Haunted Places in Denmark (99)

Explore 99 haunted places in Denmark — castles, hotels, churches, ruins and more. Every location includes its story and GPS coordinates.

• 🌲 Bjældskovdal (the Tollund Man's bog) Midtjylland, Silkeborg The peat cutters thought they had found a murder victim. The man in the bog had lain there 2,300 years, the rope still around his neck.
• 👻 The Køge House Cross (Torvet 2) Köpenhamn 'Here raged the Køge Huskors 1608–1615' – the devil in the merchant's house triggered Denmark's largest witch trial. Fifteen women died.
• ⛏️ Daugbjerg Limestone Mines Midtjylland, Viborg Sixty metres beneath the heath lies the cave where Jens Langkniv hid — the outlaw who killed the bailiff who wanted his mother burned as a witch.
• 👻 Dragsholm Castle Sjælland, Odsherred In 1910 they broke open the old wall and found a skeleton in a sealed niche. The noblewoman Celestine had vanished around 1550. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Finderup Barn Midtjylland, Viborg On St Cecilia's night 1286 the king was found with 56 stab wounds in a barn — seven men, eight thrusts each, and no proof to this day.
• 🏰 Hammershus, Bornholm Bornholm The watchman sat on the wall to learn who built by night. By morning the wall had grown three ells around him. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Maren Splids' House, Ribe Sydjylland, Ribe The tailor Didrik vomited up a living animal that moved in his belly — and named the woman in this house as the one who had bewitched him.
• 🏰 Rosenholm Castle Østjylland, Hornslet The white lady had walked the corridors for centuries — until builders opened a tower wall and found the skeleton of a young woman inside. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 Harridslevgaard Castle Fyn, Bogense Funen's most haunted castle. Anne Lykke was beheaded for witchcraft in 1641. A man must every night ride his pregnant sister to death.
• 🏰 Visborggaard Castle Hadsund, Jylland Denmark's richest haunted castle: three phantom carriages, a cursed portrait that harms all who touch it, a battered wife and a wicked mademoiselle.
• 🏰 Dallund Slot Fyn, Søndersø Eiler Høg drove a carpenter to suicide in the 1600s — and still haunts the place. Two hellhounds tore a colonel to pieces. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 Aalholm Castle, Lolland Lolland-Falster, Nysted The king fled up the chimney when the knights broke down the door. They pulled him down and locked him up here. 🛏 Book a night here
• ⛪ Børglum Abbey Nordjylland, Vendsyssel The bishops of Børglum ruled Vendsyssel with an iron hand — and in one particular room, the dead canons are said to still appear.
• 🏰 Clausholm Castle Østjylland, Randers The king had her carried out through a window and married her that same evening — she returned here as dowager queen, and is said to return still. 🛏 Book a night here
• ⚰️ Assistens Cemetery Köpenhamn Giertrud Bodenhoff was buried in 1798 – merely in a deathlike trance. When grave robbers came for her jewels, she woke in the coffin.
• ⚔️ Østre Fælled (Fælledparken) Köpenhamn Here Struensee lost his head before 30,000 spectators in 1772 – the executioner needed three blows before it left the body.
• ⛪ Roskilde Cathedral Köpenhamn Beneath the cathedral a horse was buried alive with one leg cut off – as a three-legged hel-horse with glowing eyes it still portends death.
• 👻 Grønsalen Long Barrow, Møn Møn, Fanefjord Beneath 145 kerbstones in a 102-metre row lie, by legend, King Grøn and his wife Fane — rival of the Cliff King for the mastery of Møn.
• 👻 Hald Ruin, Viborg Midtjylland, Viborg A curse is said to have lain over Hald since the king had Niels Bugge murdered in 1358 — five castles have risen by the same lake, and all five lie abandoned.
• 🏛️ Herlufsholm, Næstved Sjælland, Næstved She appeared to the priest the night before his journey and struck the table leg — and in the hidden compartment lay the deed that saved the school.
• ⛪ Højerup Old Church, Stevns Klint Sjælland, Stevns Every Christmas night the church moves one cock's stride inland. On a March day in 1928 it was too slow — the chancel fell into the sea.
• 👻 Kalø Castle Ruin Østjylland, Djursland Seven years of tax revenue lies buried in the islet, guarded by a dragon whose tail can sometimes be seen moving in the grass.
• 🏰 Koldinghus Sydjylland, Kolding Dowager Queen Dorothea makes her rounds every night to check that the guests behave — several have had their hats knocked off in the castle chapel. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏛️ The Ladby Ship Fyn, Kerteminde Eleven horses and four dogs were killed and laid in the ship with the chieftain — and before the rust had set, someone had gone down into the grave and emptied it. 🛏 Book a night here
• ⚰️ Mårup Church, Lønstrup Nordjylland, Lønstrup The sea is gnawing into the cliff where 226 drowned sailors lie in a mass grave — walkers already find bones the grave has lost to the water.
