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Town in Southern Denmark
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Jelling is a railway town of 3,700 people (2022) and UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Jellingstenene
2 big runestones from the Viking Age, signifying the official founding of Denmark as a united kingdom and a Christian nation around 960 AD. One of eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Denmark.
Royal Jelling
Exhibition of history of Jelling, the Jelling stones, and the Jelling mounds
Jelling Kirke
Thyras Høj
Gorms høj
with shared bathrooms.
Jelling is on the Copenhagen–Vejle–Struer train line. There are trains once an hour, 20 minutes from Vejle and 3 hours from Copenhagen.
Read in the guideThe city, including the train station, the Jelling stones and the burial mounds, can be walked in few minutes.
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ItinerariesThe Marguerite Route (Margueritruten) is a long route around Denmark passing the country's major cities and more than a thousand smaller and larger attractions.
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Culture & historyVikings redirects here. For the town in Alberta, see Viking (Alberta) The Nordic countries are remembered for the Viking Age, a period during the 9th and 10th centuries, when the Norsemen sailed the seas and rivers of…
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Culture & historyMegaliths are large stone structures erected by prehistoric people in many parts of Europe and a few places in the Middle East. The monuments were probably used for religious, ritual or astronomical purposes.
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Culture & historyThough not a country often associated with colonialism, Denmark (or Denmark–Norway during the union between the two countries) had an empire.
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