At a glance
Denmark · Nimtofte, Djursland, about 45 minutes from Aarhus
- Queue arrangement
- Consideration Card (Vis hensyn-kort): you go in through the ride exit, and at 13 named rides you are given a return time.
- In short
- For guests whose disability means they cannot queue with everyone else. The card holder and up to three companions use the exit at staffed rides. It does not decide whether you may ride; the signs and the operator do.
- Evidence
- A valid companion card, plus a doctor's statement or similar saying you cannot queue. The park does not name UK documents or the EU Disability Card. Details
- Companions
- Up to three companions with the card at rides. Separately, one companion aged 18 or over enters free on a Danish or foreign officially issued companion card. Details
- Last checked
- · desk research, not a visit report
Confirm the current process with the park before booking. Official disability policy page (opens a new tab)
Research date:
The park's English and Danish disability policy pages, its "Nice to know" page, the height, prosthesis and blind-guest restriction pages, the getting-there page, the opening-hours page and the holiday-deals page were opened on that date, together with three park PDFs (ride guide, application form and toilet map). Desk research; not a visit report.
Quick answers about Djurs Sommerland
What does Djurs Sommerland offer visitors who cannot queue?
A Consideration Card lets guests who cannot queue use ride exits with up to three companions, with return times at 13 rides.
Who qualifies at Djurs Sommerland, and what evidence does it ask for?
A valid companion card plus documentation, such as a doctor's statement, that the disability prevents queuing. UK documents and the EU Disability Card are not named.
What do I arrange before I go to Djurs Sommerland?
Ask at the Ticket Information at the entrance square (the park does not say whether you can apply earlier), showing a valid companion card and a doctor's statement or similar. The park says the number of cards is limited.
How many people can come with me at Djurs Sommerland?
Up to three companions use the exit with the card holder. Separately, one companion aged 18 or over enters free on a Danish or foreign officially issued companion card.
What should I check at the ride at Djurs Sommerland?
Ride restrictions still apply, including evacuation rules that some rides require guests to meet unaided. The operator may refuse for safety reasons, and the card is not for guests who can queue.
Last checked . Confirm with the park before you travel. Official source (opens a new tab)
DESK RESEARCH · 2 OCTOBER 2026
What kind of trip is this?
Djurs Sommerland is a large family theme park in rural Djursland, with more than 60 rides, coasters, a water park that opens only in summer, and seasonal Halloween and evening events. The park says an average visit lasts seven to eight hours. Its paths are paved, but the park says there are no lifts at the rides, and many of the big rides need you to climb steps or ladders to leave in an evacuation. For many visitors the ride-by-ride rules matter as much as the queue arrangement.
The park publishes a clear, short policy for its Consideration Card and a ride guide that says, ride by ride, what the card does. It does not publish sensory information, a quiet space, or rules on medication or oxygen. We say so below rather than guess.
Facts below come from the park's own pages. Suggestions are labelled as planning advice.
How the Consideration Card works
What the park says. The card is for guests with a visible or invisible disability that stops them queuing on equal terms with other guests. A card holder can enter all staffed rides through the exit, together with up to three companions. Guests who can queue with everyone else cannot use the scheme, whatever their diagnosis.
Return times. At 13 named rides the card holder is given a time matching the current wait, and returns at that time for their turn. The companion can collect the time. The named rides are DrageKongen, Juvelen, Piraten, Skatteøen, Den Vilde Hønsejagt, Traktorerne, Thors Hammer, Rio Grande Rafting, Long Cun Expedition, T-Rex Family Coaster, Dino Xpedition, SpinOsaurus and El Grito Drop Tower. You get one time at a time and must use it before another is issued. The park's ride guide says where to ask: at the photo shop for several rides, otherwise at the ride's operator (and at the operator if the photo shop is closed).
Rides outside the scheme. Unstaffed rides and Camino del Sol use the ordinary queue. The ride guide also marks Speedy Gonzales and Pony Ekspressen as not part of the scheme.
Where to get the card. At the Ticket Information at the entrance square. The park says the number of cards is limited. Guidance and a ride guide are available at the same desk. The park's “Nice to know” page names the Information Desk instead for the disability guide and the card, so confirm which desk to go to. The park's English page does not say whether you can apply before you travel; it says to contact the park before arrival if you have questions about documents. The application form PDF (its file name says 2025) says a card holder also receives a personal wristband, to be worn where staff can see it.
Who signs the form. A guest under 18 needs a responsible companion over 18 to complete and sign the form and to keep to the rules. An adult guest without such a companion must be able to understand the consequences and take responsibility for following the rules.
