Denmark/Sweden from UK
 

Hi,
Myself and a few friends are looking at a week long trip to Denmark, possibly Sweden from the UK in May next year (2015)
There is a ferry company now running across to Denmark from Harwich (Regina Ferries) their prices seem very reasonable, has anyone, any experience of them and their service?
Also once at Esjberg can anyone suggest an itinerary for a 6 day tour from there.
What can we expect, and any experiences?
Is it realistic to expect to get into Sweden ?
Thanks in advance
Brian

Denmark
 

I used to go there on business quite a few times but that was a few years ago; I doubt that it has changed.
Harwich - Esjberg used to be about a 19 hour sailing but I know nothing about the new shipping line.

It's as flat as the proverbial pancake - from memory, the highest point is a few hundred metres above sea level and a road goes right over the top.

The countryside is covered in pig farms but you won't see the pigs - they are all kept indoors. You will smell them however.

There are no fat people in Denmark and all of the women are gorgeous.

It is not very big: there is a bridge connection to Sweden so why wouldn't you get to the latter?

Thanks Dave.
I thought Sweden should be attainable easily enough, but was just wondering about timescales and possible places worth seeing/staying....

Maybe Roskilde, I seem to recall that it is worth an hour or two.
It has a museum dedicated to a whole bunch of viking long boats that were discovered there, sunk in the estuary - but maybe that is not your thing?
Hard to say.
I bet the ladies in Sweden are just as stunning as the Danish variety so you could do a survey/comparison?

Also, the Tivoli gardens in Copenhagen are where lots of folks hang out.
I once challenged a Dane to take me to the "second best pub in Copenhagen" and we moved on from there, the 3rd, the 4th etc etc, you get the idea.

Oh yes, try the brewery visits = free beer!
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Thanks for that, after sailing the full length of the Gothenburg canal to Stockholm a few years back (over midSummers day) I can only agree with some of your comments .... beer

Its about 300 km to Sweden, so its reached in 3 hours on the motorway :-) But It'll set you back around 50£ for the 2 bridges.

It depends on what your interests are but for driving, there are the The Marguerite Routes that are scenic routes through the whole country , marked with a sign with a Marguerite/Daisy. A good start would be along the westcoast to Skagen visiting f.ex. the Bunker Museum in a former German Cannon site with stuff from that period, there is a Church Den Tilsandede kirke, south of Skagen thats half buried in windswept sand and close by is Råbjerg Mile, a inland "walking" sanddune, that is moving 18 meters a year across the country.
On Skagens Gren, the top of Denmark you see the Kattegat and Skagerrak meet, with waves coming from two sides.
Ålborg on the east coast of Jylland has a maritime and an airforce museum and a lot of nightlife. At Moesgård and Silkeborg, you can see the Grauballe mand and the Tollund mand , two well preserved bog mummies. You could sail from Frederikshavn or Grenå to Sweden and return via the bridges making it a round trip.
The Viking ships museum in Roskilde together with The Cathedral, where Danish kings and queens have been buried since the 1500 century is worth a visit.
If you go down the eastcoast of Jylland instead, visit Jelling, with it s two enormous burial hills and famous runic stones, set over the Viking king Gorm den Gamle(Gorm the old) by his son Harald Blåtand(yes THE Harald Bluetooth, that the wireless transmission was named after) in 960.
On Fyn, you could just drive around the Island on small coastal roads and visit the 8 smaller cities situated along the coast.
In the middle is Egeskov Slot, a water castle from around 1400 that still has its moat around the castle. Its built on oak logs, rammed into the old lakebed. On the premises are a Farm museum with a lot of tools and 15-20 horse carts, a technical museum with cars and planes and a large museum for motorbikes and mopeds and a large park around it all.
In København visit the National Museum that has the worlds greatest amount of inuit/eskimo/ greenlandic items in the world. Around 100.000 because around 60.000 were sent to the new Museum in Nuuk in Greenland. They also have a fantastic exhibition about Denmark's history and prehistory with many iron age and viking age finds. North of Kbh is of course Kronborg, Hamlets home.
From Kbh you could go south, see Møns Klint, a high chalk cliff, and take the Rødby-Puttgarten ferry to Germany and make a roundtrip back to Tønder and Ribe(Denmarks oldest town from around 700) and back to Esbjerg.
Its off season so check opening hours.
Most museums are closed on mondays,

Thank you for taking the time to write that. I'll have a good read and research your suggestions...
Big thanks again, it's appreciated
Brian

And if you pass The bridge to sweden i live outside of lund. And a overnight is not impossible. Keep in touch.

Thank you Tobias ! :thumbup1:

You already got some good info from Poul.

Following the Daisy Route is a great way to explore Denmark on small twisty roads.

I have the route as GPS files - If you want them, just pm me with your email address and I'll send them to you.

If everything goes as planned I'll be leaving on a journey at the end of May. If you get here before I leave, I would love to show you around Zealand where I live. I live in the southern part of the island near Vordingborg - if you need a place to stay just let me know.

Have you thought abot going north from Esjberg to the northern tip of Denmark then getting the ferry from Hirtshals to Kristiansand in Norway then spending a few days around the fjords of southern Norway before heading back south ?

Thank you for all your replies. It would appear that we may now struggle to do the trip in the time frame we have.
Biggest issue would appear to be the lack of any information (or actual ships) for the Regina Line ferry.
We had seen their web site and to be honest were quite excited at the prospect of a reasonably priced way of getting over to Norway from the UK.

Any other suggestions gratefully received though :confused1: