Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
From Odense by Train to: Copenhagen
(3/hour, 1.75 hours, some go
direct to the airport),
Aarhus
(2/hour, 1.5 hours),
Billund/Legoland
(2/hour,
50-minute train to Vejle; transfer to bus #43, #143, #166, or #179; allow 2
hours total),
Svendborg/Ærø ferry
(2/hour on Mon-Sat, hourly on Sun, 45
minutes, to Svendborg dock—Ærø ferry runs 5-6/day, 75-minute crossing),
Roskilde
(2/hour, 70 minutes).
Route Tips for Drivers
Aarhus or Billund to Ærø:
Figure about two hours to drive from Billund (or
2.5 hours from Aarhus) to Svendborg. The freeway takes you over a bridge to
the island of Funen (or
Fyn
in Danish); from Odense, take the highway south
to Svendborg.
Leave your car in Svendborg (at the convenient long-term parking lot two
blocks from the ferry dock or at the far end of the harbor near the Bendix fish
shop) and sail for Ærø. It's an easy 75-minute crossing; note there are only
gers don't.
Ærø to Copenhagen via Odense:
From Svendborg, drive north following
signs to
Fëborg
, past Egeskov Castle, and on to Odense. For the open-air folk
museum (Den Fynske Landsby), leave Route 9 just south of town at Højby,
turning left toward Dalum and the Odense campground (on Odensevej). Look
for
Den Fynske Landsby
signs (near the train tracks, south edge of town). If
you're going directly to the Hans Christian Andersen House, follow the signs.
Continuing toward Copenhagen, you'll take the world's third-longest sus-
pension bridge (Storebælt Bridge, 220-kr toll, 12.5 miles long). Follow signs
marked
København
(Copenhagen). If you're following my three-week itiner-
ary by car: When you get to Ringsted, signs point you to Roskilde—aim to-
ward the twin church spires and follow signs for
Vikingskibene
(Viking ships).
Otherwise, if you're heading to Copenhagen or the airport, stay on the free-
way, following signs to
København C
or to
Dragør/Kastrup Airport.
