Final-year school trip to Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Stockholm: Nyhavn, Tivoli, Kronborg Castle, the Gothenburg archipelago, the Vasa Museum and Gamla Stan (10 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and overnight stop in Hamburg

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive via Eindhoven, Münster and Bremen (about 600 km from Brussels, 6½ hours’ driving excluding breaks).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night; two drivers take turns at the wheel.
• Free lunch during a motorway break.
• Overnight stop in the Hamburg area, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 2: The Baltic ferry and arrival in Copenhagen

• Departure after breakfast and drive to Puttgarden, on the island of Fehmarn (about 150 km, 2 hours).
• Ferry crossing to Rødby (45 minutes), then drive to Copenhagen (about 160 km, 2 hours).
• Free lunch during the crossing or a break on the way.
• Arrival in Copenhagen in the early afternoon: City Hall Square, the Strøget pedestrian street and the colourful harbour of Nyhavn.
• Check-in at the accommodation in Copenhagen for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Copenhagen, royal city

• Walk to the Little Mermaid and the Kastellet citadel.
• Amalienborg Palace and the noon changing of the Royal Guard.
• Free lunch, then visit to Rosenborg Castle and the Crown Jewels (on request).
• Climb up the Round Tower (on request), then the Christianshavn district and its canals.
• Dinner, then supervised evening at the Tivoli Gardens amusement park (on request).

Day 4: Kronborg Castle and arrival in Gothenburg

• Check-out after breakfast and drive to Helsingør (about 45 km, 45 minutes).
• Visit to Kronborg Castle, which inspired Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (on request).
• Ferry crossing of the Øresund to Helsingborg (20 minutes) and free lunch.
• Drive to Gothenburg along the Swedish west coast (about 220 km, 2½ hours excluding breaks).
• Check-in at the accommodation in Gothenburg for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 5: Gothenburg, the archipelago and Liseberg

• Coach transfer to the Saltholmen pier and scheduled boat to the car-free islands of the southern archipelago (on request).
• Return to the city and free lunch.
• The Haga district, its wooden houses and cafés, then the view from the Skansen Kronan redoubt.
• Dinner, then supervised evening at Liseberg, the largest amusement park in Scandinavia (on request).

Day 6: Drive to Stockholm and Gamla Stan

• Check-out after breakfast and drive to Stockholm via Örebro (about 470 km, 5½ hours excluding breaks), with two drivers taking turns.
• Free lunch during a break on the way.
• Arrival in Stockholm in the middle of the afternoon and walk through Gamla Stan, the old town: Stortorget square, the cathedral and the surroundings of the Royal Palace.
• Check-in at the accommodation in Stockholm for two nights, dinner and supervised evening.

Day 7: Stockholm, city on the water

• Visit to the Vasa Museum, devoted to the 17th-century warship that sank on its maiden voyage (on request).
• Visit to Skansen, the open-air museum of traditional Swedish life, on the island of Djurgården (on request).
• Free lunch, then guided tour of the City Hall, where the Nobel Prize banquet is held every year (on request).
• The Södermalm district and the view over the city from the Monteliusvägen path.
• Dinner and last supervised evening in Stockholm.

Day 8: Drive to the overnight stop in Malmö

• Check-out after breakfast and departure around 7.30 am.
• Daytime drive south via Jönköping and the shore of Lake Vättern (about 610 km, 7 hours excluding breaks), with two drivers taking turns.
• Free lunch during a break in Gränna, a small town known for its striped candy sticks (polkagris).
• Overnight stop in the Malmö area, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 9: The Øresund Bridge and Hamburg

• Departure after breakfast, crossing of the Øresund Bridge to Denmark and drive to Rødby (about 200 km, 2½ hours).
• Ferry crossing to Puttgarden (45 minutes), then drive to Hamburg (about 150 km, 2 hours).
• Free lunch during the crossing.
• Afternoon in Hamburg: the Speicherstadt warehouses, HafenCity and the Elbphilharmonie Plaza, with its view of the port (free admission).
• Overnight stop in the Hamburg area, dinner and quiet evening.

Day 10: Return to your school

• Departure after breakfast and daytime drive via Bremen, Münster and Eindhoven (about 600 km to Brussels, 6½ hours’ driving excluding breaks), with regular breaks.
• Free lunch during a break on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.