Sønderborg is a town in Denmark near the Danish-German border. The population is 30.000. The towns in the region of Sønderborg are Nordborg, Augustenborg, Gråsten, Broager, and Guderup. The population of the region is 77,000.

Sønderborg

Get in

By Plane

There are daily flights to and from Copenhagen. Flying with Cimber Air, the ticket price ranges from 295DKK to over 1000DKK.

By train

Train connections to and from most danish cities are available. DSB

By car

If driving north on the E45 highway coming from Germany, route 8 is the fastest way to get to Sønderborg. If driving south on E45, route 41 is the fastest.

Get around

Sønderborg is located not very far from the Danish-German border. Just south of the border is the German town of Flensburg, which is popular amongst Danes going to Germany on a one-day trip, often to shop and to buy alcohol and chocolate, which is cheaper in Germany than in Denmark.

Public Transport

From the central bus station (rutebilstation) there are buses run to Dybbøl, Kær, Stenbjergparken, Kløvermarken, Skovparken, Sønderborg Sygehus (Hospital) twice at every hour. One way ticket is 17 DKK and payable onbard, only cash. There is also 10 clip card for 120 DKK, if you plan to travel more frequent. One other thing to note is it that, since it is a small town, buses take off twice an hour (mostly).

Bike

Sønderborg is a very bike friendly city. Almost all roads have separated bike lanes. Hop up on your bike or buy a second hand one and do not suffer in the buses.

See

the castle

• 1 Dybbøl Mølle (near Sønderborg). Mar 28-Oct 18 11:00-16:00; week 42 10:00-17:00; also 10:00-17:00 in school holidays, easter, Pentecost, great Preyer day, and Ascension day. Historically significant windmill, now museum DKK 25. (updated Sep 2015)
• 2 Sønderborg Slot, ☏ +45 74422539. Jun-Sep 10:00-17:00; Apr,May,Oct Tu-Su 10:00-16:00; Nov-Mar Tu-Su 10:00-16:00; week 7,8,42 10:00-16:00. Public holidays also on mondays. Historical castle in Sønderborg (updated Sep 2015)
• 3 Alsion, ☏ +45 65508080. The culture, education, and science park in Sønderborg. (updated Sep 2015)

Drink

• Penny Lane. 

• Brøggeriet. 

Sleep

Hotels

• Quality Hotel Sønderborg. 
• Comwell Sønderborg. 
• Hotel Nørherredhus. 
• Benniksgaard Hotel & Konference. 

Hostels

• Danhostel Sønderborg. 
• Danhostel Vollerup. 

Camping

• Sønderborg camping. 
• Drejby Strand Camping. 
• Gammelmark Strand Camping. 
• Hertugbyens Camping. 
• Lærkelunden Camping. 

Go next

Danfoss Universe in Nordborg