Denmark Summer Grand Route – 11 days

Arrive Copenhagen, transfer to your hotel and check-in. The rest of the evening is at leisure.

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Breakfast. Enjoy beautiful Copenhagen with the popular Hop-On Hop-Off bus tour. Which covers all the must-see sights while allowing you to hop on and off as much as you like! Some of the most important sights are: The Little Mermaid, Amalienborg Palace, Rosenborg Palace, Nyhavn, Gammel Strand, Tivoli, and Christiansborg Palace.

After the tour, visit the famous Tivoli Gardens, the wonderful amusement park for children and adults alike. Spend the rest of the evening at leisure.

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Breakfast. Take a train trip to Odense, hometown of Hans Christian Andersen who was born here. His lively imagination continues to inspire the city. Odense is a cultural and historical city. Walking in H.C. Andersen’s footsteps through the historic district and get a feel of city life 200 years ago.

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Breakfast. Explore on your own the cobbled Odense Old Town and take photos next to Andersen’s statue in the Fairy Tale Garden. Continue with a walk around Munkemose Park, where you’ll find sculptures right out of his fairy tales, including The Little Mermaid and The Wild Swans.

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Breakfast. Take a train trip to Aalborg, the capital of North Jutland, and in a league of its own. A pocket-size city, with its own unique atmosphere and something for everyone – museums, cultural monuments, and historic buildings.

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Breakfast. Today, be adventurous and explore this beautiful town on your own. Visit the Utzon Center at the waterfront that hosts different exhibits throughout the year. See the House of Music (Musikkens Hus) which is an architectonic lighthouse of Aalborg and Northern Jutland and a national and international rendezvous of music. Explore Aalborg Monastery and the cute, preserved houses at Hjelmerstald.

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Breakfast. Take a train trip to Aarhus a historic city that remarkably feels like one cozy neighborhood, where all the biggest sights and attractions are within walking distance of each other. Despite this local feel, Aarhus has a few distinct and exciting districts which each give a different kind of city break experience. It just means you will be able to explore them all in one visit!

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Breakfast. Today, go exploring on your own. See Den Gamle By (The Old Town Museum), a national open-air museum offering a fascinating insight into everyday Danish life in the past centuries. Next, visit the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, one of the largest museums in Northern Europe which showcases a wonderful selection of Golden Age works, Danish modernism, and an abundance of arresting and vivid contemporary art. The highlight of the visit is the spectacular Your Rainbow Panorama, a 360-degree rooftop walkway offering views of the city through its glass panes in all shades of the rainbow.

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Breakfast. Return to Copenhagen by train and visit the many shops at Strøget, one of Europe’s longest pedestrian streets. Enjoy shopping and the local cuisines. The rest of the day is at leisure.

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Breakfast. This morning, take the train to Malmo, the third largest city in Sweden after Stockholm and Gothenburg. Journey over the famous Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden. Enjoy a guided boat tour in Malmo which goes through the canals and under the bridges of Malmö. The guide onboard tells you about history, personalities, buildings, and anecdotes. The tour goes through parks, the harbor, passing the Malmöhus Castle in the old part of town, Castle Mill, Fersen Bridge, St Gertrud quarters and back through modern Malmö. In the evening, take the return train to Copenhagen.

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