Museums, Manor Houses, Castles or Churches
Do you know the feeling of going through an exhibition without quite knowing what you to get out of the experience? A guided tour can enhance the experience. Hear the stories of some of the objects and afterwards experience the rest on your own. Take home with you a good experience and new and surpricing knowledge.
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Lindholm Høje, the Hill of the Dead
A fascinating necropolis from the Iron Age and Viking Age, with 700 graves spread on its original site on a hill overlooking Aalborg and the Limfjord.
Hear about life in the area in those times (c. 400 – 1000 AD), and about the Vikings' and their ancestors' changing myths, rituals and beliefs concerning afterlife – and how these explain the striking variety we see in the form of these burials as we walk among them: mounds, stone circles, boat-shaped stone-settings…
Guided by a Viking scholar passionate and knowledgeable about Iron Age and Viking Age culture and myths.
Excavated in the 1950s from the sand which had perfectly preserved the site, Lindholm Høje – Lindholm Hills or Mounds, one of the most famous and most important burial grounds in Iron and Viking Age Scandinavia, always makes a formidable impression.
The oldest graves are at the top of the hill, later ones on the slopes and at the foot.
There is free access to the site, and we walk up and across the hill among the monuments, while I explain their shape and structure. Sometimes we can even tell from their appearance whether the deceased was a man or a woman.
Among other things I tell you about these people’s culture and rituals relating to death. We know more and more about it from archaeology, while some intriguing light is also cast by Viking poetry and later sagas.
Of particular interest are the boat-shaped Viking cremation graves, outlined with stones so as to suggest the form of a ship.
From the top of the hill we also enjoy a great view over the Limfjord, the long and intricate waterway which has been of major significance for the region since prehistory.
Many of the finds are displayed in the Lindholm Høje Museum at the foot of the hill, which we also visit. Here you see exciting presentations of the historical context and the conditions of life for the local community before and during the Viking Age.
A village also existed nearby as long as the burial site was in use, and there are traces of houses close to the graves. But why did they keep moving their dwellings up and down the hill?
Find out about the captivating history of Lindholm Høje during this eye-opening and thought-provoking tour.
This tour can be combined with a visit to the Fyrkat Viking ring fortress.
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Odense Cathedral, St. Canute's Church
The interesting story of St. Canute's Church, Odense Cathedral. A story that includes a regicide, a beautiful altarpiece and royalty
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The Old Town Museum in Aarhus
Hop into the time machine and enjoy a tour of Denmark's best open-air museum, where each street has its own story to tell
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Guided Tour of Odense City Hall
Enjoy Odense City Hall from past to present. Beautiful architecture, surprising stories and an enthusiastic guide
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Egeskov Castle – guided tour house and garden
The beautiful house and gardens at Egeskov Castle. The right combination if you are interested in both the garden and the interior
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The Castle of Hamlet: Kronborg – Danish World Heritage
The story of Kronborg in Elsinore – the Castle of Shakespeare's Hamlet, a special place in Danish history.
Northern Europe's largest Renaissance Castle stores some of the most amazing and disturbing stories.
Kronborg Castle was built to replace the old and outdated fortress Krogen, which had existed since Erik of Pomerania made Elsinore Denmark's second largest city in the 15th century. Kronborg is one of Northern Europe's most important Renaissance castles.
Kronborg holds a love story beyond all limits, as Frederik II build a whole wing for his beloved Sophie, so she could walk with dry shoes from her chamber to the church.
For centuries, the castle's location, next to the Entrance of Øresund, gave Danish kings the power to control the shipping in Øresund and to collect the much hated "Øresundstold" a special tax for sailing through Øreund.
Fire, wars and shipwrecks are also part of Kronborg's history and stories worth listening to.