• 🌲 Møns Klint Møn The Cliff King rules beneath the chalk and rides out when Møn is threatened — but betray his secrets and he takes it back at sea.
• ⛪ Østerlars Round Church, Bornholm Bornholm The Day of Judgement was whitewashed over at the Reformation and lay hidden for 350 years — and legend has the Templars hiding a treasure beneath the cold round room.
• 🌲 The Robbers' Den, Rold Forest Nordjylland, Rebild Cords strung across the road, silver bells ringing in the dark — and in the hollow below waited men who had already escaped the gallows.
• 🏯 Sæbygaard Manor Nordjylland, Sæby A book chained to the table, two men reading it by night — and flames rising straight out of the pages until an entire wing was gone.
• ⛪ St Canute's Cathedral, Odense Fyn, Odense The monks dug secret tunnels to the nuns on Nonnebakken — and legend says none of them has found rest in the grave since.
• 🏰 Sønderborg Castle, Als Sønderjylland, Als Legend says the imprisoned king walked circle after circle around the table in his room until he wore a groove in the top with his thumb. For seventeen years. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 Tranekær Castle, Langeland Fyn, Langeland The guest in the wing woke night after night to heavy footsteps coming slowly towards her door — and stopping outside it. No one was there. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Trøjborg Castle Ruin Sønderjylland, Tønder At night someone paces out the old castle's land — and the bridge collapsed under the demolition crew the day they came for the last of it.
• ⛪ Vestervig Church, Thy Nordvestjylland, Thy She was danced to death on the king's order; he was blinded and chained just close enough to touch her grave.
• ⛪ Church of Our Lady, Kalundborg Sjælland, Kalundborg "Hush, my child, tomorrow your father Finn comes" — the troll was to have Esbern Snare's eyes and heart unless he guessed the name.
• 🏯 Herregaarden Odden Hjørring (Vendsyssel), Jylland A stuffed headless swan turned its head toward the unfaithful. An evil knight on horseback was conjured into the cellar floor — only the skull protrudes.
• 🛎️ Hotel Kong Frederik Sjælland, København After the arsonist fire of 1973, the sound of a child crying and running water can be heard from the bathroom where a family died. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🛎️ Hotel Østersøen (Siemsens Gaard) Bornholm, Svaneke In the bridal suite, an old lady in black appeared in the shower — the furniture was visible right through her. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🛎️ Hotel Royal Aarhus Aarhus, Jylland Room 318: a child's face breathing through the curtains. The elevator runs by itself. A "top hat man" stands in the corner. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Hvedholm Castle Hotel Fyn, Faaborg A bare arm in green silk and lace reached across the dinner table in the Knights' Hall. The body was never found. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Lerbæk Hovedgaard Frederikshavn, Jylland A poltergeist moves guests' belongings. Hoofbeats across the moat bridge. The horses in the stable stare at one specific corner. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 Lindenborg Gods Nibe (Nordjylland), Jylland Sophie Amalie was suspected of murdering her husband in 1678. Every July she repeats her final painful journey to Aalborg.
• 🏯 Lønborggaard Skjern, Jylland Three ghosts: a servant girl walled in with her child, a German woman who shot herself in 1902, and an old man who hanged himself. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Riber Kjærgaard Ribe, Jylland Maiden Lange watched her beloved being murdered. If a young couple meets her at the Blue Lodge, their love will vanish.
• 🛎️ Hotel Ringkøbing Ringkøbing, Jylland Room 7 is the most haunted. A deceased head waiter corrects improperly set tables, and an evil male spirit locks people in the cellar. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 Sønderskov Castle Brørup, Jylland A white maiden strode into the cattle shed. The next day they dug up an infant's skeleton beneath the floor stone—and she vanished.
• 🏰 Voergaard Castle Vendsyssel, Jylland The hard mistress Ingeborg Skeel is still said to return to this Renaissance castle in Vendsyssel. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Boltinggaard Manor Fyn, Ringe A tall, slender maiden in black silk rustles through the rooms — and in the carriage gate, the skeleton of a murdered peddler was found.
• 🏰 Broholm Castle Fyn, Gudme The Grey Lady is seen in the bathroom mirror. She watches the shaving closely — but appears in the nursery to watch over sleeping children. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Bromølle Kro Sjælland, Jyderup Denmark's oldest inn — the innkeeper couple got traveling salesmen drunk and threw the bodies in the river. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🛎️ Comwell Bygholm Park Horsens Horsens, Jylland Abel Maria died locked away above the halls. She demanded to keep her crystal wedding crown — it still hangs there. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Dragør Beach Hotel Köpenhamn The room at the far end of the upstairs corridor: guests who step inside are seized by an inexplicable terror, as if someone unseen already lives there. 🛏 Book a night here
