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Legoland
- theme park in Billund. Denmark’s largest tourist attraction outside Copenhagen, with 1.6m visitors annually. Fantastic large scale models in Lego including the Royal Palace in Copenhagen, downtown Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, a North Sea oil rig (with helicopters), and many others. Lots of excellent rides. Well laid out and well organized. A must for children of all ages. Just 1 Km from Billund Airport in Jylland.
West Denmark
- the North Sea Coast - West DenmarkCoastal resorts : Blåvand,Vejers,Henne Strand
Ribe
- Denmark’s oldest town. Just to the south, the excellent Ribe Viking Center recreates town life in Viking and medieval times, with faithfully reconstructed buildings, a lively market place, craft displays, working farm with Viking crops and animals, horses to ride, etc.
Haraldskaer Woman
- Display of well preserved Iron Age mummy in St. Nicolai Church, Vejle
Roskilde
- Viking ship museum and cathedral. Also home of the famous Roskilde Festival, and of Roskilde Domkirke; the cathedral in which almost every Danish king and queen are buried. Roskilde is a former capital of Denmark.
Hornbæk, Gilleleje, Tisvildeleje, and Liseleje
- Popular beach towns in north Zealand
Den Gamle By
- “The Old Town” in Århus. Denmark’s brilliant National Open Air Museum of Urban History.
Den Fynske Landsby Funen Village in Odense
- Open air museum of 18th. Century farm buildings.
Skagen
- Picturesque town at the very top of Jutland, visit the Grenen beach and nature reserve where you can stand with one foot in the North Sea and the other in the Baltic (in summer) or gaze at the stormy seas (in winter). Also home of Denmark’s post-impressionist painters in the late 19th century; excellent art museum.
Elsinore (Helsingør)
- famous for Kronborg Castle, the setting for Shakespeare’s Hamlet, located north of Copenhagen. Within the castle there’s a museum about Shakespeare.
Humlebæk
- 12 km. south of Helsingør (Elsinore) Location of the world famous Louisiana Museum of Contemporary Art.
Rungsted
- Estate of author Baronesse Karen Blixen Karen Blixen is located between Copenhagen and Helsingør along the coast of Øresund Strait
Fanø
- cosy holiday island located in Vadehavet near Esbjerg.
Bornholm
- famous sites include Hammershus, one of Denmarks best-kept castle ruins.
Egeskov Castle
- The castle is known as the best-preserved Renaissance moat castle in Europe. It is located 35 Km from Odense.
Lyngby
- suburb 20 minutes north of Copenhagen
Kolding
- An old historic city with the great castle of Koldinghus as well as many interesting gardens including the Trapholdt Museum of Modern Arts, AppliedArt, Design and Furniture
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