Hello. I have five days to spare after leaving Ludwigslust Germany, before catching my flight from Copenhagen to the states. What I would like to do is visit Norway, Sweden and spend a day and a half in Copenhagen before my flight. I'm aware that I can travel to Malmo easily from Copenhagen, but am wondering if there is another city in Sweden that would be easily connected to a place in Norway and Denmark. I'll most likely fly out of Berlin or Hamburg but to where and in what direction? I realize it's not a lot of time but it's the most I have at this point. Not looking to do anything in particular but enjoy the ambience of where ever I go. Any ideas? Thanks!
Posted by
New York, NY, USA
11294 posts
If you only have 5 days, you shouldn't try to visit Norway, Sweden, and Copenhagen. Pick one destination besides Copenhagen; remember that travel time will eat up at least a half-day each time you change places, and possibly more depending on how far apart they are.
Besides Copenhagen, my favorite places were Stockholm and Bergen (of the very limited places I've seen in Scandinavia). You could fly from Berlin/Hamburg to Bergen, then fly to Stockholm, then to Copenhagen. Or you could start in Bergen, do the Norway in a Nutshell from Bergen to Oslo (very beautiful), then fly or take the overnight boat from Olso to Copenhagen. While I wasn't as taken with Oslo as the other cities, there's certainly good stuff to do there for 1-2 days.
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Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2779 posts
Take the Scandlines ferry from Rostock to Gedser (Danmark) and then the train to Copenhagen. From there take the DFDS over night cruise ferry to Oslo (you will pass Kronenburg castle (Hamlet) and see it from the boat). From Olso fly to Berlin or bus or train to Gotheburg from where you can take a Stena overnight cruise ferry to Kiel. Alternatively you can take the Color Line cruise ferry from Oslo directly to Kiel. Kiel to Hamburg airport is one hour by bus and they operate frequently.