Vedbæk is a quiet coastal town on the Øresund shore, about 20 km north of Copenhagen. It's a pleasant enough place — a small marina, a beach, and the forested hills of Dyrehaven nearby — but its real claim to fame is archaeological. In 1975, construction workers uncovered a Mesolithic burial ground dating to around 5000 BC, now known as the Vedbæk Bøgebakken site. Among the finds was the famous "woman with the feathers": the skeleton of a young woman buried with her newborn child resting on a swan wing beside her. The original finds are held at the National Museum in Copenhagen, but a small local display tells the story.
For visitors, Vedbæk works best as a stop on the Kystbanen coastal railway, which runs between Copenhagen and Helsingør. The town itself takes an hour to see; combine it with Rungstedlund (Karen Blixen's house) or the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art further up the coast.