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Kolding mini-city

Find a cheap car holiday with child-friendly hotels to South Jutland and make your way to Kolding miniby, which is located in Geografisk Have and is a recreation of Kolding as it looked in 1860-1870 in scale 1:10. Characteristic of Kolding Miniby, is the rich decoration of the windows of the houses and the many mini people and animals in the backyards. The Geographical Garden provides the best possible setting for the mini-city. Find a cheap weekend break for 2 or take the whole family on a trip to Southern Denmark and Kolding miniby in Kolding.

Koldinghus

Find a cheap car holiday at Risskov and take the whole family on an adventure trip in South Jutland. Visit the historic town of Kolding and in the centre of the town is Koldinghus, the royal castle which was built by the Danish king in 1268 to defend the border between Schleswig and Denmark. The castle burned down in 1808 and stood in ruins for a long time until the long restoration started. Koldinghus houses an exciting collection of Romanesque and Gothic church sculptures as well as antique Danish art and crafts, of which the collection of Danish silver art in particular is unsurpassed. Certainly a visit is something you will not forget. Find a cheap weekend break for the whole family and enjoy a self-drive holiday south at your own pace.

The Tomb of the Egtved Girl

Book a cheap weekend break or mini holiday at Risskov and visit Egtved, west of Vejle, where the Egtved Girl was found in 1921 in an extremely well-preserved Bronze Age grave. Today the reconstructed burial mound can be seen and a small museum has been built on the site describing the rare find. The small museum displays a replica of the Egtved Girl's dress with jewellery and belt buckle. Go on a cheap car holiday in Denmark and visit this interesting place.

Damgaard Mill

Damgaard Mill was built in 1867 after the Dutch model. The fascinating story of Baron Stampe and the new constitution of 1848, which forced farmers to have their grain milled at certain mills so that taxes could be collected, can be relived with a trip to the very interesting and well-maintained mill.

Bridgewalking Lillebælt

Go on a driving holiday in Denmark and hop on the old Lillebælt bridge and enjoy a stroll with water and air under your feet. The train passes right underneath you and you'll feel the bridge move. At the same time, you can enjoy a fantastic view.

At the Welcome Centre there are changing exhibitions about the bridge and its history. And you can immerse yourself in how the bridge builders worked.

Bridgewalking is not suitable for wheelchair users, the very strong and people with reduced mobility, but at the exhibition in the Welcome Centre it is open to all and free of charge. Bring your own car and enjoy a family holiday by water, land and air on the old Lillebælt Bridge.

Fredericia

Go on a car holiday in Fredericia with Risskov, located in the middle of the Triangle area. The city was founded as a military fortress, which you can still sense by visiting the city today. The city streets are perpendicular to each other (north-south and east-west) and Fredericia's centre is surrounded by one of Northern Europe's most well-preserved fortifications from the 17th century. Find child-friendly hotels nearby and plan a summer holiday or winter break in Fredericia on a self-drive holiday with Risskov.

Vejle

Find a cheap family holiday to Vejle and drive yourself to the lovely city in Southern Jutland. One of the interesting things to see in Vejle is Bindeballe Købmandsgård, which houses both a museum and an interesting shop. Also visit the Kulturmuseet in Spinderihallerne, which displays various exhibitions telling the story of Vejle. It is possible to take a virtual tour of Vejle during the Renaissance and there is also an exciting film about the cotton spinning industry that helped make Vejle famous. The museum also houses one of Denmark's famous bog herds and the Iron Age exhibition is quite interesting with hundreds of exhibits as well as a toy museum. If you have children with you, a visit to the Spinning Mill is highly recommended, and then there's the Ecology Museum, a real playground for the little ones. There are a number of permanent exhibitions on nature and the environment as well as natural resources and the climate, and through exhibitions and events visitors learn more about the nature and climate that surrounds us. Find child-friendly hotels for your self-drive holiday at Risskov and set off on an adventure at your own pace.

Christmas market in Ribe

December is a very special month in Ribe, where all the streets are decorated for Christmas. The perfect place to get into the Christmas shopping spirit. Take a stroll through the cosy streets of the old town, which are decked out with Christmas lights and decorations, and settle down in one of the cafés where you can warm up with a cup of coffee or cocoa. Ribe in December is an ideal place to spend a mini break or a long weekend and get a lot of Christmas shopping done.

Visit the Christmas market in Ribe, which is all about "Peter's Christmas". The classic tale of Peter's Christmas is Mathilde Cold F. Kjær's childhood story of her own Christmas in Ribe. Her childhood home, Porsborg, has now been converted into Ribe Tourist Office.

In Ribe, the Christmas market is built around Peter's Christmas, and in the town's cobbled streets, from November until Christmas, it is possible to walk around and enjoy the Christmas atmosphere in the fairytale Christmas market that forms the framework for Christmas traditions in the oldest market town in Scandinavia.

With a history that can be traced back to around 700, when the first trading post was built, there is plenty of history in the city. Many of the well-preserved buildings and houses are now listed, and together with Denmark's oldest town hall form a historic setting. The town hall dates back to 1496, and has served as the town hall since 1709.

The Christmas market in town consists of a number of stalls where it is possible to buy everything from Christmas confectionery, to traditional pretzels and gingerbread, as well as all sorts of alternative homemade Christmas gifts.

Christmas at Quedens Gaard in Ribe

Experience Christmas at the Old Merchant's Farm, which will be filled with old-fashioned Christmas spirit. A tour of the farm is an experience for all the senses, where the scents of all kinds of Christmas delights spread, while it will be possible to taste confectionery, pretzels and roasted almonds. If this is not enough Christmas spirit, it is also possible to see traditional old-fashioned crafts, braided Christmas hearts and other Christmas traditions.