A record 11,563 bookings were made for overnight stays in Danish nature during weeks 26-32, according to the Danish Nature Agency. This is the first time bookings have exceeded 10,000 in that period.

The surge resulted in a total of 51,633 visitors, nearly 5,000 more than the previous record from 2024. This figure includes bookings for shelters, campsites, and tent pitches in state-owned natural areas.

Lærke Falstaff, a project employee at the Danish Nature Agency, expressed her satisfaction with the increasing trend of Danes engaging with nature socially. She noted the peace and diverse experiences nature offers, regardless of season or time of day.

Falstaff highlighted the agency’s experience with newly erected shelters, citing an example in Odsherred where shelters were used immediately after completion, both as rest stops and for overnight stays. The agency’s booking system, which tracks overnight stays since 2022, showed consistently high demand on both weekdays and weekends.

Bookings for nights under the open sky can be made at udinaturen.dk, which offers a total of 2,620 accommodation options across the country. In addition to these bookable sites, Denmark also has shelters, primitive overnight accommodations, and forests with free tenting, where bookings are not required and visits are not registered.