Early in the morning, when we finished our breakfast we started to pack our stuff into the car. All we had left to do was put on our swimsuits. We planned to go to the pool that was available at MyCamp Camping. We had time until checkout, which was at 11 AM. We spent the next 2 hours having active fun in the water in a very professional pool. Check out our video to see how it looks:
There were slides, a wild river, and a jacuzzi. Kids enjoyed this pool a lot.
When the swimming had ended, we hit the road again.
That day our schedule looked like this:
- arrive at Zealand via Funen and the Storebælt Bridge
- set up our tent in camping
- visit our family who lives in Holbæk
A massive plan for one day, so we went without any delay. We drove across the whole of Funen island by highway. The first stop was before entering the Storebælt Bridge.
Storebælt Bridge
An incredible bridge that connects both sides of the Great Belt strait. In fact it is not a single bridge, but two bridges, tunnels, and a small island in the center.
This bridge was built over 10 years, from 1988 to 1998. It is 17 km long and cost 21.4 billion Danish crowns (DKK). The big investment in building this bridge is the reason we need to pay to cross it. The price for one car was 235 DKK. Before this bridge was built the only way to cross this strait was a ferry that took about 90 minutes. Currently the drive time has been reduced to 15 minutes.
Bridge consists of:
east part
6790 m long with a suspension design (2,700 m long, 254m high). The clearance of the bridge is 65m. Rail passes this part in underwater tunnel (two independent hallways on each side) with a length of 8024m. The tunnel is located at a depth of 12 to 40m. The deepest point of the tunnel lies at a depth of 75m.
west part
Here both cars and trains go on a bridge. The crossing consists of two parallel bridges. The length of the crossing is 6611m. Clearance in this section is 18m.
middle part – Sprogø Island
The link between the eastern and western part. Today the island is uninhabited.
Tempelkrogens Camping
As our campsite we chose Tempelkrogens Camping located in Vipperød. This campsite had a small pool and — more importantly for us — was located a few minutes from the town of Holbæk. The pool had an interesting design – a mushroom-shaped slide for toddlers.
In the afternoon we went to visit our family. We spent very good time there. We even had an opportunity to see a part of the raw video footage and tell them about what we had already seen in Denmark. In the evening, we returned to our campsite. Agenda done. Time to rest.