Zealand is a cornucopia of exciting experiences

Naturpark Åmosen (Åmosen Nature Park) Naturpark Åmosen forms one of West Zealand's largest natural areas, where rivers, lakes, and bogs create a continuous landscape of approximately 8,500 hectares. Here, you encounter “Zealand's last wilderness,” where nature unfolds and encompasses green, tranquil oases.

The landscape alternates between vast meadows, humid bog areas, and still lakes, where reeds stand thick on the banks and the sky reflects on the water's surface. On paths and small roads, you can get close to the rich bird and animal life, while also sensing the traces of history, stretching from the Stone Age and Bronze Age to today.

The nature park invites you to hike and cycle along marked routes, and in several places, there are signs and small information points that tell about the area's cultural history and nature. Birdwatching, guided tours, and quiet stays by the lakeside make the visit varied, sensory, and atmospheric.

Åmosen is accessible all year round with several starting points and parking lots, making the nature park easy and accessible to visit if you head towards West Zealand.

Naturpark Åmosen is a place where calm descends. And where the tranquil landscape invites contemplation and presence with and in nature.

Musicon Musicon is Roskilde's creative district south of the station, where old industrial buildings have been transformed into a vibrant area with plenty of culture and experiences. Here, art, music, and design meet in an urban, playful environment where spaces invite movement and lingering.

The district houses museums, workshops, stages, and cafés, where you can experience a wealth of concerts and exhibitions throughout the year, as well as workshops and events. Walking through Rabalderstræde or along Containerstriben, you feel the district's pulse and creativity up close.

Musicon offers experiences for both children and adults with a focus on music, dance, and creative community. The annual Rabalder Festival on the last Saturday of August gathers the area's energy in a colourful program with activities, music, and food.

The area is easy to explore on foot, and the wide paths and open squares make it ideal for both spontaneous stops and longer walks through the neighbourhood.

Musicon is a place where city life and creativity meet, and where a visit provides an impression of a vibrant, dynamic, and inspiring part of Roskilde, exciting for both young and old to discover.

Nordkystens Cykeludlejning (North Coast Bicycle Rental)

The pace and shoulders automatically lower when the bike is rolled out from Nordkystens Cykeludlejning in Gilleleje. The rental place, close to the town's harbour, has a really good selection of quality bikes, and its location near the North Zealand coast provides excellent conditions for a beautiful bike ride along the stunning coastal landscapes.

The North Zealand coast features a maze of small roads, open stretches along the coast, and views that shift between sea, forest areas, and charming summer house districts. The selection at Nordkystens Cykeludlejning includes classic bikes, electric bikes, and equipment that makes it easy to adapt the trip for both short stretches and longer excursions. The atmosphere is very down-to-earth in a good way, and the focus is on getting you off to a good start, whether the goal is a leisurely ride along the water or a longer route through the hilly landscape.

The place also has a wide selection of children's bikes, trailers, and of course, everything you need in terms of helmets and other necessities. The prices are good, and the area with its winding roads, large forests, and many small harbours and beaches provides excellent conditions for a wonderful and active experience together in particularly beautiful surroundings. And when you rent a holiday home through Landfolk, it is possible to have the bikes delivered directly to your door, by arrangement with the rental place.

Copenhagen Contemporary Copenhagen Contemporary is Copenhagen's international art centre for contemporary art, located in the old B&W welding hall on Refshaleøen in the city's northeastern part, where enormous industrial spaces now house large-scale art. Here, you are invited into rooms where light, sound, installations, and performance art create experiences you can walk through, see, and feel with your whole body.

In the high-ceilinged halls, you encounter artworks that play with space, time, and senses, where the scale is often monumental, and the works challenge your expectations of what art can be. The large exhibition area provides space for artistic projects with both internationally renowned artists and new voices in contemporary art.

As a visitor, you can experience current exhibitions and events, where the works range from total installations to performance art, and the centre also offers guided tours of the exciting premises.

You can find the museum's address on Refshalevej in Copenhagen with fixed opening hours every day of the week except Monday, when it is closed.

Copenhagen Contemporary is a place where modern art invites you to move around, be amazed and inspired, and experience contemporary art in a format that is both physically present and thought-provoking in its expression.

