About 35 kilometres west from the city centre of Copenhagen, students gather every day to take their upper secondary education at Roskilde Katedralskole. Dating back to the 10th century, Roskilde Katedralskole has a long tradition of educating the youth of Roskilde and the Roskilde area. Today, the school is a modern school which provides upper secondary education to about 1450 students; even though it has grown and changed much since its foundation as a school for educating priests at Roskilde Cathedral, traditions are kept alive and celebrated just as learning and personal development are still highly valued at the school.