Final-year school trip to Copenhagen and Malmö: Nyhavn, Tivoli, the Little Mermaid and the Øresund Bridge (6 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and overnight stop near Hamburg

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the time agreed with you.
• Daytime drive to northern Germany via Dortmund and Bremen (about 520 to 620 km depending on your school, 6.5 to 7.5 hours excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival in the Hamburg area in the late afternoon: check-in at the hotel for the overnight stop, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: Ferry crossing and arrival in Copenhagen

• Departure after breakfast to Puttgarden, on the island of Fehmarn (about 150 km, 2 hours).
• Ferry crossing of the Fehmarn Belt to Rødby (about 45 min), then drive to Copenhagen (about 160 km, 2 hours).
• Arrival in the early afternoon and check-in at the accommodation for three nights.
• First walk: the Strøget pedestrian street, City Hall Square and the colourful harbour of Nyhavn.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Copenhagen, from the canals to the Little Mermaid

• Canal cruise from Nyhavn, with views of the Opera House, Christianshavn and Christiansborg Palace.
• Walk to the Little Mermaid via the Kastellet citadel, then changing of the Royal Guard at noon at Amalienborg Palace.
• Lunch at your own expense, then trip up the tower of Christiansborg Palace, the highest in the city (free admission).
• Walk through the canal district of Christianshavn; the ‘free town’ of Christiania is only seen from the outside and is not part of the visit.
• Dinner, then supervised evening at the Tivoli Gardens, open since 1843 (on request).

Day 4: Malmö and the Øresund Bridge

• Crossing of the Øresund Bridge to Sweden and drive to Malmö (about 45 km, 45 min).
• Walk through Västra Hamnen, a former port district turned model of sustainable urban living, at the foot of the Turning Torso, the 190 m twisted tower.
• Lunch at your own expense, then the old town: Stortorget square and the little Lilla Torg, lined with half-timbered houses.
• Visit to Malmöhus Castle and the Malmö Museums (on request).
• Return to Copenhagen over the bridge, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Morning in Copenhagen and drive to Germany

• Rooms vacated after breakfast.
• Visit to Rosenborg Castle and the Danish Crown Jewels (on request).
• Climb up the Round Tower, a 17th-century observatory with its spiral ramp (on request), then lunch at your own expense.
• Departure around 2 pm, Rødby–Puttgarden ferry crossing and drive to the Hamburg area (about 4.5 hours including the crossing).
• Check-in at the hotel for the overnight stop, dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 6: Return to Belgium

• Departure after breakfast.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium with regular stops.
• Lunch at your own expense during a stop on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the late afternoon or evening.