Trips With Kids

Guide to Denmark with kids

At the very tip of Denmark, at Cape Grenen, everyone takes off their shoes and steps into the water at the same spot, just to stand between the waves of two seas for a moment. We stood there too, and then rode back to the car park on a red tractor with a wagon, much to the kids' delight.

That was day six of our camping road trip in August 2014: in 8 days we drove about 2,600 km, from Legoland in Billund, past the North Sea dunes, to the chalk cliffs of Møn and a safari park on Lolland. The whole trip, day by day, is in Our summer holidays in Denmark, and you can watch it on our playlist Denmark 2014 - Summer Road Trip.

Two years later we came back to Denmark in a completely different way: by bike, with a trailer and panniers, all around Bornholm. On the first day the kids couldn't believe there was a roadside vegetable stall where you just leave the money in a box.

In six days we rode 160 km on bike paths, sleeping at a different campsite every night. The whole loop is in Cycling week with children on Bornholm and on the playlist Dania 2016 - Bornholm - wyprawa rowerowa, and our other trips are on our YouTube channel.

Denmark with kids works really well if you like campsites and nature. Here is what was waiting for us:

  • campsite playgrounds, often with inflatable trampolines that we didn't know back home in Poland at the time,
  • pools at many campsites,
  • dunes and lighthouses,
  • wartime bunkers,
  • a safari park you drive through in your own car,
  • and, of course, Legoland.

Denmark with kids at a glance

  • Our trips: a road trip by car with a tent in August 2014 (8 days including the drive there and back, about 2,600 km) and a cycling trip around Bornholm in July 2016 (6 days on the bikes, 160 km).
  • Getting there: we drove from Poland through Germany and came back on the ferry from Rødby to Puttgarden. To Bornholm we took the ferry from Sassnitz.
  • Where we stayed: always in a tent at campsites, seven nights at five campsites in 2014, and a different campsite every night on Bornholm.
  • Kids: in 2014 we travelled with three children, the youngest not yet 3. On the Bornholm bike loop two older kids, aged 9 and 6, came along.
  • How much time: one week for Jutland and Zealand is really not much, while 6 days were enough for us to cycle around Bornholm with kids.

Practical info

How to get to Denmark by car

Denmark's only land border is with Germany, so if you drive from the rest of Europe, you come through Germany. We drove from Poland on the A20 and A7 motorways to the Kruså border crossing.

From Szczecin to the Danish border it is about 520 km, but because of a traffic jam near Schleswig our drive from the Polish coast took almost 14 hours, as we describe in Route from Poland to Denmark. We came back on the Scandlines ferry from Rødby to Puttgarden (Taking ferry to Germany and route to Poland).

Useful ferries for a trip to Denmark (as of November 2026):

  • Puttgarden - Rødby (Scandlines): 45 minutes.
  • Rostock - Gedser (Scandlines): 2 hours. On both Scandlines routes you need to check in at least 15 minutes before departure.
  • Sassnitz - Rønne (Bornholmslinjen): 3 hours 20 minutes. This is how we got to Bornholm.
  • Ystad - Rønne (Bornholmslinjen): 80 minutes on the fast ferry from Sweden.

Documents for children

  • EU citizens can enter Denmark with a valid passport or national ID card.
  • Every child needs their own passport or ID card.
  • A driving licence or a bank card is not a travel document.
  • Denmark carries out temporary checks at its land and sea borders with Germany, notified until 11 May 2027, so keep the whole family's documents at hand, also on the ferry (as of November 2026).

Money and payments

Denmark uses the Danish krone (DKK). Good to know (as of November 2026):

  • the krone is linked to the euro at a central rate of DKK 746.038 per EUR 100,
  • many shops, cafés and restaurants are now cashless and take only cards or mobile payments,
  • some kiosks and supermarkets stop accepting cash after 8 PM.

On the ferry in 2016 we found out that Danish and Norwegian kroner had got mixed up in our wallet.

