Why this ride
A 111 km round trip from Fredensborg - roughly 2 h 06 in the saddle. It goes by way of Kronborg Castle, Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn and back through Kronborg Castle. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ridestien in Grønholt Vang and Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 111 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 06
- 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
Ridestien in Grønholt Vang → Kronborg Castle
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 24 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 19 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Ridestien in Grønholt Vang
A ridestien is a bridle path, and in Denmark they are taken seriously. Grønholt Vang, in the woodland and open country of north Zealand, has a network of them, and the one marked here runs through trees and along the edge of open ground a few kilometres from Fredensborg and Hillerød. The paths are meant for riders on horseback, so a motorcycle has no business on them, but they are a clue to the character of the area: an old landscape of forest and estate, now shared by walkers, cyclists and horse riders.
Read the complete Ridestien in Grønholt Vang write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ridestien in Grønholt Vang 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 19 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 56 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 Ridestien in Grønholt Vang.
5. Ridestien in Grønholt Vang
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ridestien in Grønholt Vang write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Ridestien in Grønholt Vang. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Ridestien in Grønholt Vang to Kronborg Castle
Ridestien in Grønholt Vang → Kronborg Castle is 19 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 Ridestien in Grønholt Vang
back through Kronborg Castle → Ridestien in Grønholt Vang is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.