Hvalsø is a town and a former municipality in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in east Denmark. The former municipality covered an area of 72 km2, and had a total population of 7,856 (2005). Its last mayor was Virginia Holst, a member of the Venstre political party. She was the first foreign national becoming mayor in a Danish municipality.
Skjoldenæsholm south of town
Tadre Mølle west of town
Lejre is a railway town, with a population of 3,097, in Lejre Municipality on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. It belongs to Region Zealand. The town's Old Norse name was Hleiðr or Hleiðargarðr.
Lejre railway station
View west from the earliest hall site
Øm jættestue: Neolithic passage grave near Gammel Lejre.
Beech grove in hilly ground west of Lejre