Restaurant Ship M/S Sagafjord M/S Sagafjord is moored in Roskilde Harbour and serves as the city's charming restaurant ship, inviting guests to maritime dining experiences while sailing in the tranquil surroundings of the fjord.

The ship, which is medium-sized and elegant, attracts both locals and visitors with its classic design and atmosphere of authentic seafaring history.

On board, the ambiance is framed by the warm wooden panels in the salons, and the large panoramic windows let the water's changing light play across tables and the ship's deck. You can walk along the deck, hear the waves lapping against the hull, and experience the quiet rhythm while enjoying the view of the fjord and Roskilde's waterfront. The atmosphere is both intimate and open, perfect for relaxed meals and maritime moments.

When visiting Sagafjord in the evening, the seasonal menu must be pre-ordered. The menu changes with the seasons, is updated three times a year, and is based on local ingredients from local producers, ensuring quality and a sustainable path for the food to the plate. For lunch, you can pre-order one of the restaurant's two different types of open-faced sandwiches (smørrebrød). You can also visit Sagafjord for one of the special theme evenings, which focus on everything from fish specialties to gourmet experiences and intimate concerts. There is also the possibility for private events and parties.

You can conclude your visit by standing on the deck, feeling the fresh sea air, and observing the glittering surface of the fjord. M/S Sagafjord provides a beautiful setting for both food and pleasant experiences.

The Parforce Hunting Landscape in North Zealand The Parforce Hunting Landscape in North Zealand is a coherent cultural and natural landscape that stretches across several municipalities and consists of three historic forest areas: Jægersborg Dyrehave with Jægersborg Hegn, Gribskov, and Store Dyrehave.

The landscape was laid out in the 17th and 18th centuries as a setting for royal parforce hunting, where the hunt was controlled through a carefully planned system of roads, and is today designated as a World Heritage site.

Therefore, in the forests today, you encounter an exciting and precise network of long, straight roads, star-shaped intersections, and open sightlines, created to control movement and overview during the hunt. The light shifts between open plains and dense forest spaces, and the strict geometry still stands in clear contrast to the tranquility of nature, whether you are walking or cycling.

The special structure makes it exciting to explore the landscape via hiking and cycling routes that follow the historic hunting paths, and to pass significant points such as crossroads, hunting stars, and forest structures that connect the three forests.

The forests are publicly accessible all year round with paths and roads, and access may vary due to nature management.

Willumsens Museum Willumsens Museum is an art museum in Frederikssund that showcases the boundary-pushing, colourful, and often expressive art of the Danish multi-artist Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, spanning painting, sculpture, graphics, and ceramics. The museum houses a large collection of his own works, private collections, and documentary material, providing insight into his unconventional approach to art and form.

When you step into the museum's rooms, you immediately feel the contrast between the classic museum floor and Willumsen's energetic forms and colours, which resonate with each other. It is art that can both challenge and fascinate, and which draws your attention to the dramatic expression of the motif and the texture of the materials.

In addition to the permanent collection, the museum creates special exhibitions, often related to Willumsen's work or in dialogue with contemporary artists, conveying the development and relevance of art.

The visit also includes activities such as workshops, guided tours, and events that are part of the museum's public program and make the encounter with art lively for both adults and children.

The museum has pleasant facilities with a café and shop, and it is centrally located in Frederikssund with good access, where visitors can combine the art experience with a walk in the town.

Willumsens Museum is a place where you can be carried away by colours, forms, and narratives that continue to inspire new generations.

Hundested Sand Sculpture Park When you step into Hundested Sand Sculpture Park, you encounter an impressive outdoor sculpture exhibition in the heart of Hundested on the North Zealand coast. In the park, sand is shaped into impressive figures and landscapes, which change theme and motif every year.

You move among tall sandcastles, detailed animals, and mythological figures, where each sculpture invites you to get close and observe the richness of detail in the craftsmanship. Light and shadow play across the surfaces of the fine sculptures, which are impressive to behold both due to their size and, of course, the beautiful shaping of the sand.

