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In Vejle we have 4 interesting cemeteries and a number of beautiful and interesting churches.

This walk can be a cemetery or a church walk or a combination of both depending on your wishes. A brilliant way to get to know some of our Danish cultural traditions.

At the Old Churchyard, consecrated in 1825 you find graveyards for many famous Vejle citisens who have had a big impact on Vejle's religious and cultural life as well as people who have occupied important posts or who were driven entrepreneurs.

The Three Years' War, 1848-1850, has likewise made its mark, for example the single pit for fallen soldiers during the defense of Vejle in 1864.

The Eastern Churchyard, consecrated in 1825 reveals stories about family burial grounds for Vejle's greatest entrepreneurs such as Christian Martin Hess and Marius Windfled-Hansen, who both contributed in making Vejle a prosperous industrial town.

At the Northern cemetery there is a section with war graves dating from the Second World War 1939-45. The Northern cemetery is too far away though from the rest of the cemeteries for us to walk there, so should you wish to visit that with another location you will need a bus or a car.

Vejle also has a very beautiful Methodist church and the church of Sct. Nikolai is a beautiful medieval church with a very interesting history and well worth visiting.

Our city walk starts by the small river of Aros, from which the city has taken it's name.

From there I'll guide you via the old Viking wall towards the cathedral square, where past and present meet. Here, side by side there are monumental buildings and modern sculptures.

We continue along the medieval streets to the monastic area with the Church of Our Lady, before we in Vestergade pass the old grocer's stores on our way to "The Old City" an open-air museum, which we look at from the outside.

From here we'll walk back to ARoS which now is the new, modern museum of art, and further on to the city hall with its distinctive tower. We then return to our starting point by strolling along the riverside with its many cafes and restaurants.  

On this trip we go for a hike on the island of Lyø. The hike can be combined with a citywalk. 

The hike can be 4 or 8 kilometers. 

We walk to the eastern part of the island, where there is a beautiful and hilly landscape.

We can also walk to the westerns part and see the bellstone – a burial mound from the Peasant Stone Age.

While we walk we talk about the history of the island and how life on a small Island with only 80 inhabitants is today.  

The duration is 2 to 4 hours.

Nørrebro is a wonderful multicultural area of Copenhagen.

Here you will find the famous cemetery for many famous Danish persons, such as Hans Christian Andersen and Søren Kierkegaard. This city walk will also show you the differencies within the many people living in Nørrebro.

Nørrebro is an old "hyggeligt" working class area, twisted with people from other countries such as the Middel East, Latin America and Africa.

The tour will show you nice places on the way to the cemetery, but the places also have dramatic stories with youth rebellion in 1970's and 1980's and recistance during WW2.

A guided tour of Svendborg offers varied and interesting sights.

We will meet the history of the city, the sculptures on display in the squares, the beautyful buildings, each with their individual history and traces left behind by the people who contributed to the course and development of the city as it is today.

Svendborg has a rich and varied cultural life and has had so for a very long time. During our walk, there will be stories about the contemporary life of the city too.

If you have particular points of interest, I will do my best to accomodate them and look forward to bidding you a warm welcome in my city.

Hans Christian Andersen spent the greater part of his childhood near the little river Odense Å. On this guided tour, you will learn how this area looked in Hans Christian Andersen's days and how it inspired our renowned fairytale writer and poet. And to cap it all, we finish by boating on Odense Å.

We start at Vaskepladsen, the washing place, where Hans Christian Andersen's mother did the laundry for the high society in Odense. On we go, across Eventyrhaven, Garden of Fairytales and Munkemose, Moor of the Monks to the Shipping Company Odense Åfart. From here, we go on a nice boating trip on Odense river, past the villas and mansions in Hunderup and past the Zoo, all the way to the forests Hunderup Skov and Fruens Bøge, The Beeches of Our Lady.

During the trip, I will tell you about the sights and connect it all to the life and times of Hans Christian Andersen.

City walk focusing on the development of the medieval and renaissance city of Odense

Challenge your idea of the size and surroundings of Odense in the Middle Ages on this guided walk along the former city boundary and be surprised at how small medieval Odense actually was. The city boundary consisted of big and small streams and swamps. In the renaissance Odense developed – but slowly.

On this guided walk your imagination will be challenged because there are only few visible traces of the Middle Ages such as a couple of churches and the former bishop's palace. From the renaissance period we have several more buildings.

My story will deal with the origin of Odense, its appearance and development in the course of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. And of course I will point out these buildings and tell you about their stories.

City walk from the past to the future. From the city of vikings to the modern city with Danish art and craft.

After a pleasant visit to the Museum of the vikings (open Monday-Friday only), the guide will take you downtown. Experience the merchant district with small cafees, Danish design and bikes all over.

