Bregentved Castle

On a Saturday, we decided to go and explore the south-west corner of Sjælland, the island we live on in Denmark.  We had no real destination in mind, we just set the gps for a city in that general direction and headed that way.  When we got there, we had a hard time finding a place to stop to each our lunch, but ended up finding a pretty church with a picnic table.

 It was really cold, so it was a super fast lunch.  Then we started looking at the local attractions on the gps.  There were a couple of castles that we had never heard of, so we punched those in.  The first one we came to we couldn't even drive past and it looked like a big modern manor house.  Nothing exciting.  The same with another one we tried to find.  But the last one was awesome!  It was Bregentved Castle.  The estate dates back to 1319, but the castle itself is a bit more modern, with parts of it dating from 1746 and 1891.  The castle is still a part of a large estate used for forestry and agriculture.  It's not open to the public, the but the gardens and grounds, dating from 1760 and 1835 can be walked through.  It was very beautiful.  We had a great time walking through the gardens and taking pictures of the gardens and castle.  It was so fun to find something like this, off the beaten path

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