Getting there & away
Esbjerg airport (EBJ; 76 12 14 00; www.esbjerg-lufthavn.dk) is 10km east of the city centre. Low-cost airline Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) provides regular connections between London (Stansted) and Esbjerg, while bmi (www.flybmi.com) connects the city daily with another North Sea oil base, Aberdeen.
Esbjerg is 77km north of Tønder, 31km northwest of Ribe, 59km southwest of Billund and 92km west of the Funen–Jutland bridge. If you’re driving into Esbjerg, the E20 (the main expressway from the east) leads directly into the heart of the city and down to the ferry harbour. If you’re coming from the south, Rte 24 merges with the E20 on the outskirts of the city. From the north, Rte 12 makes a beeline for the city, ending at the harbour.
All the major car rental agencies are in town, close to the train station: Avis (75 13 44 77; Exnersgade 19), Europcar (75 12 38 93; Jernbanegade 56-58) and Hertz (75 15 45 00; Jernbanegade 35). They all also have booths at the airport, although advance reservations are required.
The train and bus stations (local and long-distance) are along Jernbanegade. There are lockers at the train station. Trains run hourly between Copenhagen and Esbjerg (287kr, 3½ hours) during the day. There’s also a train service that runs north to Struer (164kr, 2½ hours); south to Ribe (65kr, 35 minutes) and Tønder (88kr, 1½ hours); and east to Kolding (78kr, one hour) and Århus (change at Skjern or Fredericia; 210kr, 2½ to three hours).
For onward travel to countries further north, Thinggaard Express (98 11 66 00; www.ekspresbus.dk in Danish) operates bus 980 to Frederikshavn twice daily (adult one way 290kr), calling at Viborg and Aalborg en route.
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