Guide Service in Vejle & Nearby

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.

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.

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.

A guided walk in Vejle is the exciting tale of water, the name Vejle also comes from  the word Ford – meaning place where you cross water.

The water has in many ways shaped and continues to shape Vejle – here we must link the past, present and future, nature, industry and architecture in a story about Vejle's ascending path of the river mouth, about industry powered by hydropower, but also Vejle as a harbour city.

At the same time, the water is the theme of the city's most eye-catching architecture, the Wave, Bølgen and the Fiord House, Fjordenhus – and the water presense as a consequence of climate change and the city's resilience planning and exposure.

On our tour and guided walk around the city with visits to the locks, the river, the low lying areas, the Spinners' Halls and the waterfront, I tell the great and many stories about the Vejle of the Water.

We end the city walk at Økolariet, which has a fine illustration of various scenarios for flooding of Vejle. There is the possibility of free admission during the opening hours of Økolariet after our city walk.

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.

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.