Guide Service in all of Jutland

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. 

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.  

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 Story Trail would demonstraste what street art can be and how it is used in Aalborg!

This StoryTrail is a fun group activity for anybody interested in exploring Aalborg on their own and learning about contemporary street art and youth culture in Aalborg.  Also suitable as a teambuilding exercise for adults or for schools from 7. grade.

In Aalborg there are more than 70 different examples of Street Art on walls and houses. Most of the paintings are in the city center so you can see most of them during a 2 hour walking tour.
This Story Trail starts with a presentation of Aalborg, beginning with a ½ hour walk near the harbor. The participants will then be divided into groups. Each group will get an assignment, their own map and a route to follow. The will go on and explore an area whith different examples of street art. For each route there will be different tasks, based on the pictures the participants will find while exploring their particular area.

After completing the tasks, we discuss the findings, the meaning and value of strret art and evaluate the experience of exploring it like this, in an unknown city.

In April 1945, an aeroplane was shot down over Kattegat during a search for a submarine. It ended its days in Torstedlund Forest in the north of Jutland.

With great drama and turmoil, all whom had been on board were buried in the forest. Years later they were moved to the cemetery in Aarestrup.

Hear the story told during a walk to the memorial.

To get to Aarestrup cemetery you may need a coach or car.

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.

You might have heard of "hygge" before; On this tour to Moesgaard we will experience maximum hygge levels.

We'll take bikes in the city and cycle towards what used to be an old farm and mansion and is now home to parts of the university. The tour is fairly easy to cycle (except one steep climb). We'll stop at Moesgard and if you would like to we can visit the prized museum, visit an old mill and walk to the unspoiled Southern Beaches of Aarhus.

You will get to see what I perceive as the epitome of Danish country side in all its beauty and – of course – hygge!

A guided tour on Skamlingsbanken: hear about Denmark's national sentiments during the first half of the 19th century.

Steen Blicher started the first popular meetings of the Romantic Era on the hill Himmelbjerget in 1839. This became the inspiration for many subsequent popular meeting places around the entire country. In 1843 local farmers bought the area surrounding Southern Jutland's highest point, Skamlingsbanken, located approximately 10 km south of Kolding. 

A guided tour on Skamlingsbanken will give you an in-depth picture of Denmark's national sentiments during a time when ideas about nation, language and nature were experiencing a revolution. After a Danish defeat in 1864, ceding Southern Jutland to Prussia, Skamlingsbanken became highly symbolic for the struggle to reunite the area with the rest of the realm. 

The story about the events of 1864 and the separation and reincorporation of Southern Jutland certainly define this area and will be presented to you in a professional, interactive way. Narrations about these two historical events will be combined with the beautiful natural sights around, to not only give you an idea about the area but all of Denmark and its history as well. 

Vejle is one of only 100 resilient cities in the world. What do words such as the new sluice, resilient-cooperation, cloud burst street, Resilient street and Resilient house, mean? Learn on this guided walk in Vejle where I'll show you how it all forms Vejle.

Some other Resilient cities are Rome, Los Angeles, Durban and Wellington. As you see, Vejle is part of a prestigious network. Vejle was carefully chosen by the Rockefeller Foundation for its innovative approach to solutions for climate change and global warming, an issue Vejle does a lot to prevent. This will be obvious on this city walk, where we'll pass places that are part of these prevention efforts.

A bike ride is a fast and pleasant way to discover a bigger part of Aarhus city. On this tour you will see the highlights of Aarhus. A city that since the founding by the Vikings has been one of the richest and most important cities in Denmark.

I will show you the astonishing development of the city, from medieval merchant town to modern metropolis.

We will venture out in the street that used to be the grimmest alley in Denmark. Next stop is the oldest stone church in Scandinavia. Furthermore we will visit the impressing Cathedral of Aarhus that is located in the cosy Latin Quarter with lots of old and beautiful buildings. I will reveal to you how a real estate company ended in a cowshed.

From here we will ride round Aarhus Ø which offers a beautiful view of the bay of Aarhus. Here you will see how an old container terminal can be turned into a modern part of the city with the most daring architecture.

Next destination is the old harbour of the city from 1861. This harbour sparked an astonishing development that transformed Aarhus from a medieval town to an industrial powerhouse. The signs of this development are still around as well as the heavy industries that was formed here in the beginning of the 20th century. You will also find out how an abattoir ended up right next to modern office buildings.

We will ride through the living quarters of the first industrial workers of the city to see where and how they lived.

At the end we will see the distinct City Hall in Aarhus and the modern landmark of the city, the museum of art ARoS.

The art is quite visible in the street scene of Odder. In this guided walk we pass about 30 outdoor art works, and I will inform you about the individual works and the artists behind.

The tour which can be arranged for both small and large groups, is about 6 km long. Meeting place: The square by the Central Hotel.

Enjoy a hike on the trails of Nationalpark Mols Bjerge.

