Karpenhøj Naturcenter in Knebel, on the Mols Bjerge coast of East Jutland, hosts meeting days, team outings and private parties for groups from 15 to about 80 people. Six meeting spaces seat between 20 and 50 people, and guests can stay overnight on site in a guesthouse or in outdoor shelters.
Seminars and company events
The center sells a Classic meeting day to companies, with a minimum of 15 participants. It covers breakfast, lunch, afternoon cake and coffee, and fruit and water all day. Unlimited coffee and tea can be added. Teams can book outdoor activities, guided walks and bonfire cooking on top of the meeting, so a working day can end in the open air.
The site describes its offer for everyone from a small steering group that needs quiet to a whole department on an outing. Programs can mix sessions indoors with time in the forest, by the sea or around the fire.
Rooms and capacities
Fiskerstuen seats 40 in a high-ceilinged room with a movable large screen, whiteboard, flipchart and Wi-Fi. It looks east over Fuglsøstrand beach and Ebeltoft Vig. Pejsestuen, the fireplace room, seats 50 for a meal and has a projector and screen. It opens onto the yard, and the full kitchen can be used for an extra fee. Skolestuen seats 20 and can be combined with Pejsestuen. The meeting room in the guesthouse also seats 20 and has a whiteboard, projector, flipchart and Wi-Fi.
Two outdoor spaces complete the offer. Bålhytten, a covered bonfire hut in the old sensory garden, holds 30 to 35 people. Skovlavvuen, a lavvu in the school forest on top of the hill, seats about 40 around three wood stoves. It has no electricity, so sessions there are analogue.
For private parties, the covered bonfire area takes 50 to 80 seated guests and the indoor dining room takes 50. Hire includes a large kitchen and a serving kitchen, two bathrooms, two toilets, fridges, a freezer, an industrial dishwasher, fire equipment and firewood. Groups have the facilities from 1:00 p.m. on the first day to 10:00 a.m. on the second, and cleaning of tidied rooms is included.
The courtyard and the garden rooms are public and open around the clock, so they cannot be reserved. Covering the area with tents is not allowed, and amplified music is limited to indoors.
Accommodation
Party hire includes outdoor overnight places for up to 30 guests in five shelters. More places are available in the lavvu camp, open from May to September, or in the guesthouse, which has three bedrooms and six beds. Wilderness baths can be added.
Catering
Meeting days use local and mostly organic produce, with drinks from Ebeltoft Gårdbryggeri and coffee from Garageristeriet. Groups can also replace the hire package with a wilderness gourmet dinner cooked over an open fire, for at least 20 guests. The menu is planned in advance with the instructors, and guests take part in chopping wood, lighting the fire and preparing the food.
History and setting
Karpenhøj is a public nature center on a hill beside the sea, next to Mols Bjerge National Park. It runs activities on land, on water and in the treetops, and works with schools and day care groups as well as companies and private clients.
Getting there
The address is Dragsmurvej 12, 8420 Knebel. The official site does not publish public transport directions, so ask the team when you plan transfers for a group.
