Many ways to stay at Houens Odde
Accommodation
Indoor accommodation
Stensgården
If you need a nice place to host an event for a bigger group, then Stensgården is the place. It is a large, older farm that has been converted into a facility that can host most event – both inside and outside.
Room size: 2-4 beds
Beds in total: 56
Bedrooms: 20
Bathrooms: 5 of varying size
Handicap toilet & bath: 1
Most of the rooms have a view of the Eltang cove and the green fields that surround the three wings.
Stensgården has beds for 56 people in 16 rooms with 2 and 4 beds on the first floor.
The building houses an industrial kitchen, dining hall with an open fire place and three reasonably-sized conference rooms.
It also offers small niches and common rooms that can be used as group rooms. The building has toilet- and bathing rooms on the first floor. On the ground floors there are two large toilet- and bathing rooms that can be accessed from both the inside and outside. It also has a handicap toilet.
In the basement there is a pool table, lounge area and a small cinema.
The surroundings at Stensgaarden consists of large grass fields and forest.
There are pioneering poles and firewood near the grass fields.
The Gilwell complex
At the end of our road through the forest, right at the tip of Houens Odde is the Gilwell complex. A collection of five beautiful log houses with thatched roofs hiding underneath the trees.
Room size: 2-4 beds
Beds in total: 68
Bedrooms: 20
Bathrooms: 10 of varying size
Handicap toilet & bath: 2
The Gilwell complex is Houens Odde’s biggest conference center and at the same time one of the most cozy surroundings you can imagine.
In the drive way there is a small house shaped as a triangle which houses our thought- and worship room.
The complex also offers a wide range of room for outside activities both in nature and on the large terrace between the houses.
The buildings are adapted into a conference center and meeting place with three large meeting rooms and several small group rooms along with a dining room and one large and a smaller kitchen.
There is 68 beds in total distributed into two and four bed rooms.
Close to the Gilwell complex there are a lot of small camp sites that are perfect for tent camps.
The Activity Centre
The Acitivy Centre at Houens Odde is surrounded by beech wood and close to Kolding Inlet.
Room size: 2-18 beds
Beds in total: 41
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 10 of varying size
Handicap toilet & bath: 2
The Acitivty Centre consists of several wooden structures with grassy roofs. The buildings are used for centre camps in the summer season and can also be rented for school camps and scout camps.
The largest building contains a large common room witch chairs for 50 people, a woodburning stove and a functioning kitchen.
There are also the three buildings that accomodates sleeping quarters for 50 people. One of these buildings have undergone indoor renovation in the spring of 2020. This now has 3 modules with 6 beds/bunks and a fourth separate compartment with 4 beds/bunks.
Toilets and bathing facilities are placed in a separate building.
The Roverknuden cabin
Roverknuden is a primitive Norwegian style log cabin with a grassy roof. It lies in solitude in the forest of Houens Odde. This is where you can experience old-school simple living whitout electricity or wifi.
Beds in total: 8 (mattresses)
Bedrooms: 1 (loft room)
Bathrooms: 0
Handicap toilet & bath: 0
Roverknuden has a small loft with room for 8 people to sleep in. There is no electricity in the cabin and all lighting is done with a kerosene lamp or candles.
The cabin is warmed up by the indoor fire place. There is a small quite primitive kitchen i an adjacent room.
Just outside is a modern toilet house with cold and hot water and showers. This can be used when renting Roverknuden.
Outdoor accommodation
Camp sites at Stensgården
The camp sites situated near Stensgården are large open grass areas and accomodates up to 3000 people.
Number of participants: 2-3000
The large grassy areas at Stensgården are especially suited for larger camps with up to 2-3000 participants. At these areas you are allowed to dig fire places on the condition that these are covered up when you leave the camp.
- Toilet house with cold and hot water, showers and a handicap bathroom
- Poles for pioneering works
- Fire wood
- Garbage cans with garbage sorting signs
Forest camp sites
Houens Odde has 16 camp sites of which the biggest have room for up to 150 people. The camp sites are situated around the forest. Many with a great view of the fjord.
At Houens Odde we have 16 camp sites that can accommodate betweeen 12 and 150 people in tents. The camp sites are situated around the forest. This means that a group can go camping on their own and feel private.
The soil is delicate in the forest and it is therefore prohibited to dig on the camp sites. We have established fire places and you must place pioneering works with poles and rope on top of the ground.
Each camp site is equipped with:
- Fire place
- Poles for pioneering in different lengths
- Fire extinguishing equipment
There are toilet- and shower facilities nearby.
Shelters
Would you like to be awakened by the sun and watch the fog lift over Houens Odde? Then you should consider booking one of out shelters. We also have a floating shelter so you can spend a night on the water. And we offer mobile shelters, so you can spend the night i a shelter almost anywhere at Houens Odde.
Classic permanent shelters
Houens Odde has a total of 4 classic shelters. Three of them are joined in a horse shoe formation and forms a cozy camp site with a view of Eltang cove. The last one is on the other side of Houens Odde with a view of Gudsø cove.
Floating shelter
At Houens Odde we have a floating shelter platform, which consists of to smaller shelters across from each other. Please note that you can only book these in the period between easter and fall.
Mobile shelters
At Houens Odde we have 6 mobile shelters which each accompdate up to 6 people. These can be placed at many sites around Houens Odde.
Firepits & cooking:
At the classic permanent shelters there is a firepit.
For the mobile shelters it is possible to rent a mobile firepit if your shelter isn’t placed at a camp site. All camp sites have above ground firepits.
The floating shelter does not have a firepit. If you wish to cook while staying at the floating shelter this must be on a gas-burner such as trangia or similar. Gas burners must be placed on a fireproof surface.
Toilets & showers:
You will find toilets and showers in the toilet buildings in the forest.
Service buildings
Shower- and toilet buildings
Apart from the toilet- and bathing facilities in the conference and camp buildings at Houens Odde we have four large toilet- and bathing houses that can be used when you are camping with us.
The buildings are separated into a ladies bathroom and a men’s bathroom. There is also a handicap toilet with a shower and a drinking water tap with cold water on the outside.
There are four toilet- and shower buildings and they are placed thorughout Houens Odde; one is placed at the Gilwell complex, one close to the Activity Centre, one near Roverknuden and the last one at the large grassy areas at Stensgården.
There is a supply room at each shower- and toilet building. There you will find extra toilet paper and cleaning equipment.
At every shower- and toilet building you will also find waste stations with clearly marked waste bins for sorting your waste. There are also an outdoor sewer for getting rid of waste water.
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