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The Rosenborg Castle of Denmark

admin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:33:07 +0000

When visiting Denmark, it will never be a complete vacation without visiting the Rosenborg Castle that houses the Royal Danish Collections. Aside from housing numerous of Denmark’s greatest cultural treasures like the Crown Jewels and the Danish Crown Regalia, the castle itself is a beautiful historic building.

The castle opens at 11 in the morning and closes at different time for different holidays and occasions. Children who are 17 years old and below are free while adults are charged 70 kr. Group discounts are also applied to a minimum of 12 people and they are charged at the discounted amount of 55 kr. per person. Students and seniors are charged at 45 kr. while photo permission is at 20 kr.

Guided tours to the castle are also available in Danish and will last for approximately 1 to 1 ½ hours. If you want to avail of this offer, booking t weeks ahead is required.

Since its acquisition is 1976, Rosenborg continues to grow and when H.R.H. Prince Henrik was became chairman of the board, the collections grew to over 3,000 objects.

Everyone will also get the chance to purchase his or her desired items at the Museum Shop, which is located opposite to the ticket office in the Gate House. The shop sells numerous items like silk scarf, Christian IV’s tablecloth, prayer book, tray, Queen Anna Sophie’s Playing Cards, Frederik II Tie, Tie Christian IV, Paper Dolls, Christian IV and Kirsten Munk, and many more.

Dining at the castle will never be a problem, as packed launches are allowed to be eaten at the covered tables at Traktorstedet café and restaurant. Getting into the restaurant does not require the guests to purchase tickets to the Rosenborg. They have the same opening hours like the castle and accept groups of 15-30 people after the opening hours.

The Jesperhus Flower Park in Denmark

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:29:55 +0000

Love Denmark and love flower? Then you must visit the Jesperhus Flower Park in Denmark. Located at the northern part of Europe, the Jeserhus Flower Park has a humble beginning of being a small family garden that turned into a largest flower park in the area.

Places to stay when in the park will never be a problem with their various types of places to stay like the camping site, cabins, holiday cottages, family tents, and the water complex.

Aside from the wonderful and refreshing flowers, the Jesperhus also has many activities available for their guests of all ages. Activities include bowling, creative workshop, indoor sports and games, miniature golf, bicycle and more.

The 8 hectares park houses thousands of flowers including the herbaceous perennial, cactuses, and succulents. In addition, the flower park consists of three parts that include the zoo with tropical animals called the jungle zoo wherein kids and adults alike can crawl from trunk to trunk, jump from stone to stone, or swing along and keep themselves on top of the trees and take the suspension bridge to take them back safely on the ground. The flower with fairytale like arrangements is the second part of the park and has sculptures, waterfalls, and animal figure. The third part of the park is the amusement part wherein guests can enjoy in the merry-go-rounds, bouncers and many more.

Apart from the wonderful park, zoos, and more, the Jesperhus also has the 4D cinema allowing their guests to view great movies in 4D visual effects.

Booking your tickets to the park has never been easy with their online booking available and is accessible through their website.

The park opens at 10 and closes at different times depending on the season. Prices are very affordable at DKK175 for adults, DKK145 for kids below 12, DKK145 for seniors, and DKK 120 for a group of 15 people. Kids below 3 years old are free.

The Aalborg Zoo in Denmark

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:24:08 +0000

When in Denmark, your travel will never be complete without getting the chance to have a peek on their wonderful collection of animals at the Aalborg Zoo. Covering 8 ½ hectares of land, he Aalborg Zoo is one of the largest provincial attractions in Denmark catering an average of 375,000 annually. Housing more than 1,200 animals of about 138 species, the Aalborg Zoo has the main purpose of preserving nature particularly the endangered animals.

Aside from the live animals that the tourists will enjoy while in the Zoo, they can also bring home with them their favorite zoo animal through the zoo’s Zoo Shop that sells numerous items including stuffed toys. The shop has always something new to offer, that is why it is advisable to visit the shop when visiting the Zoo.

