Roskilde

Worth seeing in and around Roskilde

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. 01
   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.

   800 m · cathedral in Denmark (Church of Denmark) · Wikipedia
2. 02
   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.

   3.7 km · university · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   300 m · maritime history museum, archaeological museum in Roskilde, Denmark · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   1.3 km · church building in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   900 m · cultural history museum in Roskilde, Denmark · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   900 m · building in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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.

   1.6 km · Danish football stadium · Wikipedia
8. 08
   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.

   1 km · church in Roskilde, Denmark · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Sankt Laurentii Kirke

   St. Lawrence's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Roskilde, Denmark.

   600 m · church building in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia
10. 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.

    500 m · church building in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Roskilde Cathedral
2. 02
   Roskilde Former City Hall

   Now home to the local tourist information office.

3. 03
   Roskilde Palace

   Home to two exhibitions, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Palace Wing.

4. 04
   Boserup Forest
5. 05
   Bypark
6. 06
   Folkepark

   Consists of a number of combined parks primarily based on former monastery land.

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Things to do

The legendary Roskilde Festival is still going strong despite more than 50 years of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll! started by a group of friends in 1971 inspired by the Woodstock festival, it has grown from a few thousand guests in its first year, to over 115,000 visitors from all over the world, and is routinely sold out with over half the tickets sold outside of Denmark.

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Where to eat

Snekken, Vindeboder 16,. 11:30-23:00; kitchen 11:30-1630, 18:00-21:00. Restaurant at Viking Ship museum with a view over Roskilde Inlet. Mains around 200 kr. MS Sagafjord, at the harbour next to the Viking museum, info@sagafjord.dk. Old Restaurant ship. You can have lunch, tea or dinner on Roskilde Fjord. 95 kr plus e.g. 365 kr for a three-course evening menu.

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Getting to Roskilde

Airports

Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH), 36 km · Malmö Sturup (MMX), 82 km · Odense Hans Christian Andersen (ODE), 112 km

Stations

Roskilde station, 1.3 km · Trekroner Station, 3.1 km

• Odense → Roskilde

  110 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · kr90–120
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• Aarhus → Roskilde

  130 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · kr185–245
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• Billund → Roskilde

  187 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · kr155–210
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