Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Information
Tourist Office
TOURIST INFORMATION
(
;
76 33 21 00;
www.visitkolding.dk
;
Akseltorv 8;
10am-5pm Mon-Fri, to 2pm
GOOGLE MAP
Sat)
Knowledgeable staff; good info on nearby activities.
Getting There & Away
Kolding is 72km east of Esbjerg and 82km north of the German border. The E20 (which
continues east to Funen) and the E45 connect Kolding with other major towns in Jutland.
If you're travelling by road north to south, Rte 170 is a pleasant alternative to the E45.
There are regular train services to most places in Jutland. There's a useful line west to
Esbjerg (Dkr99, 50 minutes) or east to Odense (Dkr121, 40 minutes) and on to Copenha-
gen; travel east may involve a change of train in Fredericia.
Getting Around
Buses leave from next to the train station. If you're driving, a ring road encircles the heart
of town, with Ndr Ringvej and Slotssøvejen marking the northern and northeastern bound-
aries. There's parking off Slotssøvejen, opposite the library.
Esbjerg
Pop 71,600
Esbjerg (pronounced
es
-be-air) has a touch of the 'wild frontier' about it - a new city (by
Danish standards) that's grown big and affluent from oil, fishing and trading. Its business
focus lies to the west, to the oilfields of the North Sea, but its ferry link with the UK
ceased in 2014.
Esbjerg fails to pull heartstrings on first impressions - its silos and smokestacks hardly
compete with the crooked, storybook streets of nearby Ribe. Away from the industrial grit,
however, Esbjerg redeems itself with some quirky attractions and its easy access to the
beautiful, time-warped island of Fanø, just a 12-minute ferry ride away.
