Thomas Dambo’s six forgotten giants
This is not a ghost walk, and that is the point
Everything else on this site is about the dead. This one is a daytime walk in the woods outside Copenhagen looking for six large wooden figures, and it is on this site for two honest reasons. It is the only other thing here guided in English, and it is the best-reviewed product by a distance: 138 reviews at 5.0, against 14 for the guided ghost walk. If you are travelling with people who do not want an evening of executions and plague, this is the answer.
Melissa, from the United States, put the practical case in one line: “Our favorite activity in Copenhagen! Nice to get outside the city and explore.” Marta, from Italy, called it a “wonderful experience to enjoy a slightly different side of Denmark with an extremely competent, punctual and friendly guide.”
The six
Thomas Dambo builds them from scrap and reclaimed timber and puts them where people have to go looking. The six on this route are Sleeping Louis, Hilltop Trine, Oscar Under the Bridge, Thomas on the Mountain, Little Tilde and Teddy Friendly. Finding them is the shape of the day: the tour is a hunt with a vehicle attached, which is why four hours does not feel like four hours. Michelle, from Australia: “I really enjoyed this tour, our guide was fantastic. We had 5 of us and all had a great time laughing and finding the Giants.”
The guiding is the other half of it. Sergio, from Canada: “Simply amazing. The amount of knowledge Alex shared is incredible.” Across 138 reviews the guide is what people write about, which is the same pattern as the ghost walk and an unusual thing to hold true for a day out in a forest.
The logistics, which are the only tricky part
You meet at Valdemarsgade 15, 1665 Copenhagen, in front of the building marked “VESTERBROS K.F.U.M.” — not at a landmark, not on a square, and not anywhere near where the ghost walks start. Transport from there is private and included, as are a coffee break and a meal. Four hours is the whole commitment, and because it runs in daylight it takes nothing from the evening: a morning with the giants and an October evening with a lantern is a full day that does not collide with itself. All six meeting points.
Included
- Four hours with a guide, in English
- Private transport out of the city and back
- A coffee break
- A meal
- Six Thomas Dambo giants: Sleeping Louis, Hilltop Trine, Oscar Under the Bridge, Thomas on the Mountain, Little Tilde and Teddy Friendly
Not included
- Anyone under 12, who cannot join
- A city-centre meeting point — it is Valdemarsgade 15, in Vesterbro
- Anything ghostly: this is a daytime nature walk
- Shoes for wet ground, which you should bring: what to wear
- An evening slot. It runs in daylight
What works
- 138 reviews at 5.0 is the strongest record on this site by a wide margin
- Guided in English, which only one other walk here is
- Transport, coffee and a meal are included, so the four hours are self-contained
- It runs in daylight, so it does not compete with an evening ghost walk
- Thomas Dambo’s giants are the one thing here you can photograph properly
- A good answer for a group that does not all want executions and plague
Worth knowing
- Four hours is half a day, which is a lot in a three-day trip
- Under-12s cannot join, so it is not the family fallback it looks like
- The meeting point is in Vesterbro, away from everything else on this site
- Nothing about it is a ghost tour, whatever the search results suggested
- Out-of-city woodland in October means wet feet if you dressed for a city break
Put this in the morning and the lantern walk in the evening, on the same day in October. The giants finish in daylight, the ghost walk starts after sunset — 6:12 pm on 15 October, 4:35 pm on 31 October — and the two do not compete for the only scarce resource here, which is a date on the guided walk.
Book the giants walk
Live availability is below. How long each walk takes sets four hours against the ninety-minute walks, and the children page covers the age limits on both.
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Those dates don’t work?
The guided ghost walk runs on set evenings and sells out early in October. Browse what else is bookable in Copenhagen — the self-guided murder mysteries you can start whenever you like, and the daytime walks — and pick a date that suits you, with instant confirmation.
Frequently asked questions
Is the six giants tour a ghost tour?
No. It is a four-hour daytime nature walk in English to find six wooden trolls by Thomas Dambo. The ghost walking is this one.
Where does it meet?
Valdemarsgade 15, 1665 Copenhagen, at the building marked “VESTERBROS K.F.U.M.”. That is in Vesterbro, not the old centre: every meeting point.
What is included in the four hours?
A guide, private transport out of the city and back, a coffee break and a meal. Entry fees and transport are what the self-guided hunts leave out instead: what shapes the cost.
Can children come?
Not under 12. The guided ghost walk sets its limit at 7. More on both on the children page.
Why is it the best reviewed thing on this site?
138 reviews at 5.0, against 14 for the ghost walk and two or three for each self-guided hunt. It has simply been running longer and carrying more people: the review page.