenmark

• skating at Kongens Nytorv — Photo © HOME AT FIRST

• tivoli GARDENS kids — Photo Ireneusz Cyranek © VisitDenmark
Glyptotek art museum (free admission

 
Sundays) and the National Museum of Denmark (free admission everyday); and the 17th century renaissance Rosenborg Castle and its broad, landscaped park, Kongens Have Gardens.

 


DISTRACTIONS IN eastern Denmark:

• SUNRISE AT MØNS KLINT — Photo Niels Thye © VisitDenmark

• ROSKILDE: THE OLD BAKESHOP — Photo © HOME AT FIRST

• MEDIEVAL CENTER KNIGHT — Photo C. v Roeden © VisitDenmark

• 12th century Roskilde cathedral — Photo © HOME AT FIRST

• dragØr harbor, zealand — Photo Dirch Jansen © VisitDenmark

• traditional inn, roskilde — Photo © HOME AT FIRST

• FREDERIKSBORG PALACE — Photo Klaus Bentzen © VisitDenmark

• VIKING ship, ROSKILDE FJORD — Photo © Viking Ship Museum

• copenhagen's TUBORG BEER — Photo Bob Krist © VisitDenmark

Roskilde & Elsewhere in Zealand
Visitors' Attractions in Roskilde: Roskilde — the medieval capital of Denmark — is a historic Zealand town 30-45 minutes west of Copenhagen with numerous attractions but especially 12th century Roskilde Cathedral, (site of Danish coronations and 1,000 years of royal tombs), and the important Viking Ship Museum, where much scientific research into the Viking Age is carried out. A few minutes west of Roskilde is the elegant 18th century Ledreborg Palace, open daily to visitors despite still being occupied by the same family that built it. Just beyond the palace's grounds is the Land of Legends (Sagnlandet Lejre) an archeological theme park/research center that studies Danish life during the Stone Age, the Iron Age, the Viking Age, and the 19th century.

 

 
Attractions elsewhere in Eastern Denmark: Castles and palaces dot Zealand. Among the more important are the former royal Frederiksborg Palace (now Denmark's Museum of National History) at Hillerød, and Kronborg Castle (Shakespeare's Hamlet's "Elsinore") in Helsingør on Zealand's northeastern coast. Both are reachable as easy day-trips by car or rail from Copenhagen. Other museums (like the Medieval Center on the island of Lolland), grand houses, quaint villages, fishing villages, pretty farms, dramatic sea cliffs (like the remarkable Møns Klint on the east coast of Møn island),

and challenging golf courses are scattered

 

throughout Zealand and the smaller neighboring islands of Eastern Denmark.

Our Lodgings: Ideally located hotels close to Nyhavn and the Kongens Nytorv metro stop in central Copenhagen and in the center of pretty Roskilde. All are close to transportation, shops, restaurants and services. Home At First's hotel in central Roskilde fronts the main street pedestrian mall and is a short walk from Roskilde Cathedral, the Viking Ship Museum, and the train station. Guests without cars can stay in Copenhagen or Roskilde and take advantage of excellent public transportation.


LODGINGS IN COPENHAGEN & ROSKILDE:

• HOTELS ALONG & NEAR TRENDY NYHAVN IN CENTRAL COPENHAGEN
                                 Photo Jørgen Schytte © VisitDenmark

• our hotel along the pedestrian mall in historic roskilde
 


getting here & getting around:

• copenhagen airport arrivals hall — Photo © Home At First

• Øresund bridge — Photo Henrik Stenberg © VisitDenmark

• Roskilde RAIL station & GIANT JARS — Photo © Home At First

• FREE CITY BIKES AT NYHAVN — Photo C. v Roeden © VisitDenmark

• copenhagen water bus — Photo Jørgen Schytte © VisitDenmark

• ALL ABOARD (with bikes!) AT COPENHAGEN CENTRAL STATION
   — Photo Lars-Kristian Crone © VisitDenmark

Getting to/from the Region: International Flights to/from Copenhagen Airport; by Rental Car or Train via the Øresund Bridge connecting Zealand (at Copenhagen) with southern SWEDEN, and via the Great Belt Bridge connecting Zealand with Funen (CENTRAL DENMARK).

Getting around Roskilde: Roskilde, despite being Zealand's second largest municipality, is both small and walkable. Frequent train service connects Roskilde with Copenhagen (20 minutes) and the Copenhagen Airport (30 minutes). Visitors coming to Roskilde by car can use their rental cars to tour the region. But we recommend using the rail system to travel in and out of Copenhagen from Roskilde.

Getting around Copenhagen: Central 

 

Copenhagen is very walkable, but getting
to other parts of the city will require visitors to use its subway, buses, and trams. Copenhagen streets are narrow and convoluted, and there is minimal parking. We do not recommend that guests use their rental cars in Copenhagen. However, by using the expanding lines of Copenhagen's rail and metro systems, the CityBike free bike rental system (usable inside the city core only), and the innovative water bus/taxi system, Copenhagen is easily explored without needing a car.

 

Getting around outside of Copenhagen: Visitors can tour parts of the region by rail, bus, and boat, but because scheduled services are relatively infrequent these are best for specific sightseeing trips only. Except for those destinations served by Danish Rail, excursions outside of Copenhagen are better reached by rental car, permitting far greater flexibility and independence for touring the Danish countryside — especially for those wanting to stop and enjoy the scenery, and explore small, out-of-the-way places. Those wishing to travel by public transportation only will be happy to know that Copenhagen International Airport is connected conveniently to Home At First's lodging sites in downtown Copenhagen (by metro subway) and in Roskilde, Zealand, by train.
 

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