A seller registered in Georgia is offering 106 kroner “entry tickets” to Jægersborg Dyrehave and Christiania on the booking platform GetYourGuide, even though both places are free to visit. Naturstyrelsen has contacted the police.
The Danish Nature Agency, Naturstyrelsen, says it has never sold tickets to the deer park north of Copenhagen. DR reported on November 11, 2026, that the listings appeared on GetYourGuide, a German online marketplace for tours and activities. The tickets are priced at 106 kroner, marked down from 134 kroner.
According to DR, the listing claims the ticket gives access to all public paths in the park for a full day, through any of the park’s red gates. It also states that a valid ticket is required to be inside the park, and that rangers and park staff can and do check tickets. The listing claims that visitors without a ticket risk a fine.
Naturstyrelsen calls the claims baseless
Jacob Skriver, the Naturstyrelsen forester responsible for Jægersborg Dyrehave, told DR that none of it is true. He said the agency manages state nature areas on behalf of everyone, and that access should not cost money. Exceptions apply only to particular forms of use that wear on infrastructure, per Skriver.
Skriver described the sales as deeply troubling and said the agency suspects they are illegal. Naturstyrelsen has tried to reach GetYourGuide without getting through, according to DR, and has therefore contacted the police. Skriver said he knows of no one who has actually bought a ticket.
The listing came to the agency’s attention after alert members of the public asked whether Naturstyrelsen had started charging for entry. The agency then confirmed that it had not. The same pattern was summarized in an English-language rewrite of DR’s reporting published by Daily Northern, which adds that Naturstyrelsen knows of no buyers.
Who is behind the listings
The seller is listed on GetYourGuide as “iziguide,” with the legal name “Izolda bolotauri” and an address in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. Besides Dyrehaven, the same seller offers entry tickets to Christiania, which is also free to enter. DR reported that a Georgian phone number came up when searching for contact details, and the man who answered denied knowing anything about iziguide or the tickets.
In a written reply to DR, the company said a significant share of its annual revenue goes to nature conservation funds and funds connected to Christiania. Both Naturstyrelsen and Fonden Fristaden Christiania deny receiving any money from iziguide. Christiania’s foundation also says the tickets are not sold with its approval.
The company told DR that its business operations, customer numbers and revenue distribution were not DR’s concern, and asked not to be contacted again about the matter. DR’s follow-up questions about how iziguide contributes to Dyrehaven and the local community went unanswered. GetYourGuide chief executive Johannes Reck did not respond to DR’s inquiry.
What the Dyrehaven ticket scam means for internationals and visitors
Public access to Danish state forests and nature areas is free, and Naturstyrelsen is the state agency that manages them. That includes Jægersborg Dyrehave, an area of around 1,200 hectares on the UNESCO World Heritage list, home to fallow deer and red deer. Naturstyrelsen states plainly that visiting costs nothing, so no ticket is needed at any of the park’s gates.
For newcomers planning weekend trips, the practical point from DR’s reporting is that the fine warning in the listing has no basis in anything Naturstyrelsen says. Christiania is free to walk into as well, and its foundation says it has not authorized any ticket sales. If everyday costs in Denmark are already tight, these two destinations remain among the ones that require no entry payment at all.
