Guidebook for Roskilde

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Guidebook for Roskilde

City/town information

The original capital city of Denmark. Here you find lots of history from ancient vikings to recent culture. The city is beautiful located in the outer end of the Roskilde Fjord.
52 locals recommend
Roskilde
52 locals recommend
The original capital city of Denmark. Here you find lots of history from ancient vikings to recent culture. The city is beautiful located in the outer end of the Roskilde Fjord.

Sightseeing

Explore viking history and check out hand-made viking ships as they used to make them
127 locals recommend
Viking Ship Museum
12 Vindeboder
127 locals recommend
Explore viking history and check out hand-made viking ships as they used to make them
Unesco-listed cathedral
131 locals recommend
Roskilde Domkirke
3 Domkirkepladsen
131 locals recommend
Unesco-listed cathedral
Museum for rock music and youth culture. Impressive building designed by MVRDV The area around the museum is up and coming and you can find coffee places, bars and terraces around.
Ragnarok
Museum for rock music and youth culture. Impressive building designed by MVRDV The area around the museum is up and coming and you can find coffee places, bars and terraces around.
30 locals recommend
Roskilde Havneselskab
2 Strandgade
30 locals recommend
St. Catherine's Priory, Roskilde
8E Sankt Peders Stræde
12 locals recommend
Roskilde Museum
3 Sankt Ols Stræde
12 locals recommend
From Roskilde you can easily visit Copenhagen. It takes about 25 by car and less than 20 min by train (from Roskilde train station) to reach Copenhagen city centre. It's an amazing city in many ways. We have lived there many years, so you are welcome to ask us all about it.
282 locals recommend
Copenhagen
282 locals recommend
From Roskilde you can easily visit Copenhagen. It takes about 25 by car and less than 20 min by train (from Roskilde train station) to reach Copenhagen city centre. It's an amazing city in many ways. We have lived there many years, so you are welcome to ask us all about it.

Useful places and shopping

Nearest supermarket
Fakta
3 Astersvej
Nearest supermarket
Indoor mall for shopping
21 locals recommend
RO's Torv, Roskilde
29 Ro's Torv
21 locals recommend
Indoor mall for shopping
The main shopping street in Roskilde city centre
Algade
Algade
The main shopping street in Roskilde city centre

Food scene

Eat lunch while you sail through the Roskilde fjord
11 locals recommend
M/S Sagafjord - Restaurant Roskilde
18 Vindeboder
11 locals recommend
Eat lunch while you sail through the Roskilde fjord
Great restaurant for brunch and dinner
10 locals recommend
Snekken Trattoria
16 Vindeboder
10 locals recommend
Great restaurant for brunch and dinner

Party

Every year in the start of July, Roskilde host the biggest pop and rock festival in Scandinavia.
Roskilde festival - Indgang Nord
23 Darupvej
Every year in the start of July, Roskilde host the biggest pop and rock festival in Scandinavia.