Road tolls and bridges

  • Driving on Danish roads is free, except for the Storebælt (Great Belt) and Øresund bridges.
  • Storebælt Bridge, car 3 to 6 m long: DKK 235 by card or cash at the toll booth, which is what most visitors pay. The lower rate (DKK 205) needs an agreement with the bridge operator set up in advance (a Danish Bizz tag or number plate payment), so it pays off mainly for frequent crossings.
  • Storebælt Bridge, car with a caravan over 6 m in total: DKK 360 at the toll booth or DKK 314 with an agreement (prices from 1 January 2026).
  • Germany: the motorway toll applies to vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, so you can drive a passenger car without a vignette (as of November 2026).

When to visit Denmark with kids

We were in Denmark at the end of July and in early August, and it was a good time for camping, although the weather changed quickly and the night in Skagen was cold.

High season runs from June to late August, while late spring and early autumn mean quieter roads for cycling. Legoland is open seasonally, so check the park's calendar before you go.

Jutland, Zealand and Møn: best places for kids

Billund area

Legoland Billund

We spent a whole day at the very first Legoland in the world. What we remember best:

  • Miniland, where trains and boats move on their own and kids can start some of them with buttons,
  • little trains, boat rides and roller coasters,
  • an underwater world with aquariums, where you can hold a crab.

Kids' height is checked with Lego bricks, and many Danish families bring their own picnic. Read more in Legoland Billund.

Randbøldal Camping

A campsite in the woods, 15 km from Legoland, with a 5,000 m² natural swimming pool and two water slides. The kids' favourite was the roller slide, which they rode down on rubber mats, and you can see it in our video. See also Randbøldal Camping.

West Jutland

Lyngvig Fyr lighthouse and Hvide Sande

On the sandbar between Ringkøbing Fjord and the North Sea we climbed the 38-metre lighthouse, and back then kids went up for free. At its foot there is a playground with a zip line, which you can see the kids riding in our video from that day. Read about it in West Jutland.

Thyborøn and the ferry to Agger

A small harbour town at the end of the road, with:

  • more than a hundred German Atlantic Wall bunkers around it,
  • Sneglehuset, a house covered with tens of thousands of shells,
  • a small ferry to the other side, because the road ends here, as our short video shows.

It's all in West Jutland.

North Jutland

Bulbjerg

A limestone hill by the sea, the only bird cliff on the Danish mainland, with a German bunker at the top. There were so many ladybirds on the path that it was hard not to step on them. Read about it in North Jutland.

Rubjerg Knude lighthouse

We walked about a kilometre across a sheep pasture to the lighthouse buried by a dune, and on the way back the kids ran and rolled down the dune, so nobody counted the sand in their pockets. In 2019 the lighthouse was moved 70 metres inland. More in North Jutland.

Nordsøen Oceanarium in Hirtshals

We arrived an hour before closing, and that hour was enough to see:

  • a huge tank with 4.5 million litres of water,
  • a seal pool,
  • a playground hidden inside a whale.

One of the seals jumped out of the water and splashed Dad, just when the camera was off. Read about it in North Jutland.

Cape Grenen

The northernmost tip of Denmark, where the Skagerrak meets the Kattegat and waves from both sides crash into each other. We walked 2 km along the beach to the tip and rode back on a red tractor with a wagon, which the kids loved. See Cape Grenen - where two seas are fighting with each other.

East Jutland

Ejer Bavnehøj and Trelde Næs

We stopped at the hill known as Denmark's highest point, topped by a 13-metre lookout tower you can climb.

We slept at MyCamp Trelde Næs on top of a cliff, where a German family was catching crabs from the jetty, and in the morning the kids had a great time in the pool with slides and a lazy river, as you can see in our campsite video. Read about it in East Jutland.

Funen, Zealand and Møn

Storebælt Bridge

The Great Belt crossing is 18 km long and is made up of bridges, a railway tunnel and the island of Sprogø. The drive takes about 10 to 15 minutes, and in our timelapse just one.