The tour finish at the museum of modern art: ARoS. Feel free to visit the special exhibitions, have a look at the city from the roof or enjoy a meal in the restaurant. At ARoS you'll find wonderful pieces of Danish and European art from the last 300 years.

Oluf Bager, a famous Danish merchants in the 16th century Odense.

The famous renaissance merchant Oluf Bager owned lots of buildings in Odense. As a citizen he was not allowed to possess manor houses which was a privilege for the nobility. Hear the story about Oluf Bager, his family and his friendship with the king and learn how he became so wealty. See some of the places in Odense which we can relate to him.

A restaurant is named after Oluf Bager. Alternatively you could start there with a talk about Oluf Bager while having lunch or dinner before we go for the city walk.

Join me for a guided tour and city walk in Aarhus. I'll make sure you have the opportunity to get the very best experience in and of Aarhus, in just a few hours.

Meet the people of the worlds smallest big city, visit places that is a part of every day life in Aarhus and see some of the buildings that is a "must".

You will experience the city's pulse, Danish "hygge" and love. Come and enjoy street art, strange things and beautiful shops in the Latiner quarters, pulse at the walking street, Storetorv and the (in)famous river!

Get great tips for the rest of your time in town. For example where can you get a calming cup of coffee, a nice glas of wine or where to go if you want to try the traditional hot dog stands.

Remember your camera, on this tour you will be able to bring home pictures of Aarhus, that is not shown in the tourist catalouges.

Vejle in the south eastern Danish peninsula Jutland was founded in the Middle Ages as a port.

For many years Vejle was a very small place with only a few hundred inhabitants. Slowly Vejle developed into a town of trade being strategically well positioned by the sea and surrounded by streams on which boats could take cargo from the inner parts of Southern Jutland to the port of Vejle and from Vejle's port it could be shipped out to the rest of the world.

Vejle was occupied by Austrian and Prussian forces during both of the wars of Sleswig 1848-50 and 1864. Wars with a significance for the Danish perception of being a Dane and the shaping of Denmark in those years but most likely these two wars mean nothing to you or your country. In the later part of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century, Vejle became a well known industrial town especially known for its iron foundry and its woollen mill, at both of which a large part of Vejle's work force was employed.

Today Vejle is famous for its modern architecture at the old port area and for being a town always at the forefront of development in any field.

Let me guide you through Vejle's history and the vibrant town Vejle is today – I love my town.

The Haraldskær estate has an intriguing history which I'll reveal to you during this guided tour.

The story begins at Skibet church, which is thoroughly renovated. Skibet church lays in the main traffic intersection north-west and north-south.

From Skibet church we'll walk to Sinatur Hotel Haraldskær, where we can have coffee. While having coffee I'll tell you the exciting story of Haraldskær, which is mentioned for the first time in Eric of Pomerania's time, when it belonged to Nils Fris in 1434, who was a famous member of the Danish noble family.

Brandt's Woolen Mill formerly a well renowned company in the centre of Odense.

The Brandt family took over a small dying company in 1796. The dying company was lead by Christian Brandt followed by his son and finally his grandson. It was the grandson Søren Christian Brandt who founded the woolen mill in 1869 which was a successful business until it closed down in 1977.

This city walk in the very heart of Odense will give you the history of the Brandt's company from 1796 until present days where the former woolen mill has been transformed into artmuseums, cafes, cinema and tempting specialist shops. It is a lively part in the heart of the modern Odense with exhibitions, open air music and a friendly atmosphere.

With a your tour guide you can still experience the intense and busy working atmosphere from the 1800s and 1900s and learn about the industrialisation in Denmark which involved child labor. Today you see lots of traces from the former woolen mill. Your guide will point them out to you.

This luxury food tour is made as a tasteful meal of all kinds of Danish foods. The tour will also include non-Danish food, but the main focus will be on food we Danes love. I promise you a fantastic food tour-experience!

Enjoy delicious bread, the Danish open-faced ryebread-sandwich "smørrebrød", gourmet-surprises and of course some of the world famous Danish pastry. And who can say no to tempting wine or beer from a great but small Danish brewery or some classic Danish elderflower drink – just to mention some of the expected highlights.

Stops on the tour and types of food may vary depending on opening hours, but it will at least have 7 different tasting-stops – so you're adviced to start your food tour on an empty stomach. The tour can be made either on foot or by bicycle. The tour starts and ends at the harbour of Vejle.

If you want to do it by coach I will find the best solution for you.

I am a true foodie who lives in Vejle and has worked as a guide since 2012.

An alternative to the luxery food tour can be this food tour in Vejle.