Guide Service in Vejle & Nearby

A guided walk through the old inner city of Vejle will give you a unique experience of the town's history from the first settlements in the early middle ages via a golden era and a blooming commercial life due to industrial gain in the 18th and 19th century and bringing you up to date with new and exciting architecture and a modern city centre.

In the centre of Vejle we will pass the old marketplace where the dominant building is the church Sct. Nicolai. Niccolaus is the saint for the seafarers. The church is the oldest in Vejle and hides secrets especially connected to the northern wall.

Through Foldegade, which in the old days was a small narrow street, where the cattle were fenced in, we walk down to Søndertorv one of the gates for entrance in the old days. I'll talk about the stream passing through Vejle, a stream which is a cornerstone in the history.

We will walk towards the town centre and we will see where trade was done by the big groceries and thereafter continue to the square in front of the old town hall, which was in old times a monastery.

Continuing our walk I shall explain about Orla Lehmann who's name is related to one of the small streets and we will see the sculptures created by Pontus Kjermann. You will hear about the great fire that almost destroyed Vejle.

Walking on we will meet the stream which now again runs through the city center, and through the old streets we will slowly turn back to where we started.

This tour can be prolonged with a walk down to the old railway station, the harbour and more.

With starting point from DGI huset in Vejle, we will go on a mountain bike tour through the scenic valley of Vejle Ådal – river Vejle, where we will spot some of the great birds of prey that live near Kongens Kær wetlands. 

We will pass Haraldskær Manor and the town of Rue where we will find ourselves in the middle of a large tunnel valley created by the most recent ice age. We will take a break in the Iron Age village near Vingsted before we bike back to Vejle along the river of Vejle Å. 

Price includes bike and other equipment.

The price is DKK 500 per person – min. 2 people.

With starting point from the DGI huset in Vejle, we will go on a mountain bike tour in Sønderskoven forest. 

You will experience a very beautiful and diverse nature in Vejle city center. We will bike in a speed so everyone can follow along and with instructions along the way, so everybody can go on this mountain biking tour without preconditions. We will of course also test the brand new mountain bike tracks in the forest. 

I guarantee that you will have a fantastic nature experience in the middle of the city. 

The price includes a bike and other equipment.

The price is DKK 500 per person – min. 2 people.

Guidet tour of the famous runic stones of Jelling – the Christian "birth certificate" of Denmark from the Viking age.

Right next to the church of the small Danish town of Jelling, you will find two runic stones; a small older one and a larger younger one dating back to around 950 AD, during the Viking age. They used to be placed on top of the two burial mounds which are in front of their present position.

Through many generations the runic stones have been seen as elements of Danish national identity as they, for the first time, mentioned Denmark as a nation ruled by kings and the runic inscription on the larger, younger stone also says that the Danes have become Christians during the reign of King Harald Bluetooth and on his command.

That is the reason for the larger runic stone's inscription being called the Christian birth certificate of Denmark showing also that Denmark is one of the oldest kingdoms in the world as it has been in existence ever since.

The runic stones of Jelling are so unique that they are one of only three sites in Denmark having been put on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

If the local museum of the Kings of Jelling is open, I'll end the tour so you can visit to the museum on your own. There you can see what the area looked like in Viking times and see the runic stones in their original colour sceme.

Vejle's beautiful harbour front and a walk through 200 years of history.

We start by walking through Østerbo – part of the old labour area – towards Østre Kirkegård, the eastern cemetary. Here you will get aquainted with some of the prominent people who founded Vejle such as "Dandy", "Hess" and "Windfeld Hansen". The tour continues to the harbour front and along the way, we'll see a clear destinction between the old and new Vejle. 

On the beautiful and very destinctive harbour front, amongst others we'll see architectural pearls like Bølgen, the Wave, Kirk Kapital's new domicile Fjordenhus designed by Olafur Eliason and the largest floating Kayak Club in Denmark.