Ringsted

Ringsted is a city in Ringsted municipality located in the middle of the Danish island of Zealand. The population is 30,800 (2004).

Ringsted is located approximately 70 km from Copenhagen and provides a railway station with both national and international stops (EuroCity).

Sankt Bendts Kirke ("Church of Saint Benedict")— Romanesque, former Benedictine abbey church, royal tombs.
The Danish Tram Museum of Skjoldnæsholm near Jystrup

Regicide city. In 1137, King Canute Lavard was killed in Haraldsted forest, leading to outbreaks of civil war.