With Car or Coach

We start in central Odense and from there we will drive to the lovely islands Tåsinge and Langeland.

On Tåsinge we will go through Troense, a small and picturesque town on our way to Valdemar Slot, Valdemar Castle, before we visit Landet graveyard where I'll tell you the beautiful yet sad love story about Elvira Madigan and Sixten Sparre.

From the small island Tåsinge we carry on to the bigger island Langeland to explore Tranekær castle in the north (a lovely place to have lunch) and the wild horses' paradise on the southern part of the island.

While we visit Langeland which translates into Long Island you will get to know the stories about the distinctive hatbakker, hathills, King Humble's grave and the cliffs by Ristinge.

Eastern Jutland and Mols, military history and military secrets from the Schleswig wars to the Cold War

Join us on a guided bus tour to some of Denmark's most beautiful nature and culture, jam-packed with stories and information about Danish military history. 

Eastern Jutland and Mols contain some of Denmark's most impressive nature, formed during the Ice-age, leaving it with soft rolling hills with spectacular views over its cities, land and water.

We'll start just south of Aarhus at Moesgård, where a memorial to Prussia's fallen soldiers during its first occupation of Jutland in May 1849, as a result of the Schleswig War of 1848-50. The natural frontline the Germans utilised during these conflicts is still visible in the landscape. 

We will also enjoy the nature around the old manor house Moesgård and of course experience Moesgård Museum's surroundings. From here we'll continue to Aarhus. On the way, we'll encounter a little military secret: the bunker on Oddervej in Aarhus, which is still used by the Danish navy. 

We'll see the memorial stone to the battle at Randersvej. The 31st of May 1849 the Prussians launched an attack here against General Rye's forces, which had retreated from the north of the city. Luckily the Prussians lost the battle and were forced to retreat back down to the south of Aarhus.

We can also take a look at the city's new cultural icons; Dokk 1, the central library and Aarhus Ø, the new harbour built with impressive modern architecture.

After this we'll keep on going along the beautiful country roads toMols, following almost the same route as General Rye took to Helgenæs. We'll pass by the picturesque castle ruins of Kalø and onwards to Ryes Skanser at Draget, which is a narrow piece of land leading to Helgenæs. This is where General Rye's forces disembarked and sailed to Fredericia, where they participated in the battle of Fredericia the night between the 5th-6th of July 1849 and won one of the strategically best-led military campaigns in Danish history, that sadly also gave Denmark an overconfident attitude that led to disaster in the war of 1864. In this area, we'll see some amazing views over both Kalø Bay and Ebeltoft Bay. 

We'll continue from there to Femmøller beach, which offers another military secret: The NATO pier and the Jutland oil pipeline. The area is though dotted with peaceful summerhouses, which were first placed in the area in 1923 by architect, urban planner and artist Egil Fischer.

We'll end the tour in Ebeltoft with the frigate Jutland, which participated in the sea battle against the Austrian fleet in Helgoland, the 9th of May, as part of the second Schleswig war in 1864. Ebeltoft has several other sights too; a glass-blowing museum and a walking route along the old main street are both worth experiencing in this cosy, well-preserved market town dating back to the 17th century.

It will be possible to order lunch, dinner and coffee with cake in advance. 

The region of Southern Jutland has, through the history, been a place of conflicts. From the medieval times the Danish king was the duke of the duchy of Slesvig.

So we are in border-areas where wars have been fought and borders have been moved. And also an area where beautiful buildings and marvelous constructions witness the recognition of the importance of being able to survey and defend the area, if necessary.

The town of Fredericia was built as a fortress back in 1650, and the town also played an important role in the first war between Denmark and Germany in the late 1840s. This was when revolutions spread in Europe and a rebellion broke out in the duchies of Slesvig and Holsten, which culminated in Fredericia. We take a brief look at the ramparts and the national monument of the Soldier defending Denmark.

In Kolding; 20 miles away, we have the fantastic castle of Koldinghus, built as a castle on the southern border of Denmark. The border followed the river through Kolding up to 1848. The castle now stands as a renovated ruin, where the walls tell the history of the building and the architects Johannes and Inger Exner have managed with the help of fantastic architecture to preserve the ruin within the castle.

On a coach tour through the beautiful landscape we reach the highest point of the area, Skamlingsbanken. At the altitude of 113 meter there is a beautiful view over the belt between Jutland and Funen. The place has played an important role as a meeting place focusing on Danish national identity.

OPTIONAL: The tour can be extended with ½ hour which will give the opportunity to have a coffee and Danish pastry at the beautifully situated restaurant by Skamlingsbanken.

Another option for extending the tour will demand app. 1½ hours. This will bring us to the beautiful Moravian town of Christiansfeld, where the ceasefire agreement was signed after the war in 1864, and could include a coffee stop to have a coffee and a honey cake. A short walk in this very special, planned town from the late 1700s willl also be included.

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.

A visit to Aars starts just outside the town at the Borremose fortress. Around here, almost everything started.

You could sail to the fortress. You could travel from here to the rest of the world.

After our visit to the Borremose Fortress, we taker a short drive to be able to visit Aars by foot. I will tell you about the past, about art and about present day Aars.

The artist Per Kirkeby has left his mark on Aars. As Aars is best experienced by foot, we will walk a distance of approximately 3 km from the Museum of Contemporary Art to Vesthimmerland's museum. I will make sure you see Per Kirkeby's buildings and get a hang of what life in Aars is like. The museums provide insight into much of the area's development. From one of Denmark's largest finds, the Gundestrup cauldron to the most common pieces of our time.

This tour follows the footsteps of Harald Bluetooth and Gorm the Old; the first Danish kings.

The runic stones in Jelling, a UNESCO Heritage Site, is the natural starting point for this tour. From there we drive to the river valley of Vejle River. Here we see the remains of the Ravning bridge; for centuries a mystery for many historians. For what purpose was this unique wooden bridge built?  

After visiting the remarkable Viking historical site we visit another runic stone telling about Queen Thyra, the wife of Gorm the Old and we end our tour at the Klebæk Mounds, where a 45 meter long shipsetting from the Viking period surrounds 2 bronze mounds.

The tour requires that the group has a car or bus available. This is for the group to arrange or can be booked by Guide Service Denmark.