Final-year school trip to Hamburg, Copenhagen and Berlin: Hamburg harbour, Nyhavn, Malmö and the Reichstag (8 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in 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.
• Arrival in Hamburg in the late afternoon, check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 2: Hamburg, the port city

• Walk through the Speicherstadt, the UNESCO-listed red-brick warehouse district, and HafenCity.
• Access to the Elbphilharmonie Plaza, a viewing terrace 37 m above the harbour.
• Lunch at your own expense at the Landungsbrücken, then a harbour boat tour.
• Walk through the Old Elbe Tunnel, then visit to Miniatur Wunderland, the world’s largest model railway (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Across the Baltic to Copenhagen

• Departure after breakfast for Puttgarden, on the island of Fehmarn (about 150 km, 2 hours).
• Ferry crossing from Puttgarden to Rødby (about 45 minutes), then drive to Copenhagen (about 160 km, 2 hours).
• Lunch at your own expense during a stop on the way.
• First walk in Nyhavn, the old harbour lined with colourful houses, and along the Strøget pedestrian street.
• Check-in at the accommodation for three nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: 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, then a cruise on Copenhagen’s canals.
• Climb up the Round Tower (Rundetaarn) by its spiral ramp (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: A trip to Sweden: Malmö

• Crossing of the Øresund Bridge (about 45 km, 45 min) to Malmö.
• 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).
• Return to Copenhagen and evening at the Tivoli Gardens (on request).
• Dinner and last supervised evening in Copenhagen.

Day 6: From Copenhagen to Berlin via the Gedser ferry

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Gedser (about 160 km, 2 hours).
• Ferry crossing from Gedser to Rostock (about 2 hours), with lunch on board at your own expense.
• Drive to Berlin (about 230 km, 2¾ hours).
• Check-in at the accommodation for two nights, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 7: Berlin, past and present

• The Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.
• The Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße and Checkpoint Charlie, then lunch at your own expense.
• Walk along the East Side Gallery and supervised free time in Kreuzberg.
• At the end of the day, a visit up into the glass dome of the Reichstag (free, with prior registration).
• Dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 8: Return to Belgium

• Departure after breakfast.
• Daytime drive back to Belgium (about 650 to 850 km) with regular stops, with two drivers taking turns.
• Lunch at your own expense during a stop on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.