Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Planning Your Time
Roskilde's Viking ships and Frederiksborg Castle are the area's essential
sights. Each one takes a half-day, and each one is an easy commute from
Copenhagen in different directions (30-40-minute train ride, then a 20-minute
walk or short bus ride). You'll find fewer tour-bus crowds in the afternoon.
While you're in Roskilde, you can also pay your respects to the tombs of the
Danish royalty.
If you're choosing between castles, Frederiksborg is the beautiful
showpiece with the opulent interior, and Kronborg—darker and danker—is
more typical of the way most castles really were. Both are dramatic from the
outside, but Kronborg—overlooking the raging sea channel to Sweden—has a
more scenic setting. Castle collectors can hit both in a day (see the two-castle
day plan, later).
Louisiana is the obvious choice for art-lovers; the Karen Blixen Museum
is for her admirers.
Drivers can visit these sights on the way into or out of Copenhagen. By
train, do day trips from Copenhagen, then sleep while traveling to and from
Copenhagen to Oslo (by boat, or by train via Malmö, Sweden) or Stockholm
(by train via Malmö). Consider getting a Copenhagen Card (see
here
), which
covers your transportation to all of the destinations in this chapter, as well as
admission to Roskilde Cathedral, Frederiksborg Castle, and the Karen Blixen
