Final-year school trip to Copenhagen and southern Sweden: Nyhavn, Kronborg Castle, Malmö, Lund and Ystad (8 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and drive to Hamburg

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the time agreed with you.
• Daytime drive to northern Germany (about 500 to 700 km depending on your school), with two drivers taking turns.
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Lunch at your own expense during a motorway stop.
• Overnight stop in the Hamburg area, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: Across the Baltic to Copenhagen

• Departure after breakfast for Puttgarden (about 150 km, 2 hours) and ferry crossing to Rødby (about 45 minutes).
• Drive to Copenhagen (about 160 km, 2 hours) and lunch at your own expense on the way.
• Cruise on Copenhagen’s canals, then a walk in Nyhavn, the old harbour lined with colourful houses.
• Check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Copenhagen, the royal city

• Trip up the tower of Christiansborg Palace, seat of the Danish Parliament (free).
• Changing of the guard at noon at Amalienborg Palace, then the Kastellet citadel and the Little Mermaid.
• Lunch at your own expense on the Strøget pedestrian street, then climb up the Round Tower (Rundetaarn) (on request).
• Evening at the Tivoli Gardens (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: Louisiana and Kronborg Castle

• Coastal drive to Humlebæk (about 35 km) and visit to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, on the shores of the Øresund (on request).
• On to Helsingør and lunch at your own expense by the harbour.
• Visit to Kronborg Castle, listed by UNESCO and the setting of Shakespeare’s Hamlet (on request).
• Return to Copenhagen, dinner and last supervised evening in Denmark.

Day 5: The Øresund Bridge and Malmö

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and crossing of the Øresund Bridge to Sweden (about 45 km, 45 min).
• The Turning Torso and the sustainable Västra Hamnen district by the sea.
• Lunch at your own expense on Lilla Torg, then visit to Malmöhus Castle and its museums (on request).
• Check-in at the accommodation in the Malmö or Lund area for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 6: Lund, Ystad and Ales stenar

• Morning in Lund: the Romanesque cathedral and its astronomical clock, which comes to life at set times, then the university quarter.
• Drive to Ystad (about 70 km, 1 hour) and lunch at your own expense in the old town of half-timbered houses.
• Stop at Kåseberga and walk up to Ales stenar, a ship formed by 59 standing stones on top of the cliffs overlooking the Baltic.
• Return towards Malmö, dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 7: Back to Germany

• Departure after breakfast, crossing of the Øresund Bridge and drive to Rødby (about 200 km, 2½ hours).
• Ferry crossing from Rødby to Puttgarden (about 45 minutes), lunch on board at your own expense.
• Drive to the Bremen area via Hamburg (about 270 km, 3½ hours).
• Overnight stop in the Bremen area, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 8: Return to Belgium

• Departure after breakfast.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium (about 400 to 600 km) with regular stops.
• Lunch at your own expense during a stop on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.