• ⛪ Esrum Abbey Köpenhamn The devil took service in the abbey kitchen as Brother Rus – he slew the cook and lured the monks to their ruin.
• 👻 Gurre Castle Ruin Köpenhamn 'Let God keep His heaven, if I may keep Gurre' – for those words King Valdemar rides his wild hunt every night.
• 🏛️ The Consistory House, University of Copenhagen Köpenhamn In the university's medieval prison cellar a student's soul is said to linger – dead under mysterious circumstances among corpses and a boiling kettle.
• 🌉 Munkebro, Roskilde Köpenhamn Two monks slain during the Reformation still walk side by side – until they dissolve into nothing in Sankt Ols Stræde.
• ⚔️ The Execution Ground on Amager (Dalslandsgade) Köpenhamn The blood of the executed was believed to cure the sick. When Ole Kollerød was beheaded in 1840, two women filled a cup — and danced around the scaffold.
• 👻 Roskilde Library Köpenhamn Between the bookshelves appears Jomfru Trolle in a black dress – and in the children's section, a girl in an old-fashioned white dress.
• ⛪ Saint Peter's Church Köpenhamn Struensee – the queen's lover who ruled Denmark and lost his head in 1772 – is said to haunt the old church of the Germans.
• 🗼 The Goose Tower, Vordingborg Sydsjælland, Vordingborg From the Goose Tower's castle rode Valdemar Atterdag — condemned in the ballads to hunt restlessly through the night for all eternity, his whole train behind him.
• ⚰️ Landet Churchyard, Tåsinge Fyn, Tåsinge The tightrope dancer and the Swedish lieutenant walked into Nørreskoven one July morning in 1889 and never came out — they lie in one grave.
• ⚰️ Lindholm Høje Nordjylland, Nørresundby Seven hundred cremation graves set in stone ships above the Limfjord — and beneath them, the tracks of a farmer fleeing the sand.
• ⛪ Ribe Cathedral Sydjylland, Ribe A giant on Mandø raged at the building of the cathedral and hurled a stone at it. He missed — the stone lay in the Ribe river until 1970.
• ⛪ St Clement's Church, Rømø Sønderjylland, Rømø On the Kirkebjerge north of the church a skipper met a figure carrying its own head under its arm — that same hour his boyhood friend was beheaded in New Orleans.
• ⛪ The Sand-Buried Church, Skagen Nordjylland, Skagen The congregation shovelled its way to the church door every Sunday as the sand rose — today only the tower shows, and the whole church lies buried underfoot.
• 🏰 Egeskov Castle Fyn A little wooden figure must get fresh straw each Christmas — or the castle is said to sink into the moat. And a White Lady walks the park. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Gl. Vraa Slotshotel Vrå, Jylland The White Lady Mariane Dorethe walks through the castle's halls — she has found no peace since the 1700s. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Haraldskær Manor House Vejle, Jylland A young woman who died of unrequited love wanders from Skibet Church, through the old parlour and down to the Vejle River. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Havreholm Slotshotel Sjælland, Hornbæk Six ghosts inhabit the castle — the most active is Coachman Kaj, who was run over by a carriage 120 years ago. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Hindemae Manor Fyn, Ullerslev A carriage drawn by four horses and a cracking whip drives onto the courtyard — but when you rush out, everything is gone. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🛎️ Hjorths Beach Hotel Kandestederne, Jylland Engel Kristine died of the Spanish flu and left four children behind. She still walks along the hotel's yellow walls—even in broad daylight. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 Holckenhavn Castle Fyn, Nyborg Renaissance castle from 1579–85 where Corfitz Ulfeldt and Leonora Christine were confined to house arrest in 1662 — guests hear strange sounds.
• 🛎️ Hotel d'Angleterre Sjælland, København Suite doors open and close in the middle of the night — H.C. Andersen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and Robbie Williams have all encountered the ghosts. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Irup Manor Thy, Jylland At full moon — best on a Thursday — the White Lady is said to take a walk through the park at Irup. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Jerstrup Hovedgaard Fyn, Grindløse Sibylle Gjøe was beheaded by Christian IV in 1635. She and her brother-in-law continue a tender conversation in the park — but they are never seen.
