Zealand (Danish Sjælland) is the largest island Denmark.
Regions
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- 1 Copenhagen
- capital of Denmark. - 2 Brondby- made famous by football
- 3 Dragør
- 4 Faxes
- 5 Frederikssund
- 6 Frederiksværk
- 7 Elsinore - famous for Kronborg Castle, the setting for Shakespeare Hamlet. There is a museum about Shakespeare in the castle.
- 8 Hillerød
- 9 Holbæk
- 10 Kalundborg
- 11 Korsør
- 12 Køge
- 13 Næstved
- 14 Nykøbing Sjælland
- 15 Præstø
- 16 Ringsted
- 17 Roskilde - Viking Ship Museum and Cathedral.
- 18 Skælskør
- 19 Slagelse
- 20 Sorø
- 21 Store Heddinge
- 22 Tårnby
- 23 Vordingborg
Other goals
- peninsula Stevns: it is located in the south-east of Zealand between the Køge Bugt and the Faxe Bugt. Most of the peninsula belongs to the Stevns Commune, their main town is Store Heddinge. The cliff Stevns Klint has been part of the World Natural Heritage by Unesco
background
The main part of the population is concentrated in the eastern part of the island with the capital Copenhagen.
language
getting there
By plane
The international one is on Zealand Copenhagen Airport.
By train
There is a direct train connection (ICE or EC) from Hamburg three times a day. The train is loaded onto a ferry between Fehmarn and Rødby. From Hamburg you can get to Vordingborg at the southern tip of Zealand in 3:40 hours, in 4 hours to Næstved, in 4½ hours to Roskilde, in 4:50 hours to Copenhagen.
Express trains (Lyntog) of the Danish State Railways drive every hour from Jutland via Funen to Zealand (Esbjerg – Kolding– or (Frederikshavn–) Aalborg – Aarhus – Horsens – Fredericia – Odense – Copenhagen). The drive from Odense to Copenhagen is 1:15 hours, from Aarhus 2:50 hours, from Flensburg (change in Fredericia) 3:15 hours.
From southern Sweden (Lund, Malmö) regional trains run every 20 minutes across the Øresund to Zealand (Copenhagen, Helsingør), and every hour from Halmstad, Helsingborg, Landskrona, Vaxjö, Hässleholm, Karlskrona, Karlshamn, Kristianstad. The high-speed train X2000 runs every two hours from Stockholm directly to Copenhagen (travel time a good 5 hours, from Linköping 3½ hours).
In the street
There are fixed road connections (bridges) to Zealand from the neighboring islands of Falster, Møn and Fyn as well as southern Sweden. From North and Central Jutland you can take the car ferry (Ebeltoft – Sjællands Odde) to Zealand, as well as from Germany (Puttgarden – Rødby).
By bicycle
The Long-distance cycle route Berlin – Copenhagen (EuroVelo 7) and the Baltic Sea Cycle Route (EuroVelo 10) run through Zealand.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- numerous sights in Copenhagen, including castles Amalienborg, Christiansborg and Rosenborg, Frederikskirche (marble church), Church of Our Savior (Vor Frelsers Kirke), Tivoli, Little Mermaid
- Stevns Klint. Steep coast in the southeast of the island, world natural heritage.
- Viking castles from the 10th and early 11th centuries: Trelleborg near Slagelse, Borgring near Køge
- Bjernede Church. Typical Nordic round church from the 12th century.
- Roskilde. Former royal city of Denmark (until 1443) with Romanesque-Gothic cathedral (UNESCO World Heritage Site).
- Kronborg Castle. Renaissance fortress in Helsingør at the entrance to Öresund, this is where Shakespeare's drama takes place Hamlet, World Heritage.
- Parforce hunting landscape North Zealand, north of Copenhagen. World Heritage.
- Viking Ship Museum Roskilde
- Passage grave of Øm. From the Neolithic Age (approx. 3000 BC).
activities
- Roskilde Festival. One of the largest music festivals in Europe (rock, pop, metal, electronic and world music).
