Date: 29-30th June 2022
Travelled: 80 kms from Vejle to Aarhus, Denmark
Visited: Aarhus, Central Jutland
Stayed: Aarhus Marina Stellplatz, DKK185, N56.13920, E10.21650ย
Budget: 36 days @ โฌ96 per day
I found the stellplatz in Vejle a little noisy last night. Heard a noisy duff duff car once or twice and some road noise from the bridge on the freeway about 5am. Pam didnโt hear a thing as usual.
After our coffee and fruit we walk the marina complex for a last look before we service the Hymer and make for the road.
Departing Vejle we stop for fuel as we roll toward the E45. What a drama, it takes 15 minutes rather than 5 as our credit card appeared to cause the servos payment system to collapse. The attendant restarts the computer and we can finally pay and get out of there. Diesel is DKK16.4 per litre, about โฌ2.20 or A$3.36 in Denmark today.
It was a scenic drive, but despite how the photos above may look there was some heavy traffic at times. The drive to Aarhus takes us 90 minutes including a breakfast stop. The GPS is set for a stellplatz at the marina and itโs only a couple of turns and we drive into the complex. Apart from being very expensive the entry to these stellplatz in Denmark are overly complex. No point in me boring you about the detail.
We have our digital code and a confirmation SMS on our phone, so we find a spot and relax. Itโs at least a 20+ minute walk to town and the scooter has been sitting on the back of the Hymer unused since the start of our travels this year. Iโm having no problems since the big operation and Iโm feeling confident about giving the scooter a run.
Aarhus with a population of 282,000+ is Denmarks second largest city. Founded as a trading port its history can be traced to 900AD. Its the usual Viking raiders come Wend pirates who took turns ruling the place for 600 years. If your obsessed by vikings like Pam you can follow the link above.
We scooter in to the centrum along the bicycle lane rather than the road. The traffic is heavy on the road and the cycle lane just has a few bikes and we just putt along behind them. Park the scooter amongst a thousand bicycles and go exploring.
As we walk the river we see a church steeple on our right and walk towards it. Our guide book tells us the Aarhus Domkirke is the longest in Denmark, just over 100m in length. The chapel is 12th century, the rest dates to the 15th century.
As its getting close to 5pm we head back to the scooter and make our way back. Thereโs still more to do so weโll stay another dayโฆ.
Next morning Pam has managed to Google up a swimming pool within an easy scooter ride so we head off to do some laps after a light breakfast. Pool entry DKK30 pp about A$6. There is a 50m x 10 lane indoor and a 25m x 8 lane outdoor.
Back from the pool and frankly a bit tuckered, we have a big breakfast and relax for an hour. We need a couple of supermarket things so we scooter of to the nearest, which happens to be a SuperBrugsen (never heard of it). What a fabulous very gourmet supermarket, expensive of course but all sorts of nice things and across the road a little bakery with the best baguettes.
The relaxing continues into the afternoon before we go back into the city for the last time, to walk, the Latin Quarter. There are several small narrow streets just north of the Domkirke. They are literally lined with small cafes, pubs, bars and tabac. They are mostly very small places with their cliental sitting outside on the footpath enjoying Denmarkโs short summer.
Obviously stopping for a drink is very tempting but riding the scooter back with a snoot full is perhaps not the best idea. So we walk back to the scooter and ride back to the Hymer along the cycle path.
Michael + Pam
