I’ve been told that you truly didn’t live in Denmark if you only explored Copenhagen, so my friends and I decided to take a weekend road trip to 3 destinations (Odense, Roskilde, and Hillerød) in Denmark! After exploring Copenhagen for about a month now, I wanted to experience what Denmark has to offer outside of the city. The road trip planning luckily only took a day or two from booking hostels in several destinations, reserving a rental car from Enterprise (did not know Enterprise was offered in Europe!), and creating an itinerary. Getting around areas outside of Denmark can also be easily done by train or bus, but we particularly wanted a car to have the full freedom of exploring different places.
Day 1 (Friday morning), we discovered how stressful it is to drive around Copenhagen because of the...BIKES! Cyclers can come out of nowhere and always have the right of way, but with the luck of having a great driver like Alyssa, we were able to get out of the city swiftly. The first day we stayed in Odense, the only town that required us to drive over a bridge to get to a different island (fun fact: Denmark has over 400+ named islands, Copenhagen being on the largest island, Zealand!). The highlight of
Odense was visiting Egeskov Castle, Europe’s best-preserved Renaissance water castle. The castle has a very romantic and fairy tale-like feel to it, with breathtaking views inside and outside. Along with going into the castle, the area offers a fun treetop rope course, food, gardens, mazes, and large playgrounds, it was so much fun that we unexpectedly stayed there for hours!
Day 2, we left Odense and drove to Roskilde, one of Denmark’s oldest cities. A thousand years ago, Roskilde was the hub for Viking land and sea trade routes. It now is a popular destination (only a 30-minute train ride from Copenhagen) full of rich history, culture, and the famous annual Roskilde music festival that occurs every June.
After satisfying our deep craving for Asian food with all-you-can-eat sushi, we made our way to visit the Roskilde Palace and Roskilde Cathedral. Since the porting city is near the water, we made it to a beach to watch the beautiful sunset!
Day 3, we said farvel to Roskilde and hej to Hillerød! The highlight of that day was visiting Kronborg Castle, also known as Hamlet’s Castle. The castle is the setting of Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, and is one of the most powerful/significant castles in Scandinavia. I got to learn a lot about the royal usage of the castle, as well as how the castle has been preserved for many Hamlet plays and movies. On our way back to Copenhagen, we made a pit stop to IKEA to pick up a few things for our rooms, and had the iconic meatball lunch!
Our friend, Lydia, is a YouTuber, and she posted an awesome video documenting our fun weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2tG4giWcuE&t=564s&ab_channel=LydiaVioleta
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