Before we left, the kids played in the MyCamp pool, and our next campsite, Tempelkrogens, had a small pool with a mushroom slide for little ones. More in Storebælt Bridge to Zealand.

Møn's Cliff

A chalk cliff up to 130 metres high, on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2025. Almost 500 steps lead down to a narrow stony beach: the kids loved going down, climbing back up a little less. See Møn’s Cliff.

Knuthenborg Safaripark

A safari park you drive through in your own car, with more than a thousand animals walking just a few metres from the car.

Monkeys jumped onto the little train while we fed them, and one horse climbed into our car looking for food. That moment, and Møn's Cliff from the same day, are in the video below. Read about it in Knuthenborg Safaripark.

Bornholm by bike: best places for kids

Rønne, Hasle and the north of the island

Bike path from Rønne to Nyker

On the first day we rode an asphalt path along an old narrow-gauge railway, away from the cars, to the round church in Nyker. On the way the kids couldn't believe there was a roadside stall where you leave the money in a box. Watch our video from day one and read Bornholm bicycle trip - Day 1.

Hammershus Castle and Opalsøen lake

The ruins of Hammershus, the largest in Northern Europe, are free to visit, and from the walls you can see Sandvig harbour and the Jons Kapel rocks.

Nearby, at the flooded Opalsøen quarry, we watched people zip-line straight into the water. Read about it in Bornholm bicycle trip - Day 2: Hammershus Castle.

The east coast

Døndalen waterfall and Helligdomsklipperne cave

Denmark's highest waterfall was only a stream in summer, but the kids climbed the rocks, pulling themselves up on tree roots.

We went down a ladder to reach the cave in the Helligdomsklipperne cliffs, and inside, in a gap less than a metre wide, a torch came in handy. Watch our video from that day and read Bornholm bicycle trip - Day 3: Helligdomsklipperne cave.

Gudhjem, Østerlars and Svaneke

From Gudhjem we rode to the island's biggest round church in Østerlars and finished the day by the old cannons and the lighthouse in Svaneke. That day the kids set a record of 38.6 km on the bikes, and the first thing they did at the campsite was run for ice cream. More in Bornholm bicycle trip - Day 3: Helligdomsklipperne cave.

Nexø and the butterfly park

In Nexø harbour we watched the catamaran from Kołobrzeg in Poland come in, and in the Sommerfuglepark butterfly house hundreds of butterflies flew right next to us, even though it was as hot as a palm house inside. The butterflies are in our video from day four, and you can read about it in Bornholm bicycle trip - Day 4.

Dueodde and the south

Dueodde beach and bunkers

In the forest near Dueodde there are concrete gun positions from an unfinished Second World War battery, which we explored all the way around, climbing onto the round platform.

We pitched the tent on the dunes with a sea view, and the kids took sand from the beach to build their own hourglass. More in Bornholm bicycle trip - Day 4.

Dueodde lighthouse, the 55N 15E point and the car museum

Day five on Bornholm was full of surprises:

  • we climbed Denmark's tallest lighthouse, and the kids counted the steps on the way down,
  • on a pasture we stood on the spot where the 55th parallel crosses the 15th meridian,
  • in the car museum in Aakirkeby a Polish Syrena and a Fiat 126p stand next to the old cars, as you can see in our video from day five.

Read about it in Bornholm bicycle trip - Day 5.

Almindingen forest

Echo Valley, castle ruins and Rytterknægten tower

In one day in Almindingen forest we saw:

  • the Ekkodalen valley, where a group of tourists pretended to be the echo and answered our shouts,
  • the ruins of the Gamleborg stronghold, where the kids feasted on blackberries,
  • the ruins of Lilleborg castle by a small forest lake,
  • the Rytterknægten lookout tower on the island's highest hill.

Watch our video from Almindingen and read Bornholm bicycle trip - Days 6/7.

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Last updated: November 2026