Himmelbjerggården hosts seminars, courses, retreats and larger events for 12 to 150 people indoors and up to 500 guests outdoors, with 75 beds in 40 rooms on site. The center sits a few hundred meters from Himmelbjerget in the Lake District of Jutland, near Ry, and presents itself as a Nordic inspiration center for sustainable development.
Seminars and company events
The farm offers conference packages that combine meeting rooms, catering and overnight stays for the number of participants. The day meeting includes a morning roll, coffee, tea, water and fruit or snacks throughout the day, a lunch buffet, cake or a snack, and a meeting room with AV equipment. An evening meeting adds a seasonal evening buffet. A conference day with overnight stay includes breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets and a room, and an extended 1.5-day format is available, as well as a version with gastronomic team building. Basic AV equipment covers projectors, whiteboards, flip charts and sound systems of different sizes.
For several days together, groups can book a whole course building with its own teaching room, dining room, kitchen and living rooms, and combine it with the rest of the farm.
Rooms and capacities
The Great Hall is a flexible room of 100 square meters for up to 150 people, with a stage, a large sound system, a projector and an outdoor lounge area. Himmelsalen, in the main building, is 100 square meters for up to 50 people. Nordstjernen is 45 square meters for up to 16. Rooms across the farm run from 12 to 150 people. For festivals and symposia, the grounds take up to 500 guests outdoors, with tents, stages, fire pits and a camp area, and a garden café and bar by the main house in summer.
Accommodation
The farm has 75 beds in 40 rooms across five buildings, in single and double rooms. Two course buildings can be reserved whole. GammelGård has 21 beds, a teaching hall, a dining room, a kitchen and living rooms, close to the sauna, the fire hut and the main building. Bines hjem has 21 beds, a teaching hall, a dining room, its own large garden, a forest entrance and a lake. Extra beds or rooms can be added elsewhere on the farm.
Catering
The farm has its own kitchen and describes its food as climate-friendly and flexible, from coffee, tea and cake to full catering, foraged and fire-cooked food, and a kitchen garden and herb garden on site. You tell the team about the program and they build the menu with you, in full or partial catering.
History and setting
Himmelbjerggården spreads over 20 hectares of forested hills, lakes and valleys, with 14 renovated buildings totaling 6,000 square meters. Outdoor teaching spaces, a sauna and a fire hut are on the grounds, and hiking trails lead to Himmelbjerget on foot. The venue is a place for work and retreat, and its sustainability profile is part of how it operates.
Getting there
Himmelbjerggården is at Himmelbjergvej 11, 8680 Ry. Aarhus is 30 minutes away, Skanderborg and Silkeborg 15 minutes each, and Ry is a 1.5-hour hike. Parking is free. The site lists public transport directions on its contact pages.
