Rebild Bakker

Hilly heathland south of Rebild with the forest of Rold Skov around it on three sides, and a history unlike any other Danish park. Local peasants grazed cattle here until 1911, when nearly 200 acres were bought with money raised by Danish Americans, led by Dr Max Henius, who had emigrated to Chicago in 1881. In 1912 he presented the deed to King Christian X as a permanent memorial to Danish Americans, and the first Rebild Festival was held that year, with the king speaking to a crowd of ten thousand. It has been held every 4 July since.