Why this ride
A 123 km round trip from Hillerød - roughly 2 h 15 in the saddle. On the way it passes Kronborg Castle, Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn and back through Kronborg Castle. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Gribskov and Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 123 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 15
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Gribskov → Kronborg Castle
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 28 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 25 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Gribskov
Gribskov is the second largest forest in Denmark, a broad expanse of beech and spruce on the north Zealand plain. Walking or riding here, the first impression is of light. Beech trees in spring have a green so fresh and bright that it is almost unreal, and in autumn they turn bronze and gold, and the forest floor is carpeted with leaves. The ground is gently rolling, with small lakes and bogs hidden between the trees, and red deer and roe deer live in the woods.
Read the complete Gribskov write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Gribskov is where the day begins. Next is Kronborg Castle.
2. Kronborg Castle
Hamlet never lived at Kronborg, but Shakespeare put him there, and the castle has been Elsinore in the imagination of the world ever since. It stands on a point of land at Helsingør where the Øresund narrows to about four kilometres, with Sweden clearly visible across the water, and for centuries it controlled one of the most important shipping lanes in Europe. King Frederik II built the castle in its Renaissance form in the 1570s and 1580s, and every ship passing through the strait had to stop and pay the Sound Dues, a toll that made the Danish crown rich for over four hundred years until it was abolished in 1857. Kronborg was inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2000.
Read the complete Kronborg Castle write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kronborg Castle comes up about 25 km into the recorded legs. Next is Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn.
3. Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn
Danish kings loved to hunt, and in the late seventeenth century they laid out forests north of Copenhagen in a geometric pattern of straight paths radiating from central points, designed for par force hunting, in which riders and hounds chased a stag until it was exhausted. Jægersborg Dyrehave, the deer park, and Jægersborg Hegn are included in UNESCO's inscription of the par force hunting landscape in North Zealand, together with forests further north. The star-shaped network of rides is still visible, with numbered stone posts at the intersections that helped the hunters find their way.
Read the complete Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 62 km into the recorded legs you reach Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn. Next is back through Kronborg Castle.
4. back through Kronborg Castle
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kronborg Castle write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Kronborg Castle, late in the day. Next is Gribskov.
5. Gribskov
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Gribskov write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Gribskov. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Gribskov to Kronborg Castle
Gribskov → Kronborg Castle is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kronborg Castle to Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn
Kronborg Castle → Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn to back through Kronborg Castle
Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn → back through Kronborg Castle is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Kronborg Castle to Gribskov
back through Kronborg Castle → Gribskov is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.