Frederikssund Attractions
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Zealand
The port of Frederikssund is situated in the north of Zealand on the east shore of Roskilde Fjord.
4 km/2.5mi to the south the remains of five Viking ships (now in the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde) were recovered from the fjord in 1962; they had probably formed part of an underwater barrier.
Frederikssund is also known for its Viking plays, which are held there every summer.
History
As the Roskilde Fjord at Frederikssund is at its narrowest, it is here that the easiest crossing from North Zealand to the Hornsherred peninsula can be made. Therefore there was already a ferry here in the Middle Ages, and in the course of time a trading station grew up which in 1573 received the right to levy customs duties. At the end of the 16th C. a bridge of ships was built, to be followed by a more permanent bridge across the sound in the 19th C.
The port of Frederikssund is situated in the north of Zealand on the east shore of Roskilde Fjord.
4 km/2.5mi to the south the remains of five Viking ships (now in the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde) were recovered from the fjord in 1962; they had probably formed part of an underwater barrier.
Frederikssund is also known for its Viking plays, which are held there every summer.
History
As the Roskilde Fjord at Frederikssund is at its narrowest, it is here that the easiest crossing from North Zealand to the Hornsherred peninsula can be made. Therefore there was already a ferry here in the Middle Ages, and in the course of time a trading station grew up which in 1573 received the right to levy customs duties. At the end of the 16th C. a bridge of ships was built, to be followed by a more permanent bridge across the sound in the 19th C.
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