Helsingør (Elsinore) ★ 4.3
Helsingør is 45 minutes north of Copenhagen by train, with Kronborg Castle, Stengade smørrebrød counters and harbour-front fish restaurants by the Øresund crossing to Sweden.
Roskilde is 30 minutes from Copenhagen by train, with the Viking Ship Museum cafe, Snekken's fjordside restaurant and traditional smørrebrød counters in the old town centre.
Helsingør is 45 minutes north of Copenhagen by train, with Kronborg Castle, Stengade smørrebrød counters and harbour-front fish restaurants by the Øresund crossing to Sweden.
The Lammefjord polder west of Copenhagen is Denmark's protected root-vegetable and white asparagus origin, with farm shops and seasonal lunches at Lammefjordens Spisehus.
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art's cafe in Humlebæk runs an upgraded museum-cafe smørrebrød lunch with a terrace overlooking the Øresund Sound to Sweden.
Dragør on Amager island, 30 minutes by bus from Copenhagen, has smoked-herring smokehouses, harbour fish counters and a yellow-cottage fishing village preserved from the 1700s.