Camping in Denmark

If you choose Denmark as your holiday destination, you will find the perfect environment. There are more than 500 campsites under the typically steel-blue Scandinavian sky. Denmark is one of the countries that offers holidaymakers in tents, caravans and motorhomes conditions like no other. Often located by the sea or lake and equipped with everything you need for a relaxing holiday in the open air, everyone can find their camping happiness there, from nature camping to five-star campsites. For those travelling without their own accommodation, there is rental accommodation on almost every site, where holidaymakers can look forward to cosy accommodation. Often furnished in typical Scandinavian design and usually very stylish. Even the lively capital Copenhagen is suitable for camping in Denmark.

The most popular campsites include Drejby Strandcamping and Hvide Sande Camping. Camping on Langeland or Blavand is also popular. The pitches are located close to the beach on flat meadows and the number of permanent campers is limited in many places. It is important to book well in advance, both in high and low season.

Jutland: Baltic Sea, North Sea or both

To the north, to the west, to the south or to the east? This question is posed to camping holidaymakers in Jutland, which is surrounded by two seas, criss-crossed by fjords and is a very versatile holiday region with lots of nature and pretty towns . Holidaymakers will find livelier places on the east coast. For example, the university city of Aarhus, European Capital of Culture in 2017 and the picture-book town of Skagen, once a famous painters' colony. In North Jutland, the sea is rougher and life is quieter.

The ideal route for anyone who finds it difficult to decide which region of Jutland to visit is a trip around the island. This is a real pleasure, especially in a motorhome. Around the island and inland, there are almost 200 campsites with pitches right by the sea, idyllic by the fjord or lake or cosily hidden behind dunes.

This also includes a detour to the northernmost tip of Denmark. In Grenen, you can stand with one foot in the North Sea and the other in the Kattegat and actually see the two seas meet. This is camping at its best: Denmark at its most beautiful. The pretty islands of Rømø and Fanø offer an uncomplicated detour off the coast of southern Jutland with a number of campsites.

Fairytale: Funen

The Danes call Funen, the Baltic Sea island that is easily accessible by bridges over Lillebælt and Storebælt - the Little Belt and the Great Belt - their green garden. It is the largest of more than a hundred islands and islets in the Baltic Sea. There are dolmens here, a Viking ship settlement and more castles and manor houses than anywhere else in Denmark. The writer Hans Christian Andersen was born in the island's capital, Odense . Many things on Funen inspired him to write his world-famous fairy tales. If you like fishing, diving or horse riding on holiday, the hilly island is the right place for you, as is anyone who likes to set sail by boat, play golf or explore the country by bike.

With the exception of one motorhome site in Odense, most of the campsites recommended by the ADAC - from simple to five-star - are located directly by the sea.

Island bliss: camping on Bornholm

Bornholm , off the south coast of Sweden, is known as the island of sunshine. In the microclimate of Denmark's only rocky island, which is easily accessible by ferry from Copenhagen and Rügen, among others, there is less rainfall and more sunshine, a short but intense summer and lush vegetation. Camping holidaymakers will also find sandy beaches on the flat south coast.

Selected campsites in Denmark

The camping opportunities in our northern neighbour know no bounds. Wonderful campsites close to the beach or town can be found almost everywhere in the country. In addition to the classic pitches, many sites offer modern camping cabins for all travellers without their own vehicle.

Hvide Sande Camping

Hvide Sande Camping is a wonderful place to enjoy. The flat grassy site on an isthmus between the fjord and the North Sea coast is popular with campers for its exceptional location with direct sea views. The kilometre-long beach and the extensive range of leisure activities are likely to be arguments in favour of Hvide Sande Camping.

Drejby Strandcamping

Drejby Strandcamping on the Kegnæs peninsula is a paradisiacal place for a camping holiday in Denmark. A flat meadow area divided by hedges has been laid out so that campers with tents and motorhomes can enjoy the beautiful view of the sea. The campsite scores points with its fascinating beach, extensive services and varied leisure activities. Drejby Strandcamping takes camping life to a whole new level. There are around 100 pitches for permanent campers, but the majority are available to guests. Drejby Strandcamping is highly rated by campers.