Sightseeing Tours & Trips in Denmark and Sweden

See Copenhagen's Little Mermaid statue, colorful Nyhavn harbor, and royal Amalienborg Palace on this 6-day tour through Scandinavia. You'll visit Stockholm's 14 islands from Fjällgatan viewpoint and tour historic Kronborg Castle in Helsingor—Hamlet's legendary home. Take a ferry from Sweden to Denmark while checking out Örebro's lakeside castle and Oslo's Green Capital architecture with local guides in each city.

Visit Kronborg Castle in Helsingør, the UNESCO site that inspired Shakespeare's Elsinor in Hamlet, then head to Roskilde's Viking Ship Museum to see five 1,000-year-old Skuldelev Viking ships. Later, walk through Mønsted Kalkgruber, the world's largest man-made limestone caves carved by hand over a thousand years, before touring Drottningholm Palace, the Swedish Royal family's private residence and a UNESCO World Heritage site, and taking a scenic canal boat to Stockholm.

Starting from Copenhagen's colorful Nyhavn harbor and the iconic Little Mermaid, you'll make your way to Stockholm's Gamla Stan old town and Royal Palace over 10 days. Along the way, there's UNESCO-listed Roskilde Cathedral and its Viking Ship Museum, plus you can climb Copenhagen's Round Tower for city views and tour Gripsholm Castle on Lake Mälaren near Mariefred.

Take a canal cruise from Nyhavn through Copenhagen's waterways, passing the Little Mermaid statue and the baroque Amalienborg Castle where the Danish royal family lives. A 2nd class train takes you through 6.5 hours of Scandinavian countryside to Stockholm, where a boat tour on the Djurgarden Canal shows you the city's 14-island archipelago. Walk through Gamla Stan's cobbled medieval streets and Gothic architecture, with 4 nights in 4-star hotels.

You'll visit UNESCO-listed Kronborg Castle in Elsinore, the legendary fortress from Hamlet, before crossing into Sweden. In Copenhagen, a guided tour takes you to see The Little Mermaid statue, the colorful Nyhavn harbor, and Amalienborg Palace from outside. Stockholm's medieval Gamla Stan has narrow streets that lead to the Nobel Prize Museum at Stortorget square, plus there's the Cathedral and Royal Palace to check out, and great panoramic views from Fjällgatan viewpoint.

Start in Stockholm's Gamla Stan old town, a UNESCO site where you'll walk past the Royal Palace and see buildings dating back centuries, then take a scenic cruise by Södermalm and Hammarby Sjöstad's modern eco-district before catching an express train west to Gothenburg. In Gothenburg, spend time in the 18th-century Haga district checking out wooden houses from 1790 and stopping for fika—that classic Swedish coffee break with warm cinnamon buns in local cafés. Later, cross the Öresund Bridge by train into Denmark and join guided walks around Copenhagen to see Christiansborg Palace, Amalienborg Palace, the colorful waterfront at Nyhavn, and the Royal Danish Theatre.