Viby
Viby, often referred to as Viby Sjælland to distinguish it from Viby J in Jutland, is a satellite and commuter town to Roskilde and Copenhagen, located 8 km south of Roskilde, in Roskilde Municipality, some 30 km west of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Viby, often referred to as Viby Sjælland to distinguish it from Viby J in Jutland, is a satellite and commuter town to Roskilde and Copenhagen, located 8 km south of Roskilde, in Roskilde Municipality, some 30 km west of Copenhagen, Denmark. The original village, now Gammel Viby, is located in the northern part of town while the modern district has formed around Viby railway station which opened on the Danish Main Line between Copenhagen and western Denmark in 1854. The village of Dåstrup is now also an integrated part of Viby. As of 1 January 2026, Viby had a population of 5,227.
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Worth seeing in and around Viby
2 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.
- 01Risbyholm
Risbyholm is a manor house located in Roskilde Municipality, near Havdrup, some 30 km southwest of Copenhagen, Denmark. The estate covers 528 hectares and comprises the farms Solrødgård, Ørnesæde and Klarkærgård.
4.7 km · Manor house in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia - 02Vibygård
Vibygård is a manor house located in the northeastern outskirts of Viby, Roskilde Municipality, some 30 km west of Copenhagen, Denmark. The estate covers 833 hectares of land and comprises the farms Slåenkær, Ørstedgård, Arnakke and Drags-Møllegård.
1.3 km · manor house in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark · Wikipedia
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Getting to Viby
- Airports
- Copenhagen Kastrup (CPH), 40 km · Malmö Sturup (MMX), 85 km · Odense Hans Christian Andersen (ODE), 107 km
- Copenhagen → Viby37 km · quickest by road, 51 min · kr31–42
- Odense → Viby82 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · kr95–130
- Aarhus → Viby5 km · quickest by road, 11 min · kr5–6
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No local-transport research exists yet for Viby
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Next door to Viby
Viby is 37 km from Copenhagen, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.