Jægersborg Dyrehave

Dyrehaven (Danish "The Deer Park"), officially Jægersborg Dyrehave, is a forest park north of Copenhagen in the municipality of Lyngby-Taarbæk. To the north it borders Jægersborgs Hegn, which used to part of the park until 1832. It covers around 11 km2 (4.2 sq mi). Dyrehaven is noted for its mixture of huge, ancient oak and beech trees and large populations of red and fallow deer. In July 2015, it was one of the three forests included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed as Par force hunting landscape in North Zealand (Nordsjælland).

All entrances to the park have a characteristic red gate with the insignia of the monarch painted on top; the most popular one is Klampenborg gate, opposite Klampenborg railway station. All the entrance gates have an identical gate house next to them, which today serve as the residences of the forest wardens. A total of 19 red gates and other entrances give access to the park. Dyrehaven is maintained as a natural forest, with the emphasis on the natural development of the woods over commercial forestry. Old trees are felled only if they are a danger to the public. It has herds of about 2100 deer in total, with 300 Red Deer, 1700 Fallow Deer and 100 Sika Deer. Dyrehaven is also the venue for the Hermitage road race (Eremitageløbet), held on the first Sunday of October and the Hubertus hunt (Hubertusjagten) which is held on the first Sunday in November. In former times it was home to the Fortunløbet race, later known as Ermelundsløbet, but this race was discontinued in 1960.