--- title: "Himmelev – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Himmelev, Denmark: Himmelev is a largely residential area in the municipality of Roskilde in Denmark and is contiguous with Roskilde. Nearby: Roskilde…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/himmelev" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/himmelev.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Jacob_Kornerup%2C_Himmelev_kirke%2C_1856%2C_KKSgb12187%2C_Statens_Museum_for_Kunst.jpg/1920px-Jacob_Kornerup%2C_Himmelev_kirke%2C_1856%2C_KKSgb12187%2C_Statens_Museum_for_Kunst.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Area of Roskilde, Denmark # Himmelev Himmelev is a largely residential area in the municipality of Roskilde in Denmark and is contiguous with Roskilde. ![Himmelev](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Jacob_Kornerup%2C_Himmelev_kirke%2C_1856%2C_KKSgb12187%2C_Statens_Museum_for_Kunst.jpg/1920px-Jacob_Kornerup%2C_Himmelev_kirke%2C_1856%2C_KKSgb12187%2C_Statens_Museum_for_Kunst.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Himmelev · Jacob Kornerup The place Himmelev is a largely residential area in the municipality of Roskilde in Denmark and is contiguous with Roskilde. The population in the parish is around 14,000 (2022). It is on the eastern shore of the southernmost part of Roskilde Fjord. It contains primarily subdivisions with single family homes, but one of the three high schools in Roskilde, Himmelev Gymnasium, is also located the town. The Norwegian owned liver paté factory Stryhn's is located in the northwestern part of Himmelev, close to Roskilde Fjord. Veddelev lies slightly to the northwest on a peninsula extending into Roskilde fjord, leaving a narrow waterway of one kilometer extending to the southeast into a rectangular shaped area of the fjord of around 8 sq mi, which contains Roskilde harbor to the south. Further north lies Risø on another peninsula in the fjord. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmelev), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Himmelev 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Roskilde Cathedral Roskilde Cathedral, in the city of Roskilde on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, is a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Denmark. The cathedral is one of the most important churches in Denmark, and the official royal burial church of the Danish monarchs. 2.5 km · cathedral in Denmark (Church of Denmark) · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde_Cathedral) 2. Roskilde University Roskilde University is a Danish public university founded in 1972 and located in Trekroner in the Eastern part of Roskilde. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variety of subjects within social sciences, the humanities, and natural sciences. 2.2 km · university · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde_University) 3. Viking Ship Museum The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde is Denmark's national ship museum for ships of the prehistoric and medieval period. The main focus of the museum is a permanent exhibition of the Skuldelev ships, five original Viking ships excavated nearby in 1962. 2 km · maritime history museum, archaeological museum in Roskilde, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Ship_Museum_(Roskilde%29) 4. Old Church of Our Lady The Old Church of Our Lady is an 11th-century brick church in Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. 2.8 km · church building in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Church_of_Our_Lady,_Roskilde) 5. Roskilde Museum Roskilde Museum is a local history museum based in Roskilde, Denmark. The museum, which is run by the municipalities of Roskilde, Frederikssund and Lejre, has eight separate branches. 2.4 km · cultural history museum in Roskilde, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde_Museum) 6. Roskilde Idrætspark Roskilde Idrætspark is a Danish football stadium and the home ground of FC Roskilde. It has a capacity of 6,000 of which 512 are covered seating The stadium has a record attendance of 5,342 spectators on 30 October 2014 for a match between FC Roskilde and F.C. Copenhagen in the third round of the 2014–15 Danish Cup. 3.2 km · Danish football stadium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde_Idr%C3%A6tspark) 7. Roskilde Royal Mansion Roskilde Mansion, also known as Roskilde Palace and as the Yellow Mansion, is a former royal Baroque mansion in central Roskilde, Denmark. Located just east of Roskilde Cathedral, it now houses both an exhibition venue and the office and official residence of the Bishop of Roskilde. 2.5 km · building in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde_Royal_Mansion) 8. St Ib's Church St Ib's Church is a Romanesque church in Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. It was first mentioned in 1291. 2 km · church building in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Ib%27s_Church,_Roskilde) 9. Sankt Laurentii Church Tower The Sankt Laurentii Church Mama Tower is all that remains of Sankt Laurentii Church in Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. The church itself was built of travertine in the Romanesque style in the 13th century but was torn down after the Reformation leaving only the tower from the beginning of the 16th century. 2.6 km · church in Roskilde, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt_Laurentii_Church_Tower) 10. St Jørgensbjerg Church Saint Jørgensbjerg Church is a historic church in Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. With a nave and chancel in travertine limestone dating from c. 2.3 km · church building in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_J%C3%B8rgensbjerg_Church) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Himmelev **Airports:** Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH), 35 km · Malmö Sturup (MMX), 81 km · Odense Hans Christian Andersen (ODE), 114 km\ **Stations:** Roskilde station, 2.6 km · Trekroner Station, 2 km\ - Odense → Himmelev 112 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · kr95–125 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/odense-to-himmelev) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Odense&to=Himmelev) - Aarhus → Himmelev 130 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · kr190–250 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aarhus-to-himmelev) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aarhus&to=Himmelev) - Billund → Himmelev 188 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · kr160–215 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/billund-to-himmelev) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Billund&to=Himmelev) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Himmelev) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Himmelev Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Himmelev. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Helsingborg and the Öresund crossing](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/helsingborg) SE 6 ways of moving, 13 sources 57 km 2. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 531 km 3. [Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aland) FI 12 ways of moving, 21 sources 676 km 4. [Kumlinge and the Åland archipelago](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kumlinge) FI 11 ways of moving, 40 sources 723 km 5. [Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring road](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inio) FI 9 ways of moving, 30 sources 758 km If you know how people move in Himmelev – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Chimmelev&title=Himmelev&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fhimmelev), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Himmelev Himmelev is 29 km from [Copenhagen](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/copenhagen), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Roskilde](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/roskilde) city in Denmark 2.5 km - [Roskilde Municipality](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/roskilde-municipality) municipality in Sjælland, eastern Denmark 1.1 km - [Musicon](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/musicon) this is an article about a district in Zealand 3.9 km - [Trekroner](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/trekroner) area of Roskilde, Denmark 1.5 km [The place page for Himmelev](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/himmelev) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Denmark](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-DK) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/himmelev, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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