• 🛎️ Jørgensens Hotel Horsens, Jylland Anders Jørgensen's daughter lived here until her death — and she stayed. She smashes vases when her room is rented to others. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Kragerup Gods Sjælland, Ruds Vedby The White Lady Gertrud rides into the park every night when the clock strikes twelve — she prefers room number eight. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Krenkerup Lolland This Lolland estate is said to be haunted by a White Lady and by the ghost of the nobleman Palle Rosenkrantz. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Lille Restrup Hovedgaard Aalestrup, Jylland A barn door opens by itself. Locks and hinges have been replaced several times — it makes no difference.
• 🏰 Liselund Ny Slot Lolland-Falster, Møn The White Lady Martha Sabine floats over the lawns — and old Baroness Oluffa watches in the halls.
• 🏰 Lykkesholm Castle Fyn, Ørbæk A phantom carriage rolls onto the courtyard night after night. Elder women wander among the elderberry bushes. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Nørre Vissing Inn Nørre Vissing, Jylland A curious female figure in the wine cellar leaves the door open — and moves decorated wooden shoes at Christmas. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏰 Nørre Vosborg Ulfborg, Jylland A prophecy from the 1300s about a man in a blue cloak who would fell the tower — was fulfilled in 1532 by a storm surge. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🛎️ Hotel Ole Lunds Gaard Sjælland, Kalundborg The 270-year-old merchant's mansion houses an entire ghost family that clinks glasses and throws flowers. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Risinge Manor Fyn, Kerteminde A white lady suddenly sits in the back seat of the taxi as you drive past the manor at night. The driver should never look back. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🛎️ Scandic Palace Hotel Sjælland, København On the second floor, guests sense a strange presence in their rooms. On the fourth floor, paintings mysteriously fall from the walls. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Skjoldenæsholm Castle Hotel Sjælland, Ringsted The Grey Lady—a former housekeeper—still watches over the castle 200 years after her death. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Sophiendal Slotshotel Skanderborg, Jylland A little girl fell into the well 150 years ago. Her mother still stands guard in the wine cellar — guests are pushed away. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Stårup Manor Salling, Jylland At this old Jutland manor the Grey Lady is said to walk — one of the estate’s many revenants. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🏯 Store Restrup Herregaard Nibe (Nordjylland), Jylland Mr. Iver searches for a gold treasure in the cellars — but the treasure only appears if the manor burns. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Aldershvile Castle Ruin Köpenhamn The Countess of Bagsværd lost her castle to flames in 1909 and took poison in 1914 — evening walkers say she still stands in the ruin's empty window openings.
• 👻 Hirschholm Palace Garden Köpenhamn The palace died of shame, people said — no one would live in the house after the queen and Struensee's doomed summer, and shadows still linger among the avenues.
• ⛪ Church of Our Saviour Köpenhamn The spiral spire twists the wrong way – and the architect is said to have thrown himself from the top on discovering his mistake.
• 🏰 Dronninglund Slot Dronninglund, Jylland A vanished prioress still visits guests at night — she strokes their foreheads and sings softly. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Gelsted Kro Fyn, Gelsted A dead waitress's stiletto heels click through the corridors in the evening — and she adjusts plates she dislikes. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🛎️ Badehotel Hornbækhus Sjælland, Hornbæk Clara is a little girl who straightens tablecloths and arranges furniture — friendly, but orderly. 🛏 Book a night here
• 🛎️ Hotel Nora Sjælland, København (Nørrebro) A guest heard someone walk into the bathroom — when she checked, the room was empty. The bed showed clear impressions of someone having sat there. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Hvalpsund Færgekro Hvalpsund, Jylland Deaf Jens skinned eels in the cellar 100 years ago — and still oversees that the chef cooks them properly. 🛏 Book a night here
• 👻 Svostrup Kro Silkeborg, Jylland Ane ran the inn unmarried until 1966. Candles blow out — and footsteps are heard in the library with no guests present. 🛏 Book a night here

FAQ

How many haunted places are there in Denmark?

Haunted Places lists 99 haunted locations in Denmark, each with its story and GPS coordinates.

What are the most haunted places in Denmark?

Among the most notable in Denmark: Bjældskovdal (the Tollund Man's bog), The Køge House Cross (Torvet 2) and Daugbjerg Limestone Mines.

Can you stay overnight at haunted places in Denmark?

Yes — 49 of the haunted places in Denmark are hotels or inns you can book for an overnight stay. The rest are public sites you can visit.

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