Discover South Jutland from The Ancient Road cycle route

Links to towns and other interesting attractions along The Ancient Road hiking trail in Northeast Jutland.

Along The Ancient Road you can find numerous churches. The oldest church has been at its site for a thousand years, the youngest was built only recently. Inside there is time for a break, silence, mindfulness and contemplation. The opening hours can be found on the churches’ websites.

In the tenth century, King Harald Bluetooth had Denmark’s name engraved on a rune stone in Jelling and erected two barrows and a church. The Jelling Monuments have enjoyed UNESCO World Heritage patron...

The Kongernes Jelling (home of the Viking kings) experience centre at the Jelling Monuments invites the whole family to explore Jelling of the Viking Age. Through unique and modern digital sensory exp...

Jelling is a station town with approx. 3,600 inhabitants, located approx. 10 kilometers northwest of Vejle. Jelling is a quaint little town visited by more than 150,000 tourists annually, and not with...

The upper part of Grejsdal valley (Grejs Ådal) south of Jelling with Fårup Lake, numerous springs, woods and open cropped meadows and fringes form the frame of an exciting landscape with tremendous na...

Vingsted Lake is located on the outskirts of Vejle Ådal and was previously used as a weapon sacrifice bog. It is possible to fish in the lake where pike, perch and shells live. Nearby you will also fi...

At the beautiful Engelsholm Castle you will find the Lake of Engelsholm, a very clean angling lake. The lake is supplied with natural spring water and the river of Vejle Å originates from this lake. I...

Visit Engelsholm Forest by Engelsholm Castle and lake and take a walk on the paths and in the baroque garden. Gödding Forest is varied with firs, beech and oak trees. You can follow the road through G...

Nature, history, and craftsmanship. Exciting and challenging experiences for the whole family. At the Randbøldal Museum, children and adults can learn more about the production of paper and fabrics in...

Experience Randbøl Hede, which is one of Denmark's largest remaining inland heaths, with a rugged nature that heath farmers, "potato Germans" and finally the state took up the fight against. 

Experience "Store Rygbjergstenen", a rune stone from the 10th century, which stands on a small burial mound at Frederikshåb near Egtved. The rune stone is called Denmark's first love poem.

The Hamborggård Rock is located north of Bække close to the Ancient Road.

The former bus station in Bække is home to a highly informative exhibition on the Ancient Road, which offers insight into the course of the road and the life that unfolded along it.

The rune stone by Bække Church was erected on a small hillock.

Located on the northern outskirts of the village of Bække in South Jutland, Klebæk Høje is an archaeological site that consists of two domed barrows from the Bronze Age and a Viking Age stone ship wit...

Just north of the village of Bække, by the parking lot west of the Ribe-to-Vejle road, you find a very authentic section of the Ancient Road. Here you can still see how the road originally cut through...

Hærvejens tidstavle (The Ancient Road Chronology) is the title of the 3.4-meter tall ceramic bass-relief that hangs on the west gable of the building next to Bække Church used by confirmands. 

t was found in the 1600s and erected in the cemetery by the church porch. The stone, which someone has attempted to split, was previously

Når du kommer vandrende eller cyklende langs Hærvejsruten mellem Bække/Asbo og Læborg, så kan du mod øst bag nyplantede juletræer og et tre-rækket læhegn skimte en gammel gravhøj med en stor stenpæl p...

Vejen Art Museum is dedicated to Danish Symbolism / Skønvirke (a Danish version of Art Nouveau) from around 1900.

Skibelund Krat is today a monumental park. The location was established in 1865 after the loss of Southern Jutland to Prussia and was used as a gathering place for celebrations.

A concrete construction from 1924, Frihedsbroen (Freedom Bridge) crosses the river of Kongeåen, allowing wayfarers to travel between Københoved and Askov.

Next to the bridge, the characteristic red-a...

Kongeåen is a relatively short, 60 km river. The wellspring of the river is located east of Vejen and flows west to the Wadden Sea.

Dresvold by Skodborg is one of the many anonymous castle mounds in southern Jutland.

Skodborghus was once a castle located by a low-lying riverbank in the valley of Kongeådalen.

'Æ Knagemøllen', which is located about 3 km south of the motorway, is one of the most picturesque buildings by the river of Kongeåen.

Lundsgård was one of the 36 Southern Jutland tenant farms (domænegård) during the period from 1864 to 1920 when the area was under Prussian/German rule. In 1873, German became the official language of...

The pilgrim’s shelter in the woods of Skodborg Præsteskov offers tables and benches, under roof as well as in the open, where you are welcome to take a rest from your hike and enjoy your food. 

Tent site in a pine forest near Kruså.

Oldemorstoft is located at the intersection of the old Hærvej and Gendarmstien in Padborg.

Bov Indoor pool consists of a 25 meter pool.

The self-governing institution "Hjemmeværnsmuseet" was established in 1988 in the historic Frøslev Camp and is a nationwide cultural-historical museum that houses the historical exhibition of the Home...

Experience the story where it took place.