Waiting is still possible. The park says that after an operational stop at a ride, guests can wait more than 60 minutes before they can leave the ride.
Planning advice. The park says the card does not remove any ride restriction. Check the ride guide below before you go, because several rides need you to manage steps, a ladder or the evacuation route unaided.
Documents and eligibility
The park asks for two things: a valid companion card, and any documentation showing that the disability prevents you from queuing with other guests, such as a doctor's statement or similar confirming that you cannot queue. It does not describe a form or an official template for the doctor's statement.
Companion cards. The park says a Danish or foreign officially issued companion card is accepted for the free companion place. For Danish guests it names the card issued through the Danish disability organisations' user service (physical or digital; a digital card without a photo needs ID). Cards marked with an asterisk on its page must not be expired. Foreign guests are told to show a foreign officially issued companion card.
UK documents. The pages we read do not name any UK document, such as a PIP letter, a Blue Badge, or a UK access card. Not named does not mean refused. The Consideration Card also needs a companion card, so ask the park before you travel what it would take from a UK visitor who has none. Our UK documents abroad guide covers the general position.
EU Disability Card. Not named either. The park says "foreign officially issued companion card" and does not say which cards qualify. Ask before you travel.
The park says the ride operator may refuse a guest for safety reasons, and that the card does not apply to guests who can queue.
Companions and group size
Free companion ticket. The disabled guest pays the ordinary price. One companion aged 18 or over enters free on presentation of a Danish or foreign officially issued companion card. This is arranged at the Ticket Information on arrival. Season pass holders may bring one free companion aged 18 or over if the pass holder has a companion card from DSB, a Danish disability organisations' companion card, a Child Companion Card or a Danish Association of the Blind membership card.
At rides. The Consideration Card lets the holder and up to three companions use the exit, so a group of up to four. The park does not say whether those three companions must include the free companion, or whether they need their own tickets.
Age and supervision. A card holder under 18 must be accompanied by a responsible person over 18 on 15 named rides, including DrageKongen, El Grito, Juvelen, Piraten, Tigeren, Skatteøen and Thors Hammer. At other rides the companion must be nearby. Blind or severely visually impaired guests need a companion over 18 on every ride and in the water park.
Institutions. The Danish page describes season passes for staff of institutions that bring disabled or placed children, and a form for institutions needing several cards. We did not read the details; ask the park if this applies.
Rides, restrictions and the ride guide
The park publishes height and body-build rules, a prosthesis page, a blind and severely visually impaired page and a ride guide for Consideration Card holders. The ride guide PDF is a 2025 file (that is in its file name); the park links it from its 2026 pages, but check the signs at each ride.
| Ride | Height and other limit | Return time with the card | What the park adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Grito Drop Tower | Minimum 140 cm, maximum weight 130 kg | Yes | Pregnancy and health problems: not allowed |
| Piraten | 140 to 196 cm | Yes | Guest must descend a steep staircase on the lift from 32 metres alone in an evacuation |
| DrageKongen | 120 to 196 cm; under 130 cm with an adult | Yes | Guest must walk down the lift stairs from 30 metres unaided |
| Tigeren | 125 to 200 cm | No (not on the list) | Pregnancy and health problems: not allowed |
| Juvelen | Minimum 120 cm; under 132 cm with an adult | Yes | Guest must hold the handlebar or bar with both hands throughout |
| SpinOsaurus | Minimum 120 cm | Yes | Pregnancy and health problems: not allowed |
| Thors Hammer | Minimum 100 cm; under 130 cm with an adult | Yes | Guest must climb down a 10-metre vertical ladder unaided in an evacuation. Not allowed with a prosthesis |
| Skatteøen | Minimum 110 cm; under 130 cm with an adult | Yes | Guest must walk down stairs from 28 metres unaided |
| T-Rex Family Coaster | Pages differ: the height page says minimum 90 cm; the ride guide says minimum 100 cm | Yes | Guest must climb down a 3-metre ladder unaided |
| Camino del Sol | Minimum 90 cm; under 120 cm with an adult | No, ordinary queue | Obstacle course on uneven terrain; the guide marks it not suitable for wheelchair users or those with walking difficulty |
| Djurs Expressen train | No minimum height; smaller children with an adult | Not applicable | The front carriage takes wheelchairs; service dogs may ride |
This is a selection, not the full list. The park's height page covers every ride and the water park in one table, and says each restriction must be followed. It gives the usual categories: minimum and maximum height, height with an adult, pregnancy and health problems, each marked as allowed, advised against or not allowed. Many rides carry an advice against, or a ban, for pregnancy and for health problems. The ride guide gives, for each ride, a separate view for guests with heart, neck, back or other health problems and for wheelchair users or those with walking difficulty. Open the full height and body-build table (opens a new tab) and the ride guide for Consideration Card holders (Danish PDF) (opens a new tab) before you plan your rides.
