With Car or Coach

Have you ever visited a Danish church and thought "where do those murals come from, and why did they make them in the first place?". Or perhaps you've wondered about why the church is furnished the way it is?

All that and a lot more is what I will show you during this guided tour around churches in Western Funen.

During the tour, you will learn about the similarities and differences between Danish churches. The guided tour will take you through the stories of three pulpits around Middelfart parish that all came from the same pulpit in Odense. You will also learn about mural paintings, just like you will learn about the two noble's coffins in Vejlby church, and who excactly they belong to.

The tour includes a visit to three churches in Western Funen; the churches of Gelsted, Rørup and Vejlby which will be the final stop.

But there is also plenty of room for alterations. So if there is something specific you would like to visit or learn about, feel free to let me know!

We need at coach for this tour so I can guide between the visits to the churches.

On this tour, you can either take part in designing your journey through Funen, or you can sit back and let me give you the Funen adventure of a lifetime.

Funen has always been like a fairy tale – lush fields, large manors, and beautiful half-timbered houses are often what people think of when they think of this little green spot we call Funen. But the island is so much more than that. Let me take you on a journey through the Funen countryside and discover sides of Funen that most people might not know about.

From the Funen Alps to the majestic manors of East Funen, we will go on a tour through the past, present, and future.

You can also help shape the tour. As a true Funen native and storyteller, I can ensure we create the perfect tour for you and your group.

You can either bring your own coach or you can request Guide Service Denmark to book the coach for you.

Would you like a guided tour to an area of utmost importance in medieval Denmark?

A tour to the castle ruins of Vordingborg…

Take a trip with me to Vordingborg and visit the Vordingborg Castle Grounds where you can still see parts of the outer walls and ascend the remaining "Goose Tower". I give you the story of both Viking Age Vordingborg and the three Valdemarian kings of the Danish Middle Ages, who built the castles from where they ruled the area and the country. Perhaps you would like to see the splendid old church too?

If you wish, I would be happy to meet you and your coach in Copenhagen or elsewhere and be your guide on the way to Vordingborg. This give me an opportunity to tell you more about the things we are going to see. We can make a stop at the newly recovered Ring Fort Vikingeborgen at Køge, this being the fifth known to this day. Or, if you prefer, we can make a detour to the town of Næstved and take a stroll through its lovely old centre.

The tour focusing on food and the good stories is a guided bus tour starting in Vejle, from where we drive towards Jelling. We can of course start somewhere else according to your choice.

We visit a traditional old grocery store which is now also a museum. If you are into nostalgia, be sure to make a few purchases at the counter. It's hard not to.

We carry on to the beautiful Nørup Church, an old medieval church restored to its present day's unique look with a Russian style onion dome, which is very unusual for a Danish church.

From Nørup church we go to the UNESCO World Heritage site at Jelling. See the large runic stone where king Harald Bluetooth in the year 965 claimed that he made the Danes Christian. The runic stone is said to hold the birth certificate of Denmark as a nation.

We end our morning with a delicious Viking lunch in one of Jelling's nice cafes, known for its locally produced, high quality food and drink. We might be able to listen a story by the proprietor while having lunch. 

After lunch you will have time to enjoy the historic experience centre Kongernes Jelling, Royal Jelling, before we head back to Vejle.

In this tour around the Sound (Øresund), we'll experience the streets of Copenhagen and afterwards cross the Sound bridge to Malmoe and Lund in Sweden.

In Copenhagen we'll see the Little Mermaid statue, the royal family's residence Amalienborg, Nyhavn, Christiansborg Castle – Denmarks centre of power, and Tivoli.

After this we'll drive to Southern Sweden over on of the longest bridges in the World. In Malmoe, one of Europe's greenest cities, we'll see its unique modern architecture such as the Turning Torso and Malmøhus at ''Museum Island'', which is one of the best-preserved Renaissance castles in Europe. On this tour we'll also pass by Malmoe's many parks.

Lund ''the city of ideas'' will be our next stop. We'll visit the researcher's park Ideon, the city's cathedral with its unique astronomical clock from the 15th century, and the cultural-historical open-air museum Kulturen, which is housed in buildings from the 17th up to the start of the 20th century.

We start a little outside Nibe at Agricultura school and Manor Lundbæk. At Lundbæk, we will take our starting point in the story of a Vagabond and cripple the "Tordenkalven". About how life unfolded in this area. It is an exciting story that involves both a person, a writer and a sculpture.

We will guide you on a walk in the town of Nibe that holds stories of the harbour and the fiord. From the harbour we will slowly make our way through the town's narrow streets to get an idea of how the town has developed into what it is now. The church in Nibe has a completely different nave than most other churches. A visit to the police station would be an appropriate place to end in the tour. Here we can also experience how dramatic life in Nibe has been at times.

Join me on a coach tour to North Zealand and visit the beautiful castles and the palace still lived in by the royal family.

We drive along the coast from Copenhagen, enjoying the Erimitage Castle and I will till you about the castle which has an interesting history.

We continue going north to Helsinor for a visit at Hamlet's castle Kronborg, listed world heritage by UNESCO and a remarkable castle with a unique position by the sea.

We head towards Frederiksborg Castle which is a unique renaissance castle. We visit the palace and the church and may go for a walk in the gardens if time allows.

From Hillerød we pass by Fredensborg palace the summer residens of the royal family, before returning to Copenhagen.

During the tour I will reveal the history of the castles to you and I will do guided tours at the castles.

If you wish lunch can be arranged by GuideServiceDenmark