Final-year school trip to Copenhagen, Malmö and Roskilde: Vikings, Nyhavn and the Øresund Bridge (7 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 via Dortmund and Bremen (about 500 to 650 km depending on your school, 6 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 the Vikings of Roskilde

• Departure after breakfast to Puttgarden (about 150 km, 2 hours), then ferry crossing of the Fehmarn Belt to Rødby (about 45 min).
• Drive to Roskilde (about 140 km, 1 hour 45 min) and lunch at your own expense.
• Visit to the Viking Ship Museum, where five 11th-century ships found in the fjord are on display.
• Visit to Roskilde Cathedral, burial place of the kings and queens of Denmark (on request).
• Drive to Copenhagen (about 40 min), check-in at the accommodation for four nights, 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 guard at noon at Amalienborg Palace.
• Lunch at your own expense, then trip up the tower of Christiansborg Palace (free admission) and a walk along Strøget.
• Dinner, then supervised evening at the Tivoli Gardens (on request).

Day 4: Malmö and Sweden across the Øresund Bridge

• Crossing of the Øresund Bridge, almost 8 km long, to Malmö (about 45 km, 45 min).
• Walk through the Västra Hamnen district, at the foot of the Turning Torso tower, and along Ribersborg beach.
• Lunch at your own expense on Lilla Torg square, then Stortorget and the old town.
• Visit to Malmöhus Castle and its museums (on request).
• Return to Copenhagen for dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Copenhagen, from kings to Vikings

• Visit to the National Museum of Denmark and its Viking collections (on request).
• Visit to Rosenborg Castle and the Danish Crown Jewels (on request).
• Lunch at your own expense, then climb up the Round Tower and supervised free time in the centre.
• Walk through the canal district of Christianshavn; the ‘free town’ of Christiania is only seen from the outside.
• Dinner and last supervised evening in Denmark.

Day 6: Drive to Germany

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and last walk in Nyhavn.
• Departure around noon for Rødby, lunch at your own expense on the way or on board the ferry.
• 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 supervised evening.

Day 7: 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.