Learn Hardcore Danish: Ved den næste rundkørsel tager vi den tredje afkørsel mod kysten. - At the next roundabout we take the third exit toward the coast.

In Danish, ved often means by, at, near depending on context. Here it is used to locate the action at a certain point on the route, so Ved den næste rundkørsel is a very natural way to say At the next roundabout.

A learner might expect something like i for in, but Danish usually does not say in the roundabout in this kind of driving instruction. The focus is the point where you make the turn, not being physically inside it.

Why is it den næste rundkørsel and not just næste rundkørsel?

Because Danish often uses den/det/de + adjective + noun when referring to a specific, definite thing.

So:

den næste rundkørsel = the next roundabout
den tredje afkørsel = the third exit

This is a very common pattern in Danish:

den store bil = the big car
det nye hus = the new house

Notice that the noun itself is not marked with the usual definite ending here. You do not say den næste rundkørslen. The definiteness is already shown by den.

Why is it tager vi instead of vi tager?