Discover the enchanting houses at Liselund | Part of the National Museum of Denmark

The Swiss Cottage: Used as a gardener's cottage and guest residence
The Norwegian Cabin: Used as a guest residence
The Chinese Pavilion: Used as a tea salon

At Liselund, the stories don't live in the manor house alone. Scattered across the romantic park are a series of small houses, each with its own character and its own window onto the world.

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The Swiss Cottage greets you

The Swiss Cottage was built around 1795 as a guest house for the manor's visitors at Liselund. The building sits so close to the hillside that guests could step directly onto the first floor via a bridge at the rear – entirely separate from the ground floor, where the park's caretaker and servants resided. Inside, finely decorated rooms in Pompeian style await, in striking contrast to the half-timbered, thatched exterior.

The Swiss Cottage (Schweizerhytten) in Liselund Park – a whitewashed building with a thatched roof, red window frames and an open veranda supported by wooden posts. — Photo: Pernille Kaaslund

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The Chinese Pavilion stands as a colourful eye-catcher at the end of the path through Liselund Park. — Photo: Pernille Kaaslund

The Chinese Pavilion at the woodland's edge

At the woodland edge to the northwest stands the Chinese Pavilion – a small octagonal pagoda. The pavilion is a fine example of 18th-century fascination with the exotic and the distant. Naturally, the wealthy Calmette couple had to have something from the Far East, where they could offer their guests a cup of tea served in fine porcelain.

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The Norwegian Cabