A short wander around the charming Danish town of Holbæk.

A short wander around the charming Danish town of Holbæk. The town is located on Zealand, on the banks of Holbæk Fjord, an inlet of the larger Isefjord and has an active commercial seaport that serves as the harbour for the ferry to Orø (island). Holbæk is first mentioned in official documents in Absalon's letter of 8 June 1199, in which he granted the majority of his estates to Sorø Klosterkirke in Sorø. It was called Holbækgaard, a larger farm belonging to a nobleman, around which the city eventually developed.