The café in the forest cabin

The forest cabin was built more than 10 years ago in the heart of Dybdal Forest.

It contains a function room with space for 50 guests, gift table and buffet table. This can be rented by the hour for a cosy lunch or birthday celebration, or it can be rented for 1.5 days for larger festivities (birthdays, confirmations, weddings and much more). Included in the rental are tables and chairs, tableware and access to kitchen facilities (serving kitchen)((see more under kitchen description)). A refrigerator for your own drinks can be included at no extra cost. The function room can be closed off with folding doors.

We cooperate with several local places that provide catering, but you are also welcome to find your own supplier.

For smaller rentals (hourly), the staff will decide whether the whole room should be available or if it should be divided, as this is also where café guests eat their meals.

In the smaller room, in addition to tables and benches, there is also a children's corner. Here children and playful adults can play, draw, build and more, and on the wall there is a TV showing old recordings (occasionally also the old Jens Langkniv film from the 1930s).

The kiosk and the café

In the kiosk you can buy access to the mines (see prices), buy drinks from Hancock including soft drinks and beer both bottled and draft beer. We have a smart coffee machine that can make many different types of coffee, but if you just want regular coffee we also provide that in cooperation with Meny Kaffe Viborg. In addition we sell ice cream from Premier Ice Cream, souvenirs and books, and beautiful wood-turned items from Steensgaard Wood Work in Viborg. A local ceramic artist from Viborg also displays and sells pottery as a memory of your visit to Daugbjerg Limestone Mines.

If you are on the more adult side of life, you may taste our elixir of life, made from Viskum schnapps, brewed from the old recipe that the witch Lange Margrete made and where she sent the robber Jens Langkniv to collect the ingredients. The schnapps can of course also be purchased.

Mjødgården on Stevns has produced a local mead with local honey and local forest berries. It will be sold in the kiosk from spring 2025 with the possibility of tasting samples. The mead is also stored in the mines in barrels, where Viborg Whisky Distillery will also place whisky barrels for maturation during the 2025 season.

The café food we sell ranges from hot dogs to fried foods and our signature sandwich, the Jens Langkniv sandwich. Prices start from 20 DKK and upwards, so you can afford to leave your packed lunch at home.

The kitchen

Our kitchen is only a serving kitchen, so there is no space for large gourmet creations. However, we have an oven and fryer, a griddle for sausages, a hot-dog bread warmer, coffee machines and electric kettles.

In addition we have hired two old limestone workers to sit under the kitchen table and lick the plates and cups clean………… No, that is not true. We have a dishwasher. The kitchen also has a freezer and refrigerator.

When renting the function room, some space in the freezer may be available for the party, but only if possible. In connection with rentals you may arrange your own kitchen staff for serving/clearing/dishwashing and cleaning or ask us for help finding someone. They must cooperate with the rest of the staff regarding both the kitchen and space.

The toilets

At the end of the forest cabin there are two white doors. Behind these doors hides a secret… well, not really – this is where the toilets are. One of the toilets also has a changing table. As far as possible, the toilets are open 365 days a year for free use. This is an extra service for the many hikers on the Kalkkamino trail and other users of the forest.

Outside the forest cabin

Tables and benches with games on them, a fire pit and a shelter area, toys and a swing. Here you can enjoy the good weather. Bringing your own food and drinks is allowed (if the weather is bad and there is space indoors, you may also consume it inside).