Roskilde

May1st 2023

Every where we have been in Scandinavia since we left home has usually had signs saying opening from May 1st, this included campsites, museums, tourist attractions etc. Well I can’t say I’ve noticed any great difference today😊

Todays journey commenced by travelling along a stretch of the coastline it was very picturesque, we stopped at Hornboek and Gilleje.

It was a short trip onto Gilleje which has a very active fishing harbour with fish auction house and shops selling freshly caught fish.

From the coastline we headed south to Hillderod to visit Fredriksborg Castle, we didn’t pay the large fee to enter as we didn’t feel we had the time to spare to do the visit justice but it was very impressive from the outside.

Fredriksborg Castle is a palace in Hillderod built as a royal residence for King Christian 1V and now is a museum of national history. It is located on three small islands in the middle of the palace lake, adjacent to it is a large formal garden and parkland.

We then headed to Roskilde where we are staying the night as Michelle wanted to visit the cathedral here. Roskilde cathedral is a cathedral,of the Lutheran Church of Denmark and is the most important cathedral in Denmark and the official royal burial cathedral of the Danish monarchs.