Final-year school trip to Copenhagen and Stockholm: Nyhavn, Tivoli, the Øresund Bridge, Gamla Stan, the Vasa Museum and Kronborg Castle (9 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 h 30 to 7 h 30 of driving excluding breaks).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Free lunch during a motorway break.
• Arrival in the late afternoon in the Hamburg area: check-in at the hotel for the overnight stop, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: Ferry crossing and arrival in Copenhagen

• Departure after breakfast for 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); free lunch on board or on the way.
• Arrival in the early afternoon and check-in at the accommodation for two 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 Tivoli

• Canal cruise from Nyhavn, with views of the Opera House, Christianshavn and Christiansborg Palace.
• Walk to the Little Mermaid via the Kastellet citadel, then the changing of the Royal Guard at noon at Amalienborg Palace.
• Free lunch, then a climb up the tower of Christiansborg Palace, the highest in the city (free admission).
• Dinner, then a supervised evening in the Tivoli Gardens, open since 1843 (on request).

Day 4: The Øresund Bridge and drive to Stockholm

• Check-out after breakfast, around 7 am, and crossing of the Øresund Bridge to Sweden.
• Daytime drive via Jönköping (about 660 km, 7 h 30 excluding breaks), with two drivers taking turns.
• Free lunch break in Gränna, on the shores of Lake Vättern, home of the striped peppermint rock (polkagris).
• Arrival in Stockholm in the early evening and check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 5: Gamla Stan and the City Hall

• Walk through Gamla Stan, the old town on its island: Stortorget square, the lanes and the cathedral.
• Changing of the guard at the Royal Palace (daily in summer, only on certain days the rest of the year), then a visit to the Nobel Prize Museum (on request).
• Free lunch, then a guided tour of the City Hall, where the Nobel Prize banquet is held every year (on request).
• Late afternoon in Södermalm and a view over the city from the Monteliusvägen lookout.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 6: Djurgården, the Vasa and Skansen

• Visit to the Vasa Museum and its 1628 warship, raised intact from the harbour (on request).
• Free lunch on the island of Djurgården.
• Visit to Skansen, the oldest open-air museum in the world, with its Swedish houses and Nordic animals (on request).
• Return along the Strandvägen waterfront, dinner and last supervised evening in Stockholm.

Day 7: Drive to the overnight stop in Skåne

• Departure after breakfast, around 7.30 am.
• Daytime drive to southern Sweden (about 610 km, 7 hours excluding breaks), with two drivers taking turns.
• Free lunch during a break on the way.
• Overnight stop in the Malmö or Helsingborg area, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 8: Kronborg Castle and return to Germany

• Departure after breakfast and ferry crossing from Helsingborg to Helsingør (about 20 min).
• Visit to Kronborg Castle, Hamlet’s castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (on request).
• Free lunch, then drive to Rødby (about 210 km, 2 h 30), ferry crossing to Puttgarden and drive to the Hamburg area (about 150 km, 2 hours).
• Check-in at the hotel for the overnight stop, dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 9: Return to your school

• Departure after breakfast.
• Daytime drive to Belgium (about 520 to 620 km) with regular breaks.
• Free lunch during a break on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the late afternoon or evening.