Sunday, 17 August 15:00-16:00 hrs.
Canal tour (1 hr)
Departs from Amaliehaven (Amalie Garden) on the harbour side.
The Canal Tour takes you through new and old Copenhagen. The guides will tell you about the main sights and the most interesting moments in Copenhagen’s history. Touring the old canals is one of the biggest tourist attractions and a lovely experience. The Canal boat departs from Amaliehaven (Amalie Garden) on the harbour side.
Price per person DKK 40,- (Approx. 5.5 EUR)
This tour ends at The Opera House where registration will take place.
Sunday 17 August 14:00-16:00 hrs.
The City, the Canals and the Harbour (2 hrs.)
Departs in front of Palace Hotel at the City Hall Square. The bus will have a sign “Indoor Air”
CopenhagenCopenhagen was - for Hans Christian Andersen - “Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen, friendly old queen of the sea” and this tour is one of the best ways to see what he meant. During this charming tour of the city, you will see many of the main points of interest within the city: City Hall Square, the Carlsberg Glyptotek and Tivoli Gardens, the National Museum and the old “Latin Quarter” - so called because here you find the university and academic centre of old Copenhagen, - the Round Tower and the Old Fish Market.
At the Old Fish Market, you board our chartered, specially built canal launches and cruise through the canals and harbour. You will see Copenhagen as sailors have seen it for several centuries, passing under the incredibly low bridges to view some of the fabulous buildings that - typically for a city with maritime associations - are all close to the sea or the waterways: Christian IV’s Stock Exchange, Christiansborg Palace and Holmens Church - the Naval church in Copenhagen - and the charming old sailor’s quarter Nyhavn, Amalienborg Palace and the Little Mermaid. Along the canals through Christianshavn, you can still see “old salts” and their descendants, sitting on the wharf enjoying tales of the Seven Seas over a Carlsberg before you continue sailing past Christian IV’s old Brewery.
Price per person DKK 320,- (Approx. 43 EUR)
This tour ends at The Opera House where registration will take place
Monday 18 August 9:00-16:00 hrs. CANCELLED (to few participants)
The Castles of North Sealand (7 hrs. including lunch)
This marvellous outing takes you to North Sealand - the beautiful countryside north of Copenhagen. The tour starts by driving north out of the city and through some of the most fashionable residential areas, before passing the Deer Park. From here, follow the coastal road that borders the Sound, as it wends its way through former fishing villages dotted along the coast towards Elsinore. This tour offers great views, in the morning sun, across the Sound to Sweden and the Sound narrows to straits at Elsinore.
Here you visit Kronborg Castle - built to control - and levy tolls on - shipping through the Sound but famous for posterity as the setting for Shakespeare’s dramatic masterpiece, “Hamlet - Prince of Denmark”. It is not difficult to imagine Hamlet stalking the massive castle walls - his mood as dark and inhibiting as the walls themselves. After your visit here, enjoy a hearty, Danish lunch.
The tour continues from Elsinore via Fredensborg, with a stop to see Fredensborg Palace which is the spring and autumn residence of the Royal Family to the small town of Hillerød. Here you will again be confronted with one of the dominant figures amongst Danish monarchs - Christian IV - as you visit what is perhaps the finest testament to his visions as a royal commissioner of buildings - Frederiksborg Palace. Built on a small island in a lake, Frederiksborg is a magnificent Renaissance palace - beautifully situated and unbelievably detailed both inside and out - which today houses the Museum of Danish National History. Your visit completed, the tour continues through picturesque villages and rural countryside, before reaching the outskirts of Copenhagen and shortly thereafter your hotel.
Price per person DKK 785,- (Approx. 105 EUR)
Tuesday 19 August 9:00-16:00 hrs. CANCELLED (to few participants)
Louisiana and Karen Blixen (7 hrs. including lunch)
Drive northwards, heading out of the city past the harbour and, following the shoreline, past the Royal Deer Park before continuing along the scenic route towards Rungsted. The drive will take you through some of Copenhagen’s most fashionable and desirable residential areas which were once small fishing hamlets dotted along the coast. In Rungsted, visit “Rungstedlund”, the home of Karen Blixen - the world famous authoress, whose works and life have been the subject of numerous films.
From Rungsted, continue to the village of Humlebæk where the Louisiana Museum for Modern Art is beautifully located in a park, on low cliffs overlooking the Sound. The museum has a comprehensive, permanent collection of paintings and sculptures by world famous artists such as Giacometti, Henry Moore, Miró, Picasso, Max Ernst, Bonnard and many others and also regularly hosts touring exhibitions that attract visitors from all over Scandinavia.
Your visit to Louisiana starts with lunch in the museum café with views across the Sound to Sweden, after which there will be time to explore the museum at your leisure before a midafternoon departure for Copenhagen.
Price per person DKK 865,- (Approx. 115 EUR)
Rules & Conditions for Accompanying Person Tour:
All tours are guided in English. During transportation participants are insured according to Danish Legislation regarding Transportation Insurance, but should otherwise be covered by their personal travel and health insurance when not on the bus.
Information on start/end location and time on all tours will be mentioned on the ticket. You are kindly asked to announce your presence at least 10 minutes prior to the departure time. To board the bus you have to present a valid ticket, otherwise the tour guide is authorised to refuse admittance on the tour.
The tour Sunday the 17 August is before the Final Registration begins, therefore please bring confirmation and the guide will also have a list with the names of participants.
Cancellation of any tours must be made in writing and forwarded to DIS Congress Service before 1 August. After this, no refund can be expected. A cancellation fee at 10% of the price applies for any cancellation.
The Congress Secretariat reserves the right to adjust or change the programme as necessary. A minimum advance reservation for 20 persons per tour is required in order to guarantee operation. The Congress Secretariat reserves the right to cancel operation in the event of insufficient advance reservations. In the event that the Congress Secretariat cancels the tour full reimbursement will be made.