--- title: "Roskilde – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Roskilde, Denmark: Roskilde is a city 30 km (19 mi) west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. Nearby: Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde University…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/roskilde" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/roskilde.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Sarcophagus_king_Frederik_4_Roskilde_Denmark.jpg/1920px-Sarcophagus_king_Frederik_4_Roskilde_Denmark.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Town in Zealand, Denmark # Roskilde Roskilde is a city 30 km (19 mi) west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. ![Roskilde](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Sarcophagus_king_Frederik_4_Roskilde_Denmark.jpg/1920px-Sarcophagus_king_Frederik_4_Roskilde_Denmark.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Roskilde · Jebulon The place Roskilde is a city 30 km (19 mi) west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 53,897, the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative council of Roskilde Municipality. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 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](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. 3.7 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. 300 m · 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. 1.3 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. 900 m · cultural history museum in Roskilde, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde_Museum) 6. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde_Royal_Mansion) 7. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde_Idr%C3%A6tspark) 8. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankt_Laurentii_Church_Tower) 9. Sankt Laurentii Kirke St. Lawrence's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Roskilde, Denmark. 600 m · church building in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lawrence%27s_Church,_Roskilde) 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](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. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Roskilde Cathedral 2. Roskilde Former City Hall Now home to the local tourist information office. 3. Roskilde Palace Home to two exhibitions, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Palace Wing. 4. Boserup Forest 5. Bypark 6. Folkepark Consists of a number of combined parks primarily based on former monastery land. From [Wikivoyage: Roskilde](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Roskilde), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## 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. From [Wikivoyage: Roskilde](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Roskilde), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## 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. From [Wikivoyage: Roskilde](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Roskilde), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## 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 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/odense-to-roskilde) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Odense&to=Roskilde) - Aarhus → Roskilde 130 km · quickest by road, 3h 18m · kr185–245 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/aarhus-to-roskilde) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Aarhus&to=Roskilde) - Billund → Roskilde 187 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · kr155–210 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/billund-to-roskilde) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Billund&to=Roskilde) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Roskilde) 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 Roskilde 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 Roskilde. 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 58 km 2. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 529 km 3. [Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/aland) FI 12 ways of moving, 21 sources 677 km 4. 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Around it ## Next door to Roskilde Roskilde is 30 km from [Copenhagen](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/copenhagen), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Roskilde Municipality](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/roskilde-municipality) municipality in Sjælland, eastern Denmark 1 km - [Vindinge](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vindinge) town in Zealand, Denmark 4.5 km - [Svogerslev](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/svogerslev) town in Zealand, Denmark 4.9 km - [Musicon](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/musicon) this is an article about a district in Zealand 2.6 km - [Trekroner](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/trekroner) area of Roskilde, Denmark 2.9 km - [Himmelev](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/himmelev) area of Roskilde, Denmark 1.5 km [The place page for Roskilde](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/roskilde) [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/roskilde, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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