Guide Service in Vejle & Nearby

An eye-opening and thought-provoking visit to Jelling, the greatest Viking Age royal monument in the North and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Poised between two kings, two world views, the old faith and the new, between prehistory and history… The royal burial place and grand memorial at Jelling, with its manifold symbolism and iconic significance, is a spectacular monument of Viking Age Denmark. In our visit you will hear about the legends and troubled history of the beginnings of the Danish kingdom and its conversion to Christianity, wonder at some of the most fantastic examples of Viking runestone art, and experience this monument as a huge landmark in both history and landscape.

Two huge mounds dominate the royal complex. In between stands a medieval stone church, next to which two great stones stand precisely in the centre between the mounds: one raised by Gorm for his queen Thyra, the other by Harald in memory of his parents. The latter is an enormous runestone which boasts two of the most renowned and amazing carvings of the Viking Age: a beast fighting a coiling snake, and Christ in the shape of a cross bound by coiling ribbons. But it is also famous for the king's historically all-important claim, engraved in runes, of having "won" Denmark – and Norway – for himself and having made the Danes Christian.

The site is further complicated by traces of a gigantic ship setting marked in stones, and a huge palisade around the grounds.

As we explore the site and discover its tantalising symmetries and symbolism, I explain the complex and fascinating transition from Nordic heathendom to Christianity, of which the Jelling monuments give the most impressive illustration.

I also tell you about the most recent archaeological discoveries here: our understanding of Jelling constantly changes and improves, though it is a place that still holds many secrets from us.

Our visit ends with a tour of the Royal Jelling Exhibition Centre, a clever, informative and spectacular little museum offering a rich experience for the mind and the senses.

Optionally we can also visit the Viking-themed café Sejd in the village (3 min. walk), which tempts with great coffee, tasty Viking-inspired food and bits of Viking myths.

If your are visiting as part of a bus trip, the tour could also be combined with a visit to the Viking Age bridge at Ravninge Enge, another of Harald’s impressive construction works.

The guide is a historian and has worked in communications since 2008.

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.

Join me on a fresh morning trail run (trail running= running on trails in nature) in the hills around Munkebjerg Hotel. Alternatively a run later in the day.

We will start at the hotel, so are you there for a conference, vacation or just in the area and want some good exercise, fresh air combined with tales of the trolls stone, the eye of the munk and a donkey named Moses and many other things from the area. Then tie up your shoes and join.

We will adapt the distance to the group, but as a reference it will be 7-10 km with the possibility of changes. 

Vejle city council enacted an architectural policy as the first city council in Denmark. Come along on this city walk and experience the significance of this visionary policy.

Since 1997 Vejle's city council has had a clear attitude to the city's architecture, which has made a great impact on the buildings, the urban spaces and parks later built.

Experience the architecture and hear the stories about the city park, the music theatre, the art museum, the roundabout, the midpoint of Vejle and many more exciting new places such as the Wave and Fjordenhus. Naturally, I'll spice up the city walk by including the stories of the city's older buildings, which we pass on our walk through the city.

A city walk, which will be exciting for both new and old residents of Vejle and all with an interest in architecture and urban spaces.

Go kayaking and experience the new neighborhood in Vejle from the water side.

Starting at Albuen Beach we will row in kayaks under the Vejle Fjord bridge into the Skyttehus Bay. Here we will see Vejle's landmark Bølgen – The Wave – the new towers. Of course we also pass Fjordenhus – the House of the Fjord – and continue into Sønderåen, where we will see the new residential area, Skudehavnen.

I'll introduce you to the kayak, and instruct you in the most important techniques for controlling the kayak before we move safely into the fjord.

There are no requirements for participant's fitness level. All necessary equipment is provided and included in the price.

The price is DKK 525 per person – min. 2 people.

For safety reasons, we only offer guided kayak trips in the period 01 May to 15. October.