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Trails / Jylland

Hærvejen

The ancient road along the spine of Jutland — cattle drovers, pilgrims and armies walked it for a thousand years. Heath, bog, burial mounds and small towns with a bed for the night.

Length500 km
Time20–30 days
ShapeLong-distance
EffortModerate
StartPadborg
EndHirtshals / Frederikshavn

Worth stopping for

  • Burial mounds and hollow ways near Jelling
  • Randbøl Hede and the open heathland
  • Rold Skov and the Rebild hills

Practical

Waymarked with the yellow-and-red logo. Shelters and hostels along the way; book in summer. Splits into a west and east branch north of Viborg.

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