Experience of the Month, Denmark
Host your next company event or meeting among bison Whether you are bringing your family, arranging a team-building trip, or looking for a place to have your next meeting, Ditlevsdal Bisonfarm offers an extraordinary experience in natural surroundings. By Nicolai Lisberg | Photos: Ditlevsdal Bisonfarm
Imagine hosting a meeting, and right outside the window you see bison walking around in the wild. That is the scenario at Ditlevsdal Bisonfarm, the biggest bison farm in Europe – a place that received its first bison in 1993 and has since made a virtue out of creating unique memories for its guests. The farm has almost 400 American bison, and since May this year, their guests have had the opportunity to spend the night in one of the farm’s brand-new prairie cot106 | Issue 118 | November 2018
tages, which can also be used as conference rooms. “Often, companies choose to have a meeting in classic conference rooms, but why not have it here instead? If you really need to discuss something or enter a creative mode, what could be better than having a meeting in natural surroundings, while you see bison walking right past you? The open nature and the animals make you calm and help you relax and focus on the task at hand,” says Ditlevsdal Bisonfarm’s owner, Niels Henrik Ove.
The farm is situated in idyllic surroundings, which can feel other-worldly to some, but the fact is that it is easily accessible. Located just 15 kilometres outside of Odense, it is only five minutes from the highway, 30 minutes from the Great Belt Bridge, and 20 minutes from the Little Belt Bridge. “It’s easier to get out here than to the centre of Odense, and there is no need to worry about parking. We’re close to everything, but still far away from your everyday life,” says Niels Henrik Ove.
An ideal place for team building Other than just having a meeting, companies can host their next company event at Ditlevsdal Bisonfarm. You can get a guided tour of the prairie in prairie wagons that take you to the middle of the bison herd, or