Scan Magazine | Attraction of the Month | Denmark
Western Camp is for cowboys large and small.
Attraction of the Month, Denmark
The good, the bad and the family holiday Holiday huts, quintessential camping and the odd train robbery. Western Camp marries the best of the old west with outdoor family fun. See if you can spot the Clint.
are forced into a special world all the time,” explains Glymov.
By Thomas Bech Hansen | Photos: Western Camp
The great train robbery
72 per cent cowboy; that is how Nicolaj Glymov describes the make-up of his true personality. From 5 May 2017, when the new season opens, he will be the new man in charge of Western Camp, a camping ground near Rødby on the Danish island of Lolland with an added cowboy and western theme. “I am the new sheriff in town,” laughs Glymov. He is looking forward to welcoming families for the new season and is already receiving bookings. On offer are camping lots for caravans and tents along with modern holiday homes and Western124 | Issue 93 | October 2016
styled wooden huts. Plus, there is a range of events for the Clint Eastwood in you. The area, which comprises 6.5 hectares, leaves room for avid cowboys and regular holidaymakers alike. As such, there are country music shows on the main quad as well as line dancing and lassothrowing trickeries within easy distance from the dwelling areas, but separated enough if the moment calls for quiet home comforts. “You can take part in the Western-themed activities as much as you like. This is a camping area with added fun, not a theme park where you
He estimates that around five per cent of the camp’s visitors are regulars, who come every year to bring out their inner cowboys and cowgirls. They get up to little self-initiated gimmicks like hijacking the toy train that goes around the area several times a day – Stetson hats, howling and play guns included. “We like that, and it is not something we instruct them to do,” says Glymov. “Kids love it, and many of our guests come here because they want to sample such a special experience.”
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