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Fredensborg is a city in Nordsjælland in Denmark.

[edit] Understand

• Fredensborg Tourist information, Slotsgade 2, ☎ +45 48 48 21 00, [1]. Temporarily closed until summer 2010.  edit

[edit] Get in

From Copenhagen the most convenient way to reach Fredensborg, is to catch a S-train to Hillerød, and change to the Lille Nord[2] train towards Fredensborg and Elsinore (Helsingør), which sees departures towards the city twice per hour most of the day, it is possible to use the same line from Elsinore - the trip from Copenhagen takes about an hour.

It is also possible to catch a bus from Humlebæk (Louisiana Art Museum, Bus 844 & 733E, 25 minutes), and from Nørreport station in central Copenhagen there is a is a rushhour express bus (6-9 & 13-17) which completes the journey is just 45 minutes (bus 173E)

If you have your own wheels take the Helsingørmotorvejen highway (E47 & E55) to exit 7 (Kokkedal), turn left, and follow Fredensborg Kongevej to the end.

[edit] Get around

For all practical purposes, use your two fine legs - it is a 1 kilometre walk, through the nice town, to the palace (about 15 minutes).

[edit][add listing] See

• Fredensborg Castle, ☎ +45 3340 3187 (fredensborg@ses.dk, fax: +45 4847 5470), [3]. July 1PM-4:30PM (only guided tours). Built in 1720-1726 and extented until 1770. The royal family lives there, so the castle is closed for the public except for July. The gardens are open to the public, however, and the castle is one of the most beautiful in Scandinavia. 50 DKK.  edit

• Kunstgalleriet i Arresthuset (The Jailhouse Art Gallery), Tinghusvej 13, ☎ +45 2236 4455. Daily 11-15 except Thursdays. An art gallery fitted into the old Court- and Jailhouse from 1857 sometime in 2006. The house is well-preserved, and still houses much of the original equipment.  edit

[edit][add listing] Do

• Fredensborg Falkonergård, Davidsvænge 11, ☎ +45 48 48 25 83, [4]. 80 DKK.  edit

[edit][add listing] Buy

[edit][add listing] Eat

• Ciao, Christopher Boeks vej 1, ☎ +45 4848 2324, [5]. Quite cheap Italian restaurant, which is mainly a Pizzaria (also take away), but also has antipasti, pasta and some fish and meat main dishes. Outdoor seating on the square when weather permits. Main dish 80 DKK.  edit

• Skipperhuset, Skipperallé 6, ☎ +45 48 48 17 17, [6]. May-October. A bit expensive, but good, French/Danish fusion cuisine. It is housed in a lovingly restored old boathouse from the 18th century, that used to hold the royal barge, so you can enjoy your dinner right at the shores of the pretty lake. (55.980304,12.38145) edit

[edit][add listing] Sleep

• Højsager Camping, Humlebækvej 31, ☎ +45 4919 4448, [7]. Open April-September. 60 DKK each person.  edit

• Danhostel Fredensborg Vandrerhjem, [8]. Youth and family hostel, open all year around. The hostel can provide rooms with toilet and bath. The hostel serve breakfast everyday. Doubles from 329 DKK.  edit

• Fredensborg Store Kro, Slotsgade 6, ☎ +45 48 40 01 11, [9]. A Grand old hotel right by the castle, in both the best and worst sense of old - at its best it is elegant and timeless, but the rooms are starting to show its age, and could an update to modern times. The in house restaurant Anna Sophie, fares much better, and serves upscale food in a beautiful old room. 790-2300 DKK.  edit

[edit] Get out

A good one day itinerary, which we could call "a day in the Nordsjælland of the kings", if we were the local tourist organisation - but we're not - so let us keep in nameless, and just tell that it involves the three grand palaces of the region; Take the S-train to Hillerød and see the Frederiksborg Palace and museum and go for a stroll in in the nice barque gardens - retrace your steps to the station and jump on the train to Fredensborg to see the palace from the pretty park. Jump back on the same train (though unless you are superman, the same train 2 hours later), and continue the journey to Elsinore, do an L through the old town, pass the harbour and finish the castle viewing with Hamlet's Kronborg, and nice views over the sound and Sweden. Head back to station and take the Kystbanen Railway back to Copenhagen. If you have time to spare, you could stop by the fabulous Louisiana Art museum in Humlebæk on your way back.

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