Kronborg is now on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
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Viking Ships and Royal Tombs – UNESCO World Heritage Site in Roskilde
Explore Danish Viking culture and Denmark's royal history through a thousand years
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Aarhus Cathedral – guided tour of this beautiful cathedral
Guided tour of Aarhus Cathedral with interesting frescoes, a beautiful alter piece, the Marselis' Chapel and a leprosy window
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Egeskov Castle, Museums and Park – 3 Hours with Guide
Guided tour of the beautiful park, interesting museums and Egeskov Castle. A perfect tour on warm summer's days for children or adults
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Experience Frederiksborg Castle
Experience 500 years of Danish history told through the castles magnificent art works
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Egeskov's Exciting Museums
A guided tour of the various museums and exhibitions at Egeskov offers you entertainment, excitement and facts. Here you can find items of interest for adults as well as children.
See vintage cars, from stream propelled to turbo charged. Take a close look at the rescue helicopter, feel the thrill at the motorbikes from the Danish traffic police, listen to the engines of the vintage motorcycles purring or dream of driving a fire engine.
Egeskov has one of the biggest collections of vintage cars or Oldtimers collections in Denmark. The cars belong to the castle or to private collectors. You will find true gems some of them belonging to the royal family. The oldest one is even steam powered!
But there is a lot more to be found in the big exhibition hall. 8 aircrafts, among them a rescue helicopter – ready for take off of course.
The motorcycles are on show in a separate building. 38 different brands, suspended in chains, so you can study all the details close up.
If you want to revive your memories of going shopping as a child, before the time of self-service and the supermarket, the grocer's museum will amuse you. This is the place, where you will very likely exclaim: "Do you remember the times when…."
There is an exhibition of bicycles, and the rescue service Falck has its own exhibition with ambulances, fire engines and various tools.
The latest addition is the camping-museum which will open 2021.
You can also find old horsedrawn carriages, farming equipment and you can watch a movie about the Danish inventor Ellehammer and how he was the first in Europe to construct and actually take off with an engine powered plane.
You can round off your visit with a guided tour of the house or of the grounds and garden as well. Each takes about an hour.
Opening hours 2025 according to Egeskov's website
WINTER SEASON: Open for Play and Exhibitions (Castle and Garden closed)
2 Jan – 6 Feb: 10:00 – 16:00 (Castle and Garden closed)
7 Feb – 16 Feb: 16:30 – 21:00 LUMINUS light event in the garden. CLOSED during the day
17 Feb – 11 Apr: 10:00 – 16:00 (Castle and Garden closed)
27 Oct – 5 Dec: Closed on weekdays
8–9 + 15–16 + 23–24 + 29–30 Nov: Egeskov Christmas Market
6 Dec – 30 Dec: 10:00 – 16:00 (Closed 24–25 Dec)SUMMER SEASON: All attractions open
12 Apr – 27 Jun: 10:00 – 17:00 (Castle 11:00 – 17:00)
11–15 Jun: Castle and Brasserie Rigborg closed
12–14 Jun: Heartland Festival
23 Jun: 10:00 – 22:00 (Castle 11:00 – 19:00) Midsummer Eve
28 Jun – 10 Aug: 10:00 – 19:00 (Castle 10:00 – 19:00)
9 + 11 + 16 + 23 + 30 Jul & 1 + 6 + 9 Aug: 10:00 – 22:00 (Castle 10:00 – 19:00) Open By Night
11 Aug – 19 Oct: 10:00 – 17:00 (Castle 11:00 – 17:00)
20 Oct – 16 Nov: 10:00 – 17:00 (Castle and castle island closed) -
The Fredensborg Palace and Gardens
Experience the splendor of Fredensborg Castle throug wonderful views from the park. Recidens for the Danish Queen fall and springtime
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Roskilde Cathedral – Denmark's Cradle
Roskilde Cathedral – More Than a Thousand Years of History. A guided tour is an experience that will follow you for some time after
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Trelleborg, Harald Bluetooth and the Viking Age
Guided tour of the Viking fortification Trelleborg. The story of wild Vikings and king Harald Bluetooth who formed Denmark
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Egeskov Castle – a Guided Tour of the House
Enjoy a wonderfull guided tour of the house at Egeskov Castle with surprising details in the walls, magic creatures and cruel fates
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Viking Kings and Danish World Heritage – Jelling
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.
Museum visit - yes or no
Of course it's a yes. If just you hear the stories of what you experience at the museum, you will make sure it is a good experience. A tour of a museum is therefore a really good idea.
