To North Zealand and Beyond!

This weekend we had great weather here in Scandinavia so a few of us decided to take a trip up to North Zealand. The north coast of Zealand is peppered with small fishing towns whose origin date back to the 1500s. Our goal on this adventure was to reach one of these towns by the name of Gilleleje, which boasts of a popular beach in the hot summer months. It took us about an hour by train to reach our first destination of Helsingor. It was a very scenic ride and was nice to get out of the city and see some of the Danish countryside.

In Helsingor, we took a short tour of a 17th century castle that was built to protect northern Denmark and later to collect tolls from ships using the narrow port. Today the town of Helsingor is a busy port town with ferries continuously shuttling across the Oresund Strait to and from Sweden to disgorge thirsty Swedes who stock up on booze. The booze is actually cheaper in Denmark than in Sweden.
Once in Gilleleje, we were completely lost but after some wondering we found our beach. Along the way we made our way through some of the back streets and found that most of the houses were half-timbered and thatch-roofed. It was an interesting sight to see.

All in all it was a great weekend trip and it marks our first of many exploratory trips around Denmark.

Take a look at the pictures from the weekend by clicking here.
Oh, and if you want to see the Geotagged photo's on the map click here