Mols Bjerge is a fantastic area created during the latest Ice Age. On this guided hike you will learn how the ice has affected the landscape. We will visit a great vantage point from where there is a unique view of the wonderful landscape of Mols. In clear weather it is possible to see the city of Aarhus in the distance. The hike lasts two to three hours.

It is possible to combine this trip with a guided city walk in Ebeltoft, which is the "capital" of the Mols Bjerge National Park.

Why are danish universities so good, and what makes Aarhus a good place to study?

Aarhus is the danish city with the liveliest population and the highest IQ! This dynamic pearl of a city is located on the east coast of Jutland facing Kattegat and it is home to a university with about 30.000 students. Their joie de vivre and eagerness and youthful energy evidently leaves its mark on the atmosphere and face of the city.

We will see how and why while walking across the most beautiful campus in the country, the Universitetsparken in Aarhus. Until the nineteenthirties, the area was taken up by allotments. At that time the landscape designes worked a small miracle and the beautiful buildings were designed by the world renowned architects from C. F. Møllers tegnestue. The result was spectacular – but by and by the university grew, however, buildings were expanded and new ones were built. Finally a decision had to be reached, to either bulid more or keep the trees and hills, the small lakes and the brook – and consequently to move some of the institutes elsewhere. Some academic activities had to move to a new home.

We will also visit some parts of these new academic areas. The tour starts in front of the Institute for Geoscience, we wil start by traversing the original Universitetsparken and also visit some of the newer parts of the complete Campus.

Guided City Walk along Aarhus River

Hear about the river's central importance to Aarhus.    

This city walk starts from the museum Aros. From there we'll set out on a beautiful walk towards the river's estuary where it flows into the sea.

I'll tell about the river's significance for Aarhus, unique buildings and great personalities that have a relation to it.

The market town of Randers has a fascinating history that dates back to the 13th century. Randers became famous after the Danish national hero, Niels Ebbesen, in 1241, killed count Gert of Holstein in Randers. For this reason to this day there is a statue of Niels Ebbesen in Randers.

In more recent times, since the later part of the 19th century, Randers has become known as a town of heavy industry including the building of trains and for its harbour with its practical position at the base of the fiord of Randers.

In fact Randers is one of very few Danish towns that has kept part of its industrial production at the town centre and its port is still primarily an industrial port like all ports were in Denmark in the early part of the 20th century. For this reason to see original industrial buildings in use in their original settings and environment you must come to Randers.

This historic walk will show you the old part of the town of Randers and I will tell you all about its fascinating history and show you the many well-preserved old houses from the past.

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.

The history of Aarhus based on the great men and women buried at Nordre Kirkegaard, the Northern Cemetery.

Nordre Kirkegaard was founded in 1876 in order to relieve the pressure of too many burials at the then existing Søndre Kirkegaard, the Southern Cemetery which was situated where Raadhusparken, the City Hall Park now is.

Nordre Kirkegaard soon became a much prefered place of burial for the citizens of Aarhus because of the environment and rural landscape just north of the city. Today the entire area is part of the city. Today the cemetery takes up an area of 14,8 hectars.

Buried at Nordre Kirkegaard are a number of former mayors of Aarhus, including perhaps the most popular mayor ever in the city's history Bernhardt Jensen alongside various Aarhus celebrities.

On this guided tour I reveal the history of Aarhus by means of the various celebrities buried at Aarhus Nordre Kirkegaard which also give a good hint of how Aarhus grew and developed from the middle of the 19th century to the present day.

Syvårssøerne, the Seven Year Lakes, at Frederikshåb Plantation is at moment one of Denmark's biggest natural attractions, as the water level in the mystical "Syvårssøerne" is very high, and numerous paths in the area are flooded. A hike here is an exciting experience.

I myself is very enthusiastic about this hike, where we walk around the big sand dunes in Randbøl moor. Here we will pass over the 17m high Stoltenberg. A sand dune shaped by the wind collecting sand on the otherwise flat and heather clad moorland. It is difficult here to believe that you are not in the big seaside dunes at the west coast by the North Sea.

The tour continues in Frederikshåb Plantation where we hike along the lakes Syvårssøerne. The "Seven Year Lakes" are not always here which is the mystical part as the lakes emerges and disappears in fluctuation with the groundwater level. For centuries it was noticed that they appeared around every seven years. The hike at Syvårssøerne is a hike you can do again and again every season of the year. No matter when you pass by, the nature is always beautiful – even in rain and clouded weather. If you bring kids along, the tour offers possibility for play time in the great sand dunes.

Besides the mystical and very beautiful nature, we will also encounter multiple historical sites from WW2 when Denmark was occupied by German forces and the German occupational forces used the area as a secret airfield. In the area there are among other things an airplane hiding spot, field kitchen, personal bunker fuel lines and a bunker for fuel.

A guided hike which is very exciting for kids as well as adults.