A UNESCO-listed royal hunting landscape, unchanged for some 350 years, where deer graze under the oaks a short train ride from the city – VisitCopenhagen's autumn favourite.
Photo: Daniel Rasmussen/VisitCopenhagen
Difficulty
Easy to moderate – woodland tracks and open, gently rolling plains
Start
Klampenborg S-train station (main exit, where the horse carriages wait)
Past
Bakken amusement park at the edge of the woods, Herds of free-ranging red, fallow and sika deer – more than 2,000 in all, Ancient solitary oaks, The Hermitage hunting lodge (1734, Lauritz de Thurah) on its hill above the Øresund
Season
Open all year. The Hermitage itself opens to visitors only 1 May – 30 September (VisitCopenhagen).
With children
Open woodland with deer close to the paths; horse-drawn carriage rides start outside the station (VisitCopenhagen). Leave fallen trees alone – they are left to decay naturally (Naturstyrelsen).
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