The park is open from late May to mid-October, where you can visit and enjoy the impressive sand creations. It is also possible to book a special event in the park, such as a family celebration in the unique setting, and you can also get a guided tour and learn more about the sculptures and the ideas behind the impressive works. Or, for example, learn to build a sand sculpture yourself with guidance.

There are many possibilities, and the people behind the park can be contacted directly by phone at 23 27 27 23 to arrange details if a special event is desired.

Normal admission is available daily for a fee, and the paths in the park are easily accessible for both those with reduced mobility and families with strollers. There is a café and facilities to make the visit comfortable.

Rokkedyssegaard Rokkedyssegaard is a farm shop and experience farm with fresh berries, a farm shop and café, and pick-your-own opportunities just west of Værløse north of Copenhagen, where strawberries and raspberries are grown with passion and sold fresh to visitors.

In summer, you can walk between rows of berry plants, smell the sweet strawberries, and enjoy the summery hum of insects as you move towards the strawberry field.

When you step into the farm shop, you encounter colours and flavours in the form of freshly picked berries, jams, and berry-based products. And in the café, you can, for example, enjoy an ice cream or a homemade bun with berry jam in the beautiful rural surroundings. All made with the farm's own ingredients.

The farm shop is open every day from late April to mid-September, and various special opening days are arranged for the rest of the year.

You can also pick your own berries. It's an activity where you can take a deep breath, feel the warmth of the earth, and take fresh berries home with you. On opening days, there is also service in the café and space to sit in the sun or shade with a view of the fields around the beautiful berry farm.

Gjethuset Gjethuset is a vibrant music and cultural centre in Frederiksværk, where the historic building from the 1760s forms the setting for a versatile art and cultural life. The house was originally built as a foundry for cannons and gunpowder, and today the thick stone walls have been given new life with stages, bar areas, and large halls that open up for both intimate and grand experiences.

When you step into the large concert hall or the raw exhibition spaces, you feel the interplay between the historic industrial architecture and the modern cultural elements, while light falls from the high windows, adding even more atmosphere to the event taking place in the house today.

Gjethuset offers concerts in many genres, children's performances, theatre, jazz, chamber music, and special events such as music festivals, where both established artists and new talents take the stage, among much else.

This is truly a vibrant house, which can also be rented for private or corporate events. Practically, access is via ticket purchase for individual events, and the bar is open in connection with events, so you can take a break with a drink between experiences.

Here you can experience both great music and local cultural history in one space, where the bricks of the past frame the artistic contributions of the present.

Backhaus Brown Backhaus Brown is a glass workshop, gallery, and shop at Hundested Harbour, where you can experience the art of blowing, shaping, and designing glass right by the quayside in the cosy harbour environment.

The glassblowing studio was established in 2008 by glass artists Nanna Backhaus Brown and Andrew Brown and is located with large panoramic windows facing the sea and fjords, so light, wind, and views become part of the experience.

When you step into the 540 square metre glass workshop, shop, and gallery, you are in the centre of the process, where the workshop's warm oven and tools meet in the rhythm of craftsmanship. You can watch the artists work with traditional and modern techniques, as their glass designs and sculptures are shaped into everything from beautiful and colourful vases to drinking glasses and stunning glass artworks.

Backhaus Brown exhibits both functional glass objects and unique creations in the premises, and both colours and forms are attuned to Scandinavian aesthetics and inspiration from the surrounding landscape. And the light here on the edge of the sea.

Backhaus Brown is open several days a week with fixed opening hours, where you can take your time to walk around, observe the process, and be inspired by the many expressions of the glassworks.

Here you get a close look at the world of glass art, where craftsmanship and the surrounding harbour environment interact to create a wonderful experience.

Garbolund Garbolund is a vineyard and experience destination on Helsingevej in the village of Gl. Annisse in North Zealand, where vineyards, a shop, and a wine bar create the setting for an authentic wine experience close to nature. Here, organic grapes are cultivated in the vineyard south of the Baunen hill, ripening into natural wines that can be seen, tasted, and purchased in the farm's cosy wine bar and shop.

