Unusual routes from UK to Denmark
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- Aparna Patel
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- 3 Aug, 2023
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You can do the entire trip by train. This site gives a travel time of 17h45m using five different trains:
- Birmingham – London
- London – Brussels
- Brussels – Cologne
- Cologne – Hamburg
- Hamburg – Copenhagen
Alternative train options via Paris and Amsterdam exist as well.
I live in Denmark but am from the UK. My usual route is to fly Ryanair from Stanstead to Aalborg. The bonus is it’s often very cheap (less than £10 for a single-way ticket!) If you want to get to Copenhagen after that you can book tickets on Flixbus or DSB trains (about 5 hours in either case)
Of course, it’s still flying. But not with SAS, and to a different destination. The DSB train goes through all of the Danish countryside and has some lovely views from the two rail bridges between the Danish islands (some of the bridges are mind-bogglingly long!)
Bicycle along the Eurovelo 12 route.
This long distance cycle route is called the North Sea route. It starts in Scotland, goes down the East cost of the UK, then along the French, Belgian, Dutch, German, Danish and Norwegian coastlines.
If you could get to Calais or Dunkirk there is a remarkably easy and pleasant journey ahead of you. The route is well marked, flat, and almost exclusively on purpose built, vehicle free cycle tracks.
The distance is around 900km from Calais to Denmark, so it will take you a few days but the journey is the adventure.
This would be different:
- train from Birmingham (or wherever) > Newcastle
- DFDS Ferry from Newcastle > Amsterdam
- train from Amsterdam > Copenhagen
This will require bus or taxi at each end of the ferry trip, but the ferry itself is overnight.
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Try https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Birmingham-England/Copenhagen
This will give you multiple options with only trains and/or busses. Trains will be expensive and he quickest one is 17 hours. Busses may be cheaper but also substantially longer and in general less comfortable.
You may have to stitch individual legs together but looking at a 30 hour bus route you probably want to break it up anyway.
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