Dyrehaven

Officially Jægersborg Dyrehave and literally in English The Deer Garden

A forest park north of Copenhagen. It covers around 11 km². The northern boundary is at Jægersborg Hegn (Forest), which until 1832 was part of Dyrehaven. Eremitageslottet is a small royal hunting castle placed on a hilltop in the northern part of the area. There are several event's taking place here throughout the year, The Hubertus hunt the 1st Sunday of November is a huge sporting event with hundreds of "hunters" in red jackets on horseback. While the erimetage running event, the largest in the country, takes place on the 1st Sunday of October. There are also sometimes theatrical performances in the Ulvedalene (Valley of wolves, do not worry they are long gone) - check with a tourist information for details.

• history
• outdoors