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Kokkedal

Kokkedal is the municipal seat of Fredensborg Municipality and a northern settlement in the urban area of Hørsholm, located on the coastline of northern Zealand, Denmark, between the two towns, Nivå and Hørsholm, 30 km north of Copenhagen.

Kokkedal
Kokkedal · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Kokkedal is the municipal seat of Fredensborg Municipality and a northern settlement in the urban area of Hørsholm, located on the coastline of northern Zealand, Denmark, between the two towns, Nivå and Hørsholm, 30 km north of Copenhagen. The settlement is connected with the Kystbanen towards Helsingør to the north and Copenhagen to the south, with extensions to some major cities in Zealand.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kokkedal

9 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. 01
    Hirschholm Palace

    Hirschholm Palace, also known as Hørsholm Palace, was a royal palace located in present-day Hørsholm municipality just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 1740s and, one of the finest buildings of its time, it became known as the "Versailles of the North".

    3.7 km · building in Hørsholm, Denmark · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kokkedal hotel

    Kokkedal Slot is a former country house located in Hørsholm north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is now operated as a 62-room, high-end hotel under the name Kokkedal Slot Copenhagen to distinguish it from Kokkedal Slot in North Jutland.

    1.9 km · vacation house in northeast Zealand, Denmark · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Nivaagaard

    Nivaagaard is a historic property in Nivå in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is now home to an art gallery and the park is open to the public.

    2.6 km · Danish building now housing Nivaagaard museum · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Sophienberg

    Sophienberg is a former royal summer retreat located on the Coast Road in Rungsted, Hørsholm Municipality, some 20 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is now operated as a venue for meetings and smaller conferences.

    2.8 km · building in Rungsted, Denmark · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Hørsholm Local History Museum

    Hørsholm Local History Museum is a local history museum in Hørsholm, Denmark.

    3.7 km · building in Denmark · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Strandbjerg

    Strandbjerg, also known as Villa Standbjerg, is a mansion in Rungsted, Hørsholm Municipality, situated on the Øresund coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

    3.4 km · mansion in Rungsted · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Mikkelgård

    Mikkelgård is a former country house situated in Mikkelborg Beach Park, Hørsholm Municipality, some 25 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the former summer retreat of the composer Hakon Schmedes who named his house after the locality.

    2.2 km · building in Hørsholm Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Fuglsangshus

    Fuglsangshus, formerly known as Slotsgartnerens, is a listed, 18th-century house situated on the old main street in Hørsholm, Denmark. It is now operated as an exhibition space by Hørsholm Municipality in collaboration with local associations.

    3.6 km · building in Hørsholm Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    DTU Science Park

    DTU Science Park is a science park in Hørsholm north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The park is administratively part of the Technical University of Denmark in Kongens Lyngby, and it also comprise premises at DTU's main campus there.

    3.8 km · operator of science parks in Hørsholm and Lyngby, part of the Technical University of Denmark · Wikipedia

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 Kokkedal

Airports
Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH), 34 km · Malmö Sturup (MMX), 69 km · Aarhus (AAR), 124 km
Stations
Rungsted Kyst Station, 3.9 km · Kokkedal station, 900 m · Nivå Station, 3 km
  • Aarhus → Kokkedal
    145 km · quickest by road, 4h 32m · kr225–300
  • Odense → Kokkedal
    144 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · kr130–175
  • Aalborg → Kokkedal
    203 km · quickest by road, 5h 54m · kr300–400
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kokkedal

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 Kokkedal. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundThere is a small ferry that goes between the castle and the main square, DKK 25.

From Wikivoyage: Hillerød, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    20 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    565 km
  3. 03
    Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)FI

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    639 km
  4. 04
    Kumlinge and the Åland archipelagoFI

    11 ways of moving, 40 sources

    686 km
  5. 05
    Iniö and the Turku archipelago ring roadFI

    9 ways of moving, 30 sources

    721 km

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Around it

Next door to Kokkedal

Kokkedal is 26 km from Copenhagen, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.