A visit to a museum is a good experience both with and without a guide. Let's be honest: how many museums have you visited with the lack of knowledge and afterwards not been quite sure your expectations were met?
If you let a guide talk about what's displayed, the experience just gets that much better. This is when you go home with new funny or quirky stories. You might even go home with inspiration to learn or read more yourself. If you agree to this the curator will surely be happy. Who doesn't want to infect others with their own love of a theme or subject?
One of the museums our guides love to guide is CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark. If you let one of our CLAY guides tell you about the exhibitions, you will be able to hear stories about the history of Danish porcelain, beautiful Danish ceramics and not least, you will experience surpricing and interesting architecture. At CLAY has something for everyone - those who are passionate about ceramics and those who prefer views and architecture.
Other lovely museums where our guides like guiding are Den Gamle By, the Old Town in Aarhus, Den Fynske Landsby, the Open-Air Museum the Funen Village in Odense, Trelleborg by Slagelse, Fyrkat by Hobro and many more.
Guided tours in Danish Castles
There are many beautiful castles around Denmark, most in Copenhagen and in North Zealand - but far from all of them are on Zealand.
You cannot enter the castles where the royal family lives as they are private houses. But you can see many of the other castles. Our royal castles are hundreds of years old.
In Copenhagen, you can visit Rosenborg Castle, where the crown jewels are on display. Rosenborg Castle, built by King Christian IV, is a beautiful building with great interior. However, it has been many, many years since the castle has been used as a royal residence. The last time was when the English attacked Copenhagen in 1801. Today, Rosenborg Castle is one of the castles in the Royal Danish Collection. The Royal Danish Collection consists of Rosenborg Castle and the Amalienborg Museum in Christian VIII's Palace in Copenhagen and Koldinghus in Kolding.
Other castles where our guides also love telling the stories and guide you are Frederiksborg Castle, Fredensborg Castle, Kronborg or Sønderborg Castle to name just a few.
Manor Houses
At many of Denmark's beautiful manor houses, you can get a guided tour and experience the history of the place up close.
Denmark has numerous beautiful manor houses spread around the country both in Jutland, Zealand and Funen.
Funen is probably the region in Denmark with the most manor houses. It is said that the credit rating is high. This means that the soil on Funen is particularly fertile and suitable for growing crops. Back in the days, this meant that each manor house on Funen could manage with fewer hectares than manor houses elsewhere in Denmark. Quite simply he yield on the ground was higher.
One of the manor houses that each year get the most visitors and guests is Egeskov Castle on South Funen. We are happy to have a dedicated corps of guides who love to reveal Egeskov's fascinating stories. If you want to experience Egeskov Castle with a committed and dedicated guide, you can either opt to see the castle, the exhibitions and the garden or all of them. Choose the part or parts that interest you the most and enjoy your guided tour. If you are responsible for a group's day at Egeskov, we know a tour of Egeskov Castle is a really good activity for groups.
Denmark's lovely churches
Experiencing a church and hearing its stories from a guide give insight into both history, culture and the faith on which the Danish society is based. Fortunately, Denmark is a diverse society and therefore we make room for many faiths, each with its own church buildings. Of course, we can neither name nor show you them all, but we are happy to show you some of the beautiful churches in Denmark according to your choice.
A guided tour in one of our lovely churches be a story about the building, the tombstones or the symbols of faith. The stories vary depending on which church or cathedral you'd like to visit.
Some of the beautiful churches our guides'd like to show you are Roskilde Cathedral, where many Danish royals are buried. Another is Odense Cathedral with a beautiful altar made by Claus Berg, the woodcarver that Queen Christine brought to Denmark so that he could make her a unique altar for Gråbrødre Klosterkirke, the Greyfriars Monastery church in Odense. Only much later did the altar appear in Odense Cathedral. Let the guide tell you the story of this beautiful altar and the incredible number of beautiful wooden figures, all of them different.
We are happy to invite you on a guided tour of a museum, a manor house, a castle or a church with Guide Service Denmark and one of our dedicated guides.