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Roskilde

Roskilde Domkirke
Hestetorvet
1 6
MAP P6 • Domkirkestræde 10
MAP Q6
• 46 35 16 24 • Open Apr–Sep: 10am– The Horse Market is set in what was
6pm daily (from 1pm Sun); Oct–Mar: Roskilde’s largest square for cen­
10am–4pm daily (from 1pm Sun) turies. Three giant vases commem­
• Adm; free with Copenhagen Card orate Roskilde’s millennium in 1998.
• www.roskildedomkirke.dk
Kirkegård
This magnificent cathedral holds the 7
remains of 39 Danish monarchs. MAP Q6
Now a park, this former medieval
churchyard holds the graves of many
prominent Roskilde citizens.
Stændertorvet
8
MAP P6 • Markets on Wed
& Sat
This small square in front of the
Town Hall has been a marketplace
since the Middle Ages.
Roskilde Palace
9
Replica Viking vessels MAP P6 • Stændertorvet 3
• 46 31 65 70 • Open noon–4pm
Vikingeskibsmuseet
2 Tue–Sun • Adm for adults • www.
MAP P4 • Vindeboder 12 • 46
samtidskunst.dk
30 02 00 • Open 10am–4pm daily (to Built in 1733–6 for royal visitors, this
5pm Jul–Aug) • Adm; free for under- yellow, four­wing Baroque building
18s • www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk houses the country’s first Museum
The popular Viking Ship Museum of Contemporary Art.
displays five 1,000­year­old Viking
Musicon
vessels. Boat trips available May–Sep. 0
Rabalderstræde 1 • 46 31 68 68
Roskilde Museum
3 • www.musicon.dk
MAP P5 • Sankt Ols Stræde 3
This council­run, former concrete
• 46 31 65 29 • Open 11am–4pm factory is a buzz of creativity, with a
daily • Adm; free with Copenhagen dance theatre, skatepark, interactive
Card • www.roskildemuseum.dk playground, artists’ studios, markets
This museum illustrates Roskilde’s and regular events. It is also home
history from the time when it was to Ragnarock, the national museum
Denmark’s first capital. of pop, rock and youth culture.
Roskilde Kloster
4
MAP P6 • Sankt Peders Straede
8E • 46 35 02 19 • www.roskilde
kloster.dk
This manor was converted into a
home for unmarried mothers.

Skomagergade and
5
Algade
MAP P6
The city’s two main cobbled streets
are lined with shops and cafés. Artists at work outside Musicon
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