Fort Østerlund is a 40-hectare outdoor park in Silkeborg, Denmark, that rents meeting rooms and runs team-building programmes for companies and private groups. The Big Baren room seats 80 guests, and the park offers more than 50 outdoor activities, so a working session can sit alongside a half day of games, cooking over a fire or paintball. It suits teams looking for a meeting in the open air rather than a hotel conference room.
Seminars and company events
The park markets itself as an outdoor conference centre for the Silkeborg area. Companies book it for a company outing, team building, talent development or an outdoor meeting. The meeting offer, called Wilde Møder on the site, uses authentic indoor spaces that the park says will lift creativity. Three are named. The outdoor cafe has a fireplace and a record player. The Big Baren room seats 80 guests inside. The large tipi has a 360-degree view of the surroundings.
Activity programmes can be added around the meeting. The most popular team activity, Vinderne på Fortet, runs about 3 hours and comes in a wet and a dry version. The park also runs Outdoor Team Cooking, in which the group prepares a seven-course dinner outdoors on an open fire under the guidance of fire instructors, a session of 3 to 4 hours including the meal. Outdoor wellness can be added: a sauna, a wilderness tub and cold tubs. Programmes can be adapted to the group, and the activities do not require physical fitness.
Weddings and receptions
Fort Østerlund does not sell weddings. Its private offer is for groups such as stag and hen parties, confirmation groups, school and sixth-form trips, and similar outings. Private packages are built on activities with a minimum of 10 participants, and the Wildness area can be rented for a private wellness event.
Rooms and capacities
The park has four main areas. The Action Arena holds the activity courses. The Wild Forest is used for paintball and shooting. Lake Side is given to relaxation, overnight stays and nature. Big Baren is the authentic conference room, with seating for 80 people. The tipi and the outdoor cafe add smaller settings. The official site does not give a capacity for the tipi or the cafe, so ask for a figure if you plan a session in them.
Accommodation
Overnight stays are listed on the site, with Lake Side as the area for them. The pages read do not state the number of beds or rooms. Visitor reviews quoted on the site describe a group trip lasting a full day, from breakfast to breakfast, with sleeping on site. Ask the team for current capacity.
Catering
The park serves food ready to eat indoors in its rooms, and it also cooks outdoors. Outdoor team cooking can be gourmet or fire-cooked. The site describes sandwiches and a beef dinner with salads in reviews of past groups. Drinks, including alcohol in moderate amounts, can be bought on site, but not by people who are intoxicated, and drugs are forbidden.
History and setting
Fort Østerlund sits in the Midtjylland lake highlands, with lakes, hills and beech trees around it. It describes itself as the outdoor business of the year in Silkeborg, an award it cites on its home page. Instructors accompany each group through the activities and keep the score list.
Getting there
The address is Østerlundvej 10, 8600 Silkeborg. The park is in the Silkeborg area of central Jutland. Closed shoes are required for activities, so tell your group before the day.
