Discover Them Municipality: Nature, Culture and Cheese

Them Municipality combines distinctive landscapes with church art, regional cheese culture and a network of historic trails. Anyone planning a trip with nature experiences, physical activity and cultural discoveries will find a range of ways to shape each day here. When choosing a holiday apartment, you can therefore consider whether your priorities are hiking, cycling, history, regional specialities or a varied range of experiences.

Heathland, forests and trails through the landscape

The area around Them includes heathlands such as Vrads Sande. In the direction of Salten Langsø, there are also lush beech forests. These landscapes provide a natural setting for your trip and offer reasons to plan your stay not only around individual places to visit, but also around walks and longer excursions.

Several well-known trails make the area appealing for active days out. The Horsens–Silkeborg Nature Trail, also known as Bryrupbanestien, follows the former railway line between Silkeborg and Horsens. The route is intended for cycling, walking, inline skating and horse riding, and provides easy and safe bicycle access to Silkeborg. The historic Hærvej also runs through a section around Them. In addition, the national cycle route from Søndervig to Copenhagen and the regional walking route from Silkeborg to Aarhus pass through various parts of the area around Them.

Anyone wishing to include a longer hike in their travel plans can consider the marked route from Aarhus to Silkeborg. It is more than 90 kilometres long. This allows the stay to be combined with individual stages as well as shorter excursions, without having to treat the different routes as equivalent.

Church, history and regional specialities

The oldest parts of Them Church, the chancel and the nave, date from around 1200. The church also contains a fresco of the Virgin Mary with seven swords pointed at her heart. For travellers interested in culture, the church is therefore a specific destination for discovering historic architecture and religious art.

Them Fortidssamling displays objects from the region dating from the Stone Age to the present day. You can also see wooden clogs being made there. At the beginning of the 20th century, Løvenholt was a Grundtvigian folk high school, adding another chapter of regional history to the historical themes.

The regional food culture is also part of Them’s character. Them Andelsmejeri produces various types of Danbo cheese as well as speciality and premium cheeses. The company’s own cheese shop in Them offers a wide selection, including special varieties that are not sold elsewhere. A visit can therefore be included as an enjoyable part of a day devoted to culture or the landscape.

Varied days for your travel plans

Silkeborg Ørnereservat offers public birds-of-prey demonstrations featuring birds of prey and owls. Guests can also take part in organised safaris and experience American bison up close. Silkeborg Rovfugleshow is located directly beside a scenic public nature trail. This gives families or travel groups with different interests a choice between observing nature, physical activity and regional history, without every day of the holiday having to look the same.

For a quieter or weather-flexible day, Them Hallerne offers a public swimming pool and wellness facilities. Fest i Vand takes place annually; during this event, Them Svømmehal is transformed into an adventure world featuring sensory experiences and physical challenges. When looking for a holiday apartment in Them Municipality, you can therefore use your preferred travel rhythm as a guide: active days on the trails, cultural discoveries, regional specialities or a mix of these with swimming and wellness.

More destinations for your travel plans

If you would like to compare other destinations in addition to Them Municipality, you can also visit the pages for Vrads, Ans, Gjern Municipality, Linå, Svejbæk, Svostrup, Bording and Store Bredlund.

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