# Road trips in Denmark > 6 road trips and 19 hand-picked places in Denmark, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. Source: https://camping-spirit.com/roadtrips/denmark/ 6 road trips and 19 hand-picked places in Denmark, with routes, stops and practical tips for driving and camping. ## Road trips through Denmark - [Denmark’s wild west coast](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/denmark-west/): Ribe, the country’s oldest town, a beach you can drive on, dunes and the tip of Skagen. - [Funen and the islands of the South Funen Sea](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b5-funen-islands/): Andersen’s Odense, a castle in a lake and a string of bridged islands with thatched villages and sailing harbours. - [Chalk cliffs of Stevns and Møn](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b5-mon-stevns/): From Copenhagen south to two white chalk coasts, a medieval tower and the bridges to Falster. - [Central Jutland: lakes, runestones and LEGO](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b5-jutland-lakes-lego/): Bog bodies and Vikings, the Silkeborg lakes and Denmark’s birth certificate in Jelling, ending in the home of LEGO: a family trip. - [North Zealand: Hamlet’s castle and the Danish Riviera](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b15-north-zealand/): Up the Øresund coast from Copenhagen to Louisiana and Kronborg, along the north shore to Gilleleje, then inland to Frederiksborg and Roskilde. - [Bornholm by ferry: round churches and Hammershus](https://camping-spirit.com/guides/b15-bornholm/): Across the Øresund Bridge to Ystad and by ferry to Bornholm, for white sand at Dueodde, round churches, smokehouse villages and Hammershus. ## Places worth the detour in Denmark - [Egeskov Castle](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-egeskov/): A Renaissance castle from 1554 standing in its own lake, with gardens, mazes, a treetop walk and a large collection of vintage cars and motorcycles. - [Stevns Klint](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-stevns-klint/): A chalk cliff on UNESCO’s list because a thin dark layer in it records the asteroid impact that ended the age of the dinosaurs. Part of Højerup Old Church fell into the sea in 1928. - [Moesgaard Museum](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-moesgaard/): An archaeology museum under a sloping grass roof south of Aarhus, home to the 2,000-year-old Grauballe Man found in a bog. You can walk up the roof for the view. - [Jelling Mounds and Runestones](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-jelling-monuments/): Two huge burial mounds, a church and the runestones of Gorm the Old and Harald Bluetooth, often called Denmark’s birth certificate. Free and open all year. - [Kronborg Castle](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b15-kronborg/): The Renaissance castle at the narrowest point of the Øresund, known as Hamlet’s Elsinore and listed as a World Heritage Site. Entry fee for the halls and casemates; pay parking near the harbour. - [Østerlars Church](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b15-osterlars-church/): The largest of Bornholm’s four medieval round churches, a whitewashed fortified church with heavy buttresses and wall paintings inside. A small fee is charged in season; park beside the church. - [Hammershus](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b15-hammershus/): Often called the largest castle ruin in Northern Europe, spread along a cliff above the sea at the north-west tip of Bornholm. Access is free; a visitor centre and car park sit below the ruin, with coastal paths towards Hammeren. - [Møns Klint](https://camping-spirit.com/places/mons-klint/): White chalk cliffs up to 128 m high above the Baltic. - [Grenen](https://camping-spirit.com/places/grenen/): The sandy tip of Denmark where two seas meet in a line of crossing waves. - [Rømø beach](https://camping-spirit.com/places/romo-beach/): One of Europe’s widest beaches. Cars are allowed on the sand, and kites fill the sky on windy days. - [H.C. Andersen’s House](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-hca-house/): A museum built around the house where Hans Christian Andersen was born, with a garden and an underground world of fairy tales for children. - [Valdemars Slot](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-valdemars-slot/): A 17th-century manor on Tåsinge built by Christian IV for his son, facing the Svendborg Sound. The nearby village of Troense has some of Denmark’s prettiest thatched houses. - [Goose Tower](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-goose-tower/): The best-preserved medieval tower in Denmark, the last one standing at Valdemar the Great’s castle. Climb it for views over the sound to Falster and Møn. - [Himmelbjerget](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-himmelbjerget/): One of Denmark’s highest points at 147 m, crowned by a brick tower above the Silkeborg lakes. In summer an old paddle steamer links it with Silkeborg. - [LEGO House](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b5-lego-house/): A stack of giant white bricks in the home town of LEGO, with play zones for all ages. The rooftop terraces are open to everyone; Legoland is a separate park nearby. - [Louisiana Museum of Modern Art](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b15-louisiana/): A modern art museum built around a 19th-century villa, with glass corridors and a sculpture park running down to the Øresund. Entry fee; parking is limited, so the train to Humlebæk station, ten minutes’ walk away, is an option. - [Frederiksborg Castle](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b15-frederiksborg/): Christian IV’s Renaissance castle on three islets in a lake, now the Museum of National History. The baroque garden is free to walk; park in the town car parks and cross on foot. - [Viking Ship Museum](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b15-viking-ship-museum/): Five Viking ships, sunk around 1070 to block the fjord, are displayed here, with replica boats moored in the harbour. Entry fee; the car park is by the water, a short walk from Roskilde Cathedral. - [Dueodde](https://camping-spirit.com/places/b15-dueodde/): A wide beach of very fine white sand backed by dunes and pine forest at the southern tip of Bornholm, with a lighthouse you can climb. There is a pay car park at the end of the road, and boardwalks lead to the sand. ## FAQs **What are the best road trips in Denmark?** Popular routes include Denmark’s wild west coast, Funen and the islands of the South Funen Sea, Chalk cliffs of Stevns and Møn and Central Jutland: lakes, runestones and LEGO. CampingSpirit has 6 trip guides that pass through Denmark, each with a stop-by-stop itinerary and a route map. **Which places in Denmark are worth a detour?** Our editors recommend Egeskov Castle, Stevns Klint, Moesgaard Museum, Jelling Mounds and Runestones, Kronborg Castle and Østerlars Church. **Do you need a vignette or pay tolls in Denmark?** Tolls on some roads, bridges or tunnels. Tolls on the Great Belt and Øresund bridges. Rules and prices change. Check official sources before you travel. **What is the motorway speed limit in Denmark?** 130 km/h on motorways for cars, unless signs show otherwise. **Are there low-emission zones in Denmark?** Low-emission zones in some cities.