Editing Roskilde (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Boserup Skov, Roskilde.jpg|thumb|Boserup Skov]]
Roskilde is located in north-central [[Zealand]] at the south end of Roskilde Fjord which is itself the south branch of the [[Isefjord]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Indre_danske_farvande/Roskilde_Fjord|title=Roskilde Fjord|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske|date=7 August 2013 |access-date=10 December 2014 |language=da}}</ref> By road, it is {{convert|35.6|km}} west of downtown Copenhagen, {{convert|25.8|km|abbr=on}} northwest of [[Køge]] and {{convert|39.8|km}} northeast of [[Ringsted]].<ref name="GM"/> The city centre around the cathedral, {{convert|1300|m|abbr=on}} south of the fjord, is about {{convert|40|m|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name="GM">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.lu/maps/place/4000+Roskilde,+D%C3%A4nemark/@55.6701434,12.0813056,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x46525fc995012f29:0xa00afcc1d507710|title=Roskilde|publisher=Google maps|access-date=10 December 2014 }}</ref> On the slope down to the harbour, there are a number of springs, the most powerful of which is [[Maglekilde]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/kob_amt_1267-1755_01.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608010042/http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/kob_amt_1267-1755_01.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2015|title=Estrids stenkirke og Svend Normands katedral|publisher=National Museum of Denmark|access-date=10 December 2014|language=da}}</ref> The historic centre of the town covers the area around the main streets Skomagergade and Algade including the squares of Stændertorvet and Hestetorvet. Two parks, [[Byparken, Roskilde|Byparken]] and [[Folkeparken, Roskilde|Folkeparken]] which run down towards the fjord, are immediately north of the old town.<ref name=dsdr/>

Neighbourhoods in the vicinity include [[Himmelev]], [[Hyrdehøj]], [[Musicon]], [[Sankt Jørgensbjerg]] and [[Trekroner]]. Boserup Skov, a wood next to Roskidle Fjord {{convert|3|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of the city centre, consists mainly of beech trees. In spring, its hilly slopes are covered with wild flowers, including white, blue and yellow [[anemone]]s. Chaffinches, nightingales and other songbirds can be heard in the early summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitroskilde.dk/danmark/boserup-skov-gdk619545|title=Boserup Skov|publisher=Visit Roskilde|access-date=10 December 2014 |language=da}}</ref> Also of note is the recently planted wooded area of Hyrdehøj Skov, to the south of the stadium and just north of Route 23 in the southern outskirts of Roskilde.<ref name="GM"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://naturstyrelsen.dk/publikationer/2009/mar/velkommen-i-hyrdehoej-skov/|title=Velkommen i Hyrdehøj Skov |publisher=Miljøministeriet: Naturstyrelsen|access-date=14 January 2015 |language=da}}</ref>