Welcome to the outdoor capital of Denmark: Cycle, hike or kayak through 'wooded wilderness' and 'a mosaic of freshwater lakes' Fiona McIntosh 'succumbs to the call of the wild' in Silkeborg and Aarhus She discovers wild swimming spots, forest paths and 'lavish lakeside properties' READ MORE: Discover the world's best food as chosen by tourists By Fiona Mcintosh For The Daily Mail Published: 13:46, 8 August 2024 | Updated: 14:05, 8 August 2024 e-mail View comments At Svostrup Kro, a 19th-century inn that spills on to the grassy banks of Denmark’s Gudenaen River, guests arrive by car, bicycle, kayak and paddle board to order its most popular dish. Stjerneskud is an open sandwich in name only. If you look hard enough, you’ll eventually find a slice of bread beneath the tower of shrimps, crispy-fried plaice, curls of smoked salmon, cod roe, white and green asparagus, tomatoes, cucumber, mustardy mayonnaise and a sprig of dill.
It’s hearty enough to fuel a Viking, but then again, exploring Denmark’s lake district, tucked away in the heart of mainland Jutland, is hungry work. They don’t call it ‘the outdoor capital of Denmark’ for nothing. In this beautiful, largely untouched wooded wilderness with a mosaic of freshwater lakes, you quickly succumb to the call of the wild.
Hire a mountain bike and bomb along forest paths, join a guided hike along myriad lake-side trails or rent a kayak and play ‘fantasy holiday house’ as you paddle past some of Denmark’s most lav.