Sunday, April 28, 2013

Deer Park (Dyrehavn)


On Saturday, I did some exploring north of Copenhagen. One of the places we visited was the deer park, an 11 square kilometer forest populated with several thousand deer. The park was established about 350 years ago by one of the Danish kings. Originally, it was used for hunting. Now it's a big park with many features including a small amusement park and a golf course. It was a beautiful sunny day and many people were out having picnics, walking, and riding bikes and horses. 

The park has some really impressive old oak trees and we saw some herds of several hundred deer. Once it gets a little warmer and there are leaves on the trees, I want to go back to run and have a picnic.


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