Final-year school trip to Hamburg and Copenhagen: the Speicherstadt, Hamburg harbour, Nyhavn and the Little Mermaid (6 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Hamburg

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time.
• Daytime drive to northern Germany via Dortmund and Bremen (about 520 to 620 km depending on your school, 6½ to 7½ hours of driving excluding stops).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Arrival in Hamburg in the late afternoon and check-in at the accommodation for two nights.
• Dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: Hamburg, the Speicherstadt and the harbour

• Walk through the Speicherstadt, the UNESCO World Heritage district of red-brick warehouses, and the neighbouring HafenCity.
• Up to the Elbphilharmonie Plaza, a panoramic terrace 37 m above the harbour (free tickets collected on site).
• Visit to Miniatur Wunderland, the world's largest model railway (on request).
• Free lunch, then harbour boat tour from the Landungsbrücken: container ships, shipyards and docks.
• Walk through the Old Elbe Tunnel, opened in 1911, then back to the City Hall and the Inner Alster lake.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Ferry to Denmark and arrival in Copenhagen

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and drive to Puttgarden, on the island of Fehmarn (about 150 km, 2 hours).
• Ferry crossing of the Fehmarnbelt 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 two nights.
• First walk: the Strøget pedestrian street, City Hall Square and the colourful harbour of Nyhavn.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 4: 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 the Changing of the Royal Guard at noon at Amalienborg Palace.
• Free lunch, then up the tower of Christiansborg Palace, the tallest in the city (free entry).
• Visit to Rosenborg Castle and the Danish Crown Jewels (on request).
• Dinner, then supervised evening at the Tivoli Gardens, open since 1843 (on request).

Day 5: The Round Tower, the ferry and an overnight stop near Hamburg

• Rooms vacated after breakfast.
• Climb up the Round Tower, a 17th-century observatory with a spiral ramp (on request), then free lunch in the centre.
• Departure around 2 pm, Rødby–Puttgarden ferry crossing and drive to the Hamburg area (about 4½ hours including the crossing).
• Check-in at the hotel for the overnight stop, dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 6: Return to your school

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