Walking Trails

Forest Walks at Gammel Estrup

Opposite the manor complex, on the other side of the main road at Gammel Estrup, lies the old manor forest, Lunden.

The forest holds several traces of Gammel Estrup’s history, including the stone table on Helligbjerget, the burial site of the Scheel family, and the restored forest worker’s house, Mikkeldal, where you can see how a forest worker family lived 100 years ago.

There are information boards at various locations in the forest, and you can follow different routes. Visitors are free to walk or run in the forest from sunrise to sunset.

Exploring the Forest

The Stone Table on "Helligbjerget"

Climb the hill and find the stone table, which was erected when the Crown Prince (the later Frederik VII) visited Count Christen Scheel in 1840.

The Forester's Cottage Mikkeldal

Step inside the small wooden house and see how a forest worker family of five lived 100 years ago. The house is open during the museum’s opening hours.

Trails for Everyone

Lunden features a variety of marked trails – many with information boards and audio guides (in Danish) along the way.

The Scheel Family Burial Site

See the monumental gravesite where several members of the noble Scheel family are buried.

Information Boards

Keep an eye out for arrows, boards and QR codes along the way that tell (mostly in Danish) about the various cultural and historical traces in the forest.

Free Access

You are always allowed to walk in the forest from sunrise to sunset.