Wild camping Denmark- Primitiv overnatningsplads?

I wonder if anyone here has ever toured Denmark and has experience of wild (ish) camping .

I understand wild camping is essentially not allowed except as certain spots – Primitiv overnatningsplads. But it looks like there is limited spaces at these.

So has anyone been? Are these spots really busy in summer or is it fairly easy?

From Denmark but been in the UK for 20years.

We used one when we did the Danish part of north sea cycle route some 10+ years ago and no one else around.

I go past more of them whenever im back home and beside one right by the river where a group canoeing had stayed the night, i have never come across anyone in them. Nor sign of the firepits having been used recently.

We have them in Sweden too. Have used them on occasion, rarely have anyone else there.
Usually just a field, standpipe and a composting toilet. If you’re lucky.

Also some of them have overnight shelters too, especially on national hiking trails.

But most people just wild camp/bivouac

That’s very helpful thank you. I have to say I don’t know what to expect from Denmark at all! Maybe some combination of Netherlands and Sweden!

We saw a number of these when we in Denmark last summer. Most seemed like it would be OK to add an extra small tent of two but the shelters were definitely well used, particularly at weekend and on popular islands. The one on Skaro had people in all the shelters but no tents when we visited. One was on a scout campsite so presumably would not be useable if there was a big camp on!

A fair few were bookable online I think using this site: https://bookenshelter.dk/?lang=en

I thought about cycling to Thuro and bivying in the shelter there for a night but there were too many other things to do and places to go and the kids weren’t up for it. That one was first come first served and had amazing sea views.

We were in Denmark in August and the season was winding down. I think July is the peak as Danish school holidays start around midsummer (late June).

I have to say I don’t know what to expect from Denmark at all!

On the positive side it’s very flat, nice n easy to pedal a loaded bike

On the negative side it’s very flat, very boring place to be pedalling through!

On the positive side it’s very flat, nice n easy to pedal a loaded bike

On the negative positive side it’s very fairly flat, very boring pretty place to be pedalling through

We found it chilled, very pretty with rolling hills, forests, fields of crops running down to a blue sea, big skies, beaches, friendly locals and lots of islands to explore.

From a practical point of view cycle paths are along most roads that are B road size or bigger, bikes everywhere, trains and some buses take bikes (the one on Aero was free and handy when the youngest got tired), lots of campsites, lots of cafes, some good local beer, lots and lots of cake.

Would love to go back for a cycling holiday.

Legoland was OK too.

Denmark is absolutely amazing.

Way more ‘nature’ than the Netherlands. But with just as good bike infrastructure

Way less monotone than Sweden and Finland. But still gives you a scandinavian feel, but maybe not as strong

Done 2 trips there with young children. Can’t recommend it enough.

1st year was across the islands to Copenhagen and back.

2nd year was up Jutland to Skagen and back.

Preferred the 1st year, but I like boats and islands.

Both trips were mix of campsites and the nature camping sites you highlight. Re. the nature camping sitesBig variance in what you get at each one, some felt a bit ‘hobo’…., some were simply camping memories that I will remember for the rest of my days.

Slow ol’s photos could be our photos!

I grew up in Norfolk and I got vibes of some of the old villages from there, but also Scandinavian feel. it’s all quite varied but uniform in its uniqueness.

Great beer too…had one of the best beers I’ve ever tasted Aero Porter.

If I had to choose between Denmark and Sweeden for a trip, I think I would opt for Denmark. Not saying I would never go back to Sweeden though….far far from it.

Yeah, i’ve found Sweden and Denmark have a similar feel, but Sweden is a *lot* more spread out!

Might have a nice village or campsite and an ice cream shop/cafe every 10-15-20 km in Denmark. More likely to be 70 or 80 km in Sweden… And 60km of that is just looking at trees, or fields. Or fields and trees…

FWIW, the ex and i were planning an end to end a few years ago (before kids) and some bits in the north it was 150-180 km between anything except the odd house/farm. Unless you took a 50+km detour. So realistically a 2 day ride between food stops and having to camp in a field.

Would have been realistically a 3 week trip (about 2800 km using the national routes) with 7 or 8 nights camping in fields. Only plus side is that one of the national routes that we’d have used passes within 300m of our front door, with the suggested stop for that night being a camp site about 2 km away.