Places Jes Wants to Go

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Six beautiful wooden giants are hidden around Copenhagen.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

This Danish rock field is actually a sprawling ancient cemetery holding the bodies of 700 Vikings.

Art becomes an enchanting part of the environment at this wooded sculpture park.

A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.

A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.

The former home of Norway's greatest romantic composer.

Europe's only museum solely dedicated to the history of whaling still has a fully-functioning whaling ship.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

The people murdered during a 17th-century Norwegian witch hunt have been honored with a pair of stark, modern installations.

Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.

A small collection of magic tricks and memorabilia is now an apartment-sized museum.

A favorite with sightseers and locals alike, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.

According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.