As you walk between the rows of vines, you feel the sun's warmth on the slope and can let your gaze wander over the clean rows and the butterfly meadow's flowers, buzzing with life. The farm's production buildings and cobbled courtyard invite breaks where you can enjoy a glass of wine, learn about the production, and observe nature's transformation from grape to bottle.

Garbolund offers wine tasting every Saturday during the summer season, where you can sample selected natural wines and hear stories about the ideas behind the production. Guided tours of the vineyard and winery can be arranged with a minimum number of participants, allowing you to get up close to the process and the farm's work with the grapes.

On the farm, you will also find inviting accommodation options such as tipis and tents in season, as well as nature activities along the Butterfly Trail, where you can move freely according to your taste and pace.

Access to the shop and wine bar is seasonal, with openings on several Saturdays from May to August, and wine tasting requires registration according to the official indications of the venue.

Here, you can let the aromas of wine, the flowers of nature, and the tranquility of the farm fill you with a sensory experience in the North Zealand landscape.

Country Market Country Market is a cosy marketplace, café, and specialty shop in Fredensborg's pedestrian street, where local food, beverages, and delicacies are showcased side by side.

The place is located in a former bank building in the pedestrian street and combines a shop and café in an open space where you can move between shelves with goods from a wide selection of local suppliers and café tables with the scent of freshly brewed coffee.

You will find, among other things, a wide selection of local products such as cheeses, pickled goods, pasta, juice, coffee, and chips. All carefully selected by the people behind Country Market from particularly local producers, making it easy for visitors in the area to find beautiful local goods, and providing local producers with a good place to showcase their fine products.

In the café, you can enjoy a cup of coffee or a light meal with various types of sandwiches, charcuterie platters, and salads. It is also possible to explore the lovely market atmosphere and buy local foods such as freshly caught fish and high-quality meat to take home.

Country Market is open several days a week with café and shop offerings during the daytime, so you can visit the place as a break in the middle of your day in Fredensborg.

At Country Market, you can feel the close connection between local produce and the vibrant city life in Fredensborg within these cosy premises.

Tothavens besøgsgård (Tothaven's Visitor Farm) Tothavens besøgsgård is a family-run farm outside the old fishing village of Kikhavn near Hundested in North Zealand.

Here you can meet a wide range of animals and experience life on an active farm with milking goats, ponies, donkeys, sweet Kune Kune pigs, chickens, rabbits, cats, ducks, and several other animals that you can see, greet, and get close to at your own pace.

As you walk along the small paths and among the free-ranging animals, you feel the rhythm of the farm and can be captivated by young animals playing in the straw and the scent of freshly mown hay when it's that time of year. In the café, on weekends and during holidays, you can also enjoy a cup of coffee, freshly baked cake, or handmade ice cream made from the farm's own milk.

The visitor farm is open every weekend, public holiday, and school holiday from Easter until the autumn break.

In the associated farm shop, you can buy goat cheeses and yoghurt, as well as ice cream sticks and other products from the farm's production. That is, goods made here on Tothaven's own farm.

At Tothavens besøgsgård, you get a break from the everyday pace with child-friendly animals, beautiful rural surroundings, and the taste of homemade ice cream among the hammocks. Look forward to a cosy day in the countryside!

Køge Golf Klub Køge Golf Klub has two established courses south of Køge, where you can play both an 18-hole park course and a 9-hole course in the green landscape. The club is located in an area characterized by trees, lakes, and streams, and here you encounter nature's changing expressions in a relaxed setting.

The South Course is a classic 18-hole park course with water in play on several holes, short distances between greens and fairways, where par is 72, while the North Course is a 9-hole course focusing on shorter play and challenges all year round.

You can practice your game at the club's driving range with covered hitting bays, practice your short game on putting greens and chipping areas, or meet other golfers at club tournaments and social days, which are regular features in the club's calendar.

Green fee guests are welcome, and a handicap limit has been set for the South Course at 40 for club members and 36 for guests, while the North Course can be played without a handicap restriction.

Access to the facilities is by booking tee times, and the club's administration has fixed opening hours during the week.

At Køge Golf Klub, you can let your game unfold between the park's green waves and the tranquil lakes, which together create a beautiful setting for a day of golf south of Køge.