Vejle is a city in Jutland, part of the KoldingVejleFredericia triangle. Vejle is also the regional capital of South Jutland, one of the 5 Danish regions.

Get in

By train

Vejle Fjord and Vejle Fjord bridge

Vejle is on the main CopenhagenAarhusÅlborg train line with several departures every hour. It is a stop for all trains passing through, including InterCityLyn (ICL) from Copenhagen Airport, and ICE (InterCity Europe) trains from Hamburg and Berlin.

By car

Vejle is the close to motorway E45, which passes on the Vejle bridge. This is one of the rare places in Jutland with regular traffic jams.

By air

Billund Airport (BLL IATA) is located about 30 km from Vejle, with several bus departures every day.

Get around

Vejle Taxa, +45 70201222.

The local buses go from the trafikcenter at the train station

See

  • St. Nicolai Church. Old church. See the exhibited Haraldskær Woman, a well-preserved Iron Age Nordic mummy.
  • Vejle Rådhus. The city hall of Vejle. No public access unfortunately.
  • Den Smidtske Gård, Søndergade 14. Old courtyard in a restored timber-framed merchants house from 1799. Cafe Conrad and a branch of Vejle Museum is located here. This is one of the only medieval buildings in Vejle, before the rapid industrialisation of the late 1800s.

Do

Albuen beach park in city centre
  • Vejle Kunstmuseum. Art museum with a broad selection from medical Dürer and Rembrandt to abstract expressionism. A sizeable collection of Danish painters, in particular from the Golden Age.
  • Kulturmuseet Spinderihallerne. Engage in the history of Vejle.
  • Albuen (the elbow) is a beach park in city centre. Relax and enjoy the beach life, take a swim or paddle along in a canoe.
  • Football: Vejle Boldklub were promoted in 2023 and now play soccer in Superliga, the top tier. Their home ground Vejle Stadium (capacity 11,000) is 1 km northeast of city centre.
  • Danmark Rundt, the Danish UCI cycle race, often has its final stage in Velje. The finishing line is at the end of Kiddesvej (steep by Danish standards) in city centre. The next race is 15-19 Aug 2023.
  • Trekantsområdets Festuge. A ten-day regional culture festival every year in late August.

Buy

Strøget, the main shopping street in Vejle.
  • Strøget. A long street in the pedestrianised centre lined with historic buildings, cafés, restaurants and specialty boutiques, ideal for shopping. Most larger Danish cities have a "strøget" street.

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Munkebjeg Hotel. The forested slopes of Vejle fjord have several historic hotels and retreats.

Go next

  • Legoland theme park as well as Lalandia, a giant indoor waterpark with several other activities in Billund, about 30 km from Vejle.
  • Givskud Zoo lion park, located 20 km outside Vejle. The zoo has a wide range of animals; worth mentioning is lions, rhinos, gorillas, giraffes, elephant and wolves.
  • Jelling, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The old Danish capital with the Jelling stones and burial mound is ca 15 minutes north on the Struer train line, kr 16.
  • Sculpture park by Robert Jacobsen.
  • Jernalderlandsbyen (The Iron Age Village), a large reconstructed Iron Age village with engaging activities for the whole family.
Routes through Vejle
Aalborg Horsens  N  S  Kolding Hamburg


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