What to do and see in West Zealand, Zealand: The Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day

Warships await you at the Viking Ship Museum. Don't worry, they won't open fire. This museum is dedicated to education about boat building, archaeology and Viking life. It's a favorite among kids, and visitors of all ages can take to the water in traditional vessels. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. seven days a week, until 5 p.m. in summer months.

The royal burial church of Denmark and a UNESCO world heritage site. Experience a magnificent church and an architectural masterpiece. 1000 Years of Danish history are gathered here under beautifully decorated vaults and in dark crypts. Here 39 kings and queens of Dnemark lie buried. Roskilde Cathedral is just 20 minutes away by train from Copenhagen central station.

Lutzhøfts Købmandsgard is both a museum, but also a little store. More than 1,000 different items are available in the store, and the goods are copies of the original range in 1920. You are welcome to go behind the counter and look into the merchant's office as well as in the back room of grain, feed and grain weight. In the yard the warehouses from the 1700s and 1800s, where you can experience the atmosphere of the days when cobblestones, carriages and free-range chickens which were part of the urban environment.

Panzermuseum East is Scandinavia's largest collection of functional eastern bloc military vehicles, uniforms and items from the Cold War period. The collection of armoured vehicles, trucks, jeeps, Hind MI-24 and MI-8 helicopter are all presented historically. The museum have a very good training course for kids, sidecar motorbike run and wild fun safari in 6x6 army-truck + a full size airliner BAC 1-11 with cinema and where kids can play pilot in the cockpit. Around the museum there is a nice park/plantation area with small lakes and a shelter area and you can stay overnight in your camper.

Roskilde Festival has provided music, mud and mayhem to the people since 1971. Over four days, the festival presents an impressive slew of artists, from established rock gods to exciting newcomers. It is the largest music and culture festival in Northern Europe with eight stages, over 175 artists, 130,000 visitors, and a positive social and environmental attitude to go with it. 32,000 volunteers work tirelessly to transform a field outside of Copenhagen into a mini-city of music which boasts its own supermarket and launderette! The festival is run by a charity that supports children and young people, however, the festival itself has an age-limit of 15.