The hunting lodge is still used by the royal family for their hunts and the Hubertus Hunt. The hunting lodge is richly decorated inside and outside.

The Ermitage Hunting Lodge

The late-Baroque Ermitage Hunting Lodge sits in the heart of the UNESCO Jægersborg Deer Park. This magnificent site is owned by the state and available to the royal family for outings and for the yearly Hubertus Hunt.

The gilded ceiling decorations put in by the Absolutist King Christian VI (C6) and his Queen Sofie Magdalene (SM), whose initials you see on the ceiling. – © Roberto Fortuna / Kongelige Slotte

When you first visit the hunting lodge you will notice that the outside is decorated with hunting motifs: cut-stone red stag heads protruding from the walls. – © Sune Magyar / Parforcejagtlandskabet i Nordsjælland

The lodge is named after the table-elevator that once allowed the king and his entourage to dine alone (en ermitage), without servants or other people interfering. By a signal from the king, a fully laid and decorated table would be lifted from the kitchen in the basement—through the floors—and up through the dining room floor.

In the dining room, a table-elevator once hoisted food from the basement kitchen to the dining room floors above. – © Roberto Fortuna / Kongelige Slotte

When you first visit the hunting lodge you will notice that the outside is decorated with hunting motifs: cut-stone red stag heads protruding from the walls. Inside the hunting lodge, you find richly decorated rooms in fine imported Chinese silks, elegantly painted porcelain tiles, dazzling marble, and intricate stucco sculptures inlaid with gold and mirrors. All this adds up to a genuine pearl of late-Baroque architecture. Because of the recent renovations, it is just as impressive now as when it was first built in the 1730s.

Every Wednesday, the drive up to the Ermitage Hunting lodge, from the western gate, is open. Parking is available outside Jægersborg Deer Park on either side. The walk to the lodge is 1.7 kilometres from the western gate and 1.2 kilometres from the eastern side.

Visit

The Ermitage Hunting Lodge

Hours

Open for non-group visits from June 1st to August 31st, DKK 125, and group visits from April 1st to October 31st. All visits need to pre-book on the webshop. Duration 45 minutes.