Transfer and wheelchairs. The park says there are no lifts at the rides. The ride guide says a guest with walking difficulty must be able to get off every ride, with their own or a companion's help, and use evacuation routes like other guests; at some rides they must do it unaided. It also says the guest must hold on throughout and sit so the safety system works. We found no transfer guidance beyond this and no wheelchair-space rules for individual rides, apart from the train's front carriage. The ride guide marks Drageskibet and Camino del Sol as not suitable for wheelchair users or those with walking difficulty.
Harness and body build. The park says it is not permitted to ride if the safety system cannot be used correctly, and that entry money is not refunded if height or physique stops the system working. We found no per-ride restraint description.
Prostheses. The park's prosthesis page says arm and leg prostheses must be fully functional and the guest must be able to use evacuation routes, and only a prosthesis on one arm is allowed. At Piraten, Skatteøen, Tigeren, DrageKongen, Juvelen, the water towers, Sablen, Wild West Karrusellen and Vikingetårnene it says no above-knee leg prosthesis and no prostheses on both legs or both arms. Thors Hammer is marked not allowed. Many other rides are marked as allowed with those conditions, and some are advised against.
Blind and severely visually impaired guests. A companion over 18 who can guide them through the whole experience is required in all rides and in the water park. The park's page then says, ride by ride, which may be tried. The page marks Camino del Sol, Juvelen, Piraten, Skatteøen, Thors Hammer, Long Cun Expedition, T-Rex Family Coaster and several water rides as not allowed to try; DrageKongen and Rio Grande Rafting are advised against. Check the page for the ride you want.
Height check. The park says you can have your height measured and get an armband at the Information Desk, in flat shoes, to avoid waiting in vain.
Service dogs on rides. The park says service dogs are not allowed on the rides but are allowed on the Djurs Expressen train.
Strobe lights. The park says strobe lights are used in Juvelen, Thors Hammer and Tigeren during the evening event Djurs Sommerland After Dark, and in GræskarFabrikken and DrageKongen during Magical Halloween and After Dark. It publishes no other sensory notes for rides.
Toilets, changing, quiet spaces, dogs and care
Accessible toilets. The park says there are accessible toilets in several places. Its toilet map PDF marks them with the wheelchair symbol at several points across the park. The map gives no sizes or equipment, so we cannot say whether any toilet has a hoist, a changing bench or space for two helpers. The park does not use the phrase Changing Places or adult changing table in the pages we read. If you need that standard, ask for the dimensions and equipment first. Accessible toilet map (PDF) (opens a new tab)
Baby care. The park lists a Libero Baby Care Center near the Information Desk and the Djurs Expressen platform 2 in Westernland, and says baby-changing facilities are around the park. It does not say these suit older children or adults.
Wheelchair and scooter hire. A limited number of wheelchairs and electric scooters are available from the cart rental next to the car park. The park gives 75 DKK a day for a wheelchair and 195 DKK a day for an electric scooter. You can reserve either by email to info@djurssommerland.dk with your name, date and time of visit, and collect it from the cart rental. A wheelchair can also be rented online on the day; scooters cannot. The Danish page says the cart house is in the car park.
Your own mobility aid. Scooters and similar are not allowed in the park for safety reasons, but you may bring your own movement aid or vehicle if you show a medical certificate or equivalent. Contact the Ticket Information. The park does not say what size or type it accepts.
Quieter places. We found nothing. The park publishes no quiet room or low-stimulus area and no sensory guide in the pages we read.
Medication, oxygen and first aid. First aid is at the Information Desk. We found no page on medication, medical fridges, oxygen or similar, and no statement on carrying medicines onto rides. The park offers lockers at 45, 55 or 65 DKK a day by size (about 35 by 28 by 42 cm for the small one). Ask the park about anything medical.
Allergies and food. The park says it has gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options and to ask staff at each restaurant or kiosk about allergens. It publishes no allergen list on the pages we read. The park says you may bring your own food.
Assistance dogs. Dogs must be on a lead, not left in cars and not in the water park; some restaurant tables allow dogs. The "Service Dogs" entry only says what they cannot do (rides, except the train). We found no entry or documentation process for assistance dogs.