Aside from touring around the zoo and interacting with the animals, the Aalborg Zoo is also holding various events for their guests including the children’s party, keeper of the day, tour of the zoo, rent the zoo for a day, and rent the zoo’s auditorium.

Holding a children’s birthday requires and minimum of 10 children of 5-11 years old and will last for 1 ½ to 2 hours. The celebration includes the children to help feed the animals, getting close to the animals in school service, and finding treasures at the zoo. There are three menus to choose from and each menu already includes a lemonade or soft drink.

The Keeper of the Day on the other will let the guests feel the animals of their choice and will last from 9am to 3pm. This activity is allowed for guests from 12 years old.

Those who wanted to experience the zoo by themselves, they can also rent the zoo for the day and the keeper will make sure that you will have a remarkable experience. One can also rent the auditorium with facilities for their events.

The zoo opens at 9am in most days and closes differently.

Denmark’s Legoland Billund

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:37:58 +0000

Another great place to visit when in Denmark is the Legoland Billund. It has numerous rides and attractions that will surely amaze every tourist. Tourists can even shop the items they want like souvenir items from the shopping centers onsite. Dining at the park will never be a problem with the numerous dining places that offers only delicious and sumptuous foods that will surely fill in your hungry tummy.
Legoland has so many rides that are truly worth riding. Rides include the Frog Hopper, which is the newest in Legoland. This tummy-tickling ride will definitely make your children who are between 90-150cm’s visits to the Legoland a remarkable one.
They also have the Miniland that will let your kids live like being in the real world in miniature. Let them witness the world’s famous building all built of 20 million LEGO bricks.
The Park also has the Lego Safari that will let the kids enjoy a fun ride in a zebra-striped jeep traveling with the wild LEGO animal and make them feel like being on the African savannah. Parents must be aware that they must accompany their kids who are 90 cm.
Parents and kids alike will definitely love the shopping centers that the Legoland has. Shopping for lego bricks has never been easy with the Legoland’s brick shop. Tourists can even shop for their kid’s wear, Lego collection, beach shop, castle shop and more. Paying will be very easy, as these shops accept credit cards like Dankort, VISA, Eurocard, Mastercard, Dinners, American Express, and Maestro.
Getting into Denmark’s Legoland Billund is easy and can be reached by car, bus, train, plane, and ferry.
Visiting Legoland Billund is very comfortable with everybody. They have the Babycare Center, Banks, ATM machines, Drying Machines, Luggage Lockers, Pushchairs, Telephones, Toilets, and more. Smoking is even aloud outdoor but not on rides.

Tivoli Gardens

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:10:57 +0000

As one of the most visited attractions in Denmark, the Tivoli Gardens has a lot to offer to its visitors. They have various rides, the concert hall and theaters for total entertainment, and numerous places to dine.
The rides includes the wild ones for those who wanted extreme excitement and adventure, the fun ones for those who are faint of heart and the kids also have their own series of rides. The wild ones include The Golden Tower, The Demon, The Star Flyer and more. Fun rides include the bumper cars, Ferris wheel, and more. Rides for your lovely kids on the other hand include the big clock, Chinese lantern, little pilot and more.
Tivoli Gardens opens at 11 in most days and closes differently. There are days that they closes at 23, some at 24 while sometimes the garden closes at 00.30.
When in Tivoli tickets for admission and rides are sold differently. Tickets for rides are available in two forms that include the Turpas or the Multi-ride ticket and the Turbillet or the Ride ticket. The Turpas allows the visitors to use as many rides as they wish to, while the Turbillet ticket on the other hand is only available for use only for a single ride. Tickets for events and entertainment are also sold separately. One can book their events ticket at Tivoli’s Ticket center or have them booked over the phone or online.
Visiting Tivoli with big bags and little angels will never be a problem because the garden has lockers and baby changing diapers in all their three entrances. Tivoli even has the room with free diapers and nappies for the mommies to comfortably change their baby’s diapers. The room even has a microwave to warm a bottle.
When visiting Tivoli Gardens, always make sure you have the Tivoli Guide that is available in Danish and English.