Code of conduct
We are many visitors in National Park throughout the year. So it's important to be considerate. Here are some good tips on how we can collectively take care of nature.
We are very happy to welcome the many visitors to Mols Bjerge National Park. It is of paramount importance to us that it continues to be an attractive place for people to live and to visit – you can help by exploring local areas with due respect.
Print-your-own guide for outdoor activities
Where can you bike or ride your horse? And where are you allowed to light a fire? The answer depends on where and when.
Find your outdoor activity below and download the guide targeted to the activity.
Private and public areas in the National Park
Access to public and private paths are governed by the same general rules of the countryside which apply elsewhere.
“In Mols Bjerge National Park, 80% of the land is on private hands whilst the remaining 20% is state-owned”
Private woodland
Here are some of the most important rules of the countryside applicable to private woodlands:
- You can visit private woodland from 6 a.m. until sunset unless you see signs prohibiting access – e.g. if a hunt is in progress.
- You can travel on foot on roads and paths – and cycle on roads and paths suited to an ordinary bicycle.
- You can stop off on roads and paths provided thereare at least 150 metres to the nearest dwelling or agricultural building.
- You can gather nuts, berries, pines cones, mushrooms, flowers, herbs, branches, twigs, moss, and lichen from the forest floor if you can reach it from the path or road. Only gather for your own use and never more than would fill a hat.
Public woodlands
Here are some of the most important rules of the countryside in public woodlands:
- You can travel on foot or by bicycle and stop off 24/7.
- You can travel on foot everywhere in the woodlands, including forest floors. You are not allowed in gardens, on cultivated land, or in farmyards. If you come across an animal enclosure, only enter if there are self-closing gates.
- You can overnight in a tent on campsites, primitive overnighting spots, and in special wild-camping areas.
- You are permitted to use open fire if there is a campfire ring, or outdoor stoves in wild-camping areas.
- You can gather nuts, berries, mushrooms, seeds, pines cones, flowers, herbs, branches, twigs, moss, and lichen from the forest floor for your own use. You can gather the equivalent of what would fill a hat
The publication "How to best explore the countryside - A visitor's guide" is supported by the Danish Outdoor Council (Frilufts Rådet).