Arrival, parking and getting there without a car
Address. Battrupholtvej 3, 8581 Nimtofte. The park says Aarhus is 45 minutes away.
Parking. Parking is free, with more than 5,000 spaces outside the entrance. There is a limited number of disabled spaces in an area of the bus parking lot, and a disabled permit must be displayed in the windscreen. Q-PARK enforces parking rules in the bus, disabled and electric-vehicle areas, so read the signs. The park does not say whether a foreign permit, such as a UK Blue Badge, counts. Ask before you travel. There is an area of 36 electric-car charging stations in rows 1 and 2 (booking is not possible; pay by Clever's app). If you leave to fetch something from your car, get a stamp at the Ticket Information first.
By bus. The park sells a combined bus and admission ticket from towns in the Midttrafik area, and says the bus stops at the park. It gives 355 DKK for a return ticket including admission. It does not say whether the buses have wheelchair space or whether the stop is step-free. We found nothing about trains or taxis on the pages we read.
How to get to Djurs Sommerland (English) (opens a new tab)Where to stay
We found no hotel run by the park. The park's holiday deals page sells packages with a hotel, bed and breakfast, holiday home, apartment, camping or holiday centre near the park, booked through an organiser named Visitbox. The page says nothing about accessible rooms or step-free access. Ask Visitbox, then the accommodation itself, about roll-in showers, bed heights, lifts and any equipment you need.
Holiday deals page (opens a new tab)A flexible shape for the day
This is planning advice from the facts above, not an access guarantee.
- Arrive early: the park says entry is first come, first served and that advance tickets do not guarantee access on any day. Park in the disabled area (if you have a permit the park accepts) and collect any wheelchair you reserved from the cart rental.
- Go to the Ticket Information at the entrance square first. Show your companion card and medical statement, ask for the Consideration Card, the ride guide and your wristband, and sort out the free companion ticket.
- Choose your rides from the ride guide before you queue. Ask for a return time at your first ride, and spend the wait at a rest or at a ride that has no timed list.
- The park's own tips say fewer guests come on certain weekdays in summer; check the opening hours for your date.
Nearby alternatives
We have not researched separate outings near Djurs Sommerland. For another Danish park see our Tivoli Gardens guide.
Questions still worth asking
We have not established the following. Ask the park:
- Whether a UK document, an EU Disability Card or other foreign card counts as the companion card the Consideration Card requires, and whether the park will accept a doctor's letter in English.
- Whether you can apply for the Consideration Card before the day, and how many cards remain at busy times.
- Whether a foreign disabled parking permit, such as a UK Blue Badge, is accepted.
- Whether the three companions with the card each need their own ticket.
- Equipment in the accessible toilets, and whether any room has a hoist or adult changing bench.
- Medication, oxygen, medical fridge and assistance dog arrangements, and any quiet space.
- Wheelchair space and step-free access on the buses, and the accessible rooms in the holiday packages.
- Which version of the ride guide applies to your visit: the PDFs linked are named 2025.
- Opening dates for 2027. The pages we read give only the 2026 autumn events (Magical Halloween 10 to 18 October and After Dark 10 to 17 October 2026) and say the 2026 water park season ran from 30 May to 16 August.
The park gives info@djurssommerland.dk for wheelchair reservations. We did not read its contact page, so we give no phone number.
Official sources
Read on 2 October 2026. Park policies and pages can change. Where pages differ, ask the park which applies to your visit.
- Djurs Sommerland: disability policy (English), read 2 October 2026 (opens a new tab)
- Djurs Sommerland: Handicappolitik (Danish), read 2 October 2026 (opens a new tab)
- Djurs Sommerland: Nice to know (English), read 2 October 2026 (opens a new tab)
- Height restrictions (English), read 2 October 2026 (opens a new tab)
- Restrictions for guests with prostheses (English), read 2 October 2026 (opens a new tab)
- Restrictions for blind and severely visually impaired people (English), read 2 October 2026 (opens a new tab)
- Consideration Card ride guide (Danish PDF, file named 2025), read 2 October 2026 (opens a new tab)
- Consideration Card form (Danish PDF, file named 2025), read 2 October 2026 (opens a new tab)
- Accessible toilet map (PDF, file named 2025), read 2 October 2026 (opens a new tab)
- How to get to Djurs Sommerland (English), read 2 October 2026 (opens a new tab)
- Holiday deals (English), read 2 October 2026 (opens a new tab)
- Opening hours (English), read 2 October 2026 (opens a new tab)
This is desk research, not a visit report.