- Distance
- 137km
- Suggested days
- 6–8days
- Route
- Point-to-point
Kyst til Kyst Stien in stages, with a campsite, shelter or bed each night
ThWay's line runs 137 km from Vejle to Blåvandshuk, usually 6 to 8 walking days. Set how far you want to go each day, and ThWay finds stays you can reach near that point, from walkers' campsites by the rivers to hotels in town. Pick one and the next day starts there.
One decision at a time
- 01
Set your walking day
Choose the distance you want to cover and the longest day you will accept.
- 02
Compare reachable stays
ThWay sorts the available candidates by how closely the routed distance matches your target.
- 03
Pick a stay and continue
The walking route finishes at your selected stay. The next day starts there.
No separate search for a hotel, hostel, campsite or shelter at the end of every stage.
- Vejle and the valley stages out to Ravning and Ølgård
- Bække, Hovborg and the heath around Ansager
- Karlsgårde Sø, Varde, Janderup and Oksby Klitplantage on the western stages
- Hotels, inns and B&Bs in the towns
- Primitive campsites for walkers, with water, a toilet and a fire pit
- Shelters, such as the one at Karlsgårde Sø
The trail's own site gives about 140 km in 12 stages, numbered from Blåvandshuk to Vejle. VisitVesterhavet says 130 km. ThWay has the whole line mapped as one 137 km section and plans it from east to west, starting in Vejle.
ThWay finds and routes to candidate stays. It does not show live room or shelter availability, so confirm and book with the provider.
- Kyst til Kyst Stien: official route, stages and landscape
- Kyst til Kyst Stien: campsites, dogs, cycling and flooding
- VisitVesterhavet: overnight places and sights in the west
- VisitVejle: season, conditions and the Vejle stages
- VisitDenmark: an eight-day walking holiday on the trail
- Wikipedia: Ravningbroen at Ravning Enge
- Wikipedia: the Varde to Nørre Nebel line via Oksbøl
Questions about overnight stops
How long is the Kyst til Kyst Stien?
About 140 km in 12 stages, according to the trail's own site; VisitVesterhavet gives 130 km. ThWay's mapped line from Vejle to Blåvandshuk is 137 km.
How many days does it take?
At 18 to 25 km a day, 6 to 8 days. VisitDenmark lists an eight-day walking holiday on the trail from Blåvandshuk to Vejle, which gives an idea of a relaxed pace.
Where can I sleep, and are there shelters?
Along the route there are primitive campsites for walkers only, where you can stay one or two nights, with water, a toilet and a fire pit. Most are free; a few charge a small fee. There is a shelter at Karlsgårde Sø and campsites at Kjelst Plantage, Oksby Klitplantage, Janderup Ladeplads and Hyllerslev. The towns have hotels and inns.
Can I bring a dog or a bike?
Dogs are not allowed between Bække and Varde, where the trail crosses many fields with grazing animals. Cycling is allowed between Vejle and Bække, but not from Bække to Blåvand.
How do I get to the start and back?
Vejle has a station on the main line. At the western end the nearest stations are Oksbøl and Varde; check Rejseplanen for the last leg to or from Blåvand.
Cross Jutland from Vejle to the North Sea, one night at a time
The planner opens with the whole line from Vejle to Blåvandshuk. Set your daily distance and the stay types you want, then pick one reachable place for each night.
Read how other walkers did it →
The Kyst til Kyst Stien (Coast to Coast Trail) crosses Jutland from Vejle Fjord in the east to Blåvandshuk, Denmark's westernmost point. Four municipalities, Vejle, Billund, Vejen and Varde, built it together, and much of it runs over private land that the owners have opened to walkers. On large parts of it, walking is the only use allowed.
Most of the way you follow three rivers, Vejle Å, Holme Å and Varde Å, through valleys left by the ice age. In between come heath, plantations and grazed meadows, and at the end dunes and a wide beach. Some stretches are a long way from any town and you won't pass a shop every day, so carry food. After heavy rain the river valleys can be under water.
What you'll walk through
- Vejle Ådal, the wide river valley running inland from the fjord
- Ravning Enge, where the Viking-age Ravningbroen was Denmark's longest bridge until 1935
- Heath, river meadows and the market town of Varde on Varde Å
- The dunes of Oksby Klitplantage and Blåvandshuk Fyr at the finish
Along the way
The best-known places within a kilometre of the trail.
Historic buildings · 202 m from the trailBlåvand Fyr
Blåvandshuk Fyr, Blåvands Huk or Blåvand Fyr is a 39 m landfall lighthouse established in 1900 to replace a sector light that had been built on a wooden beacon 12 years earlier. The lighthouse has a focal height of 55 m and a light characteristic of three white flashes every 20 seconds.
Read more →Translated from Danish Wikipedia. Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Taxiarchos228, FAL
Historic buildings · 332 m from the trailBølgen
Bølgen (the Wave) is a residential building at Skyttehusbugten in Vejle, inspired by Jørn Utzon's opera house in Sydney and the hilly landscape around Vejle Fjord.
Read more →Translated from Danish Wikipedia. Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Trekw, CC BY-SA 3.0
Historic buildings · 357 m from the trailRavningbroen
Ravningbroen was built by the Vikings under King Harald Bluetooth in the year 980. It measured almost 760 metres in length and five metres in width across Ravning Enge by Vejle Å, 10 km south of Jelling.
Read more →Translated from Danish Wikipedia. Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Lcl, CC BY-SA 3.0
Nature · 128 m from the trailKarlsgårde Sø
Karlsgårde Sø is an artificial lake north-east of Varde in Varde Municipality. The lake supplies water to the hydroelectric power station Karlsgårdeværket, which is, however, being decommissioned.
Read more →Translated from Danish Wikipedia. Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Alicudi, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ancient sites · 9 m from the trailHamborggårdstenen
Hamborggårdstenen is an erratic boulder on Hamborggårdsvej north of Bække, carried here from the Åland Islands by the enormous glaciers of the Ice Age about 15,000 years ago. The stone was formed deep in the Earth's crust about 1 billion years ago and weighs about 50 tonnes.
Read more →Translated from Danish Wikipedia. Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: Hjart, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Parks and attractions · 686 m from the trail
7-kanten
7-kanten is an amateur theatre company in West Jutland that performs throughout the winter season for and with children, young people and adults. It is the region's largest amateur theatre and is based in Janderup, west of Varde.
Read more →Translated from Danish Wikipedia. Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Best season
Spring and summer, which is what VisitVejle recommends. You can walk it all year, but the river valleys flood after heavy rain, and near Ho Bugt you should watch for storm surge warnings.
Getting there
Vejle has a station on the main line through eastern Jutland, and the trail starts by the fjord. Blåvand at the western end has no railway. The nearest station is Oksbøl, on the local line from Varde, and the trail itself passes through Varde, which also has trains. For the last leg to or from Blåvand, check Rejseplanen, as the trail's own site suggests.
The marked route for your GPS app or watch, free. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
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