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Esrum Through Children’s Eyes

Experience Esrum Abbey through a child’s eyes with activities for the whole family—every weekend, all year round. Here, the abbey’s history becomes something you don’t just hear about, but feel, play with, and explore together. Both inside the monastery and out in the countryside, a variety of children’s activities await, changing with the seasons. That means new experiences every time you visit Esrum.

Here you can see the current children's activities:

Every weekend, there are children's activities waiting for you at Esrum Kloster & Møllegård.

The children's activities change with the seasons—so there's always a new experience in store for you

Tickets can be purchased at the monastery shop

Aug. 10 – Oct. 9

Landscape Weave

Sat. + Sun. 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Adult: 110 kr.

Children: Free

All children's activities are included in the ticket price

Oct. 10–Oct. 18

Fall Break: The Miller's Daughter's Secret

Every day from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Adult: 110 kr.

Children ages 5 and up: 75 kr.

All children's activities are included in the ticket price

Aug. 10 – Oct. 9: Landscape Weaves

It’s teeming with grass, flowers, stalks, and branches crisscrossing in every direction. Some catch the light, while others hide in the shade. Now it’s time for little curious hands to gather, pick, and weave all the greenery that lies at your feet.

Slowly, a small, interwoven landscape begins to take shape—woven together from everything you’ve seen and the things you took the time to notice and gather

  • Borrow a Landscape Bag
    Pick up a Landscape Bag from the exhibition and head out into the countryside. Find a place to sit, look around, and weave with whatever you find—grass, leaves, and small items from nature
  • Create flower collages
    In the exhibition “Eye for Landscape,” you can press flowers that you pick in the monastery grounds and create small flower collages
  • Children’s tour
    At 10:30 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, you can hear about Brother Stefan in the monastery cellar and follow his first day at the monastery. A fun tour at child-friendly level, where the senses come into play.
  • Treasure hunt, nature playground, and VR goggles
    Explore history together
Learn more about activities for children

Oct. 10–Oct. 18: Fall Break

During fall break, be sure to try an exciting mystery game at Esrum Watermill, which is full of mysteries and historical clues.

In the puzzle game The Miller’s Daughter’s Secret You’ll have to solve the riddles from Anna’s diary. A fun mystery for the whole family

  • Try the puzzle game “The Miller’s Daughter’s Secret”
    Work together to uncover Anna’s secret using clues and puzzles from her diary. The game is intended for adults and children ages 6 and up.
  • Nature Playground and VR Headsets
    Explore history together
Learn more about the fall break

Children's Activities During Vacations and Weekends

Every weekend and during school breaks, you can try out children’s activities that bring history to life. The children’s activities change with the seasons, so the experiences always reflect the cycle of the year. This means you’ll always discover something new when you stop by Esrum, whether you visit us when the sun is shining or when snow lies like a thick blanket on Klosterengen.

All of this right here in Esrum—and, of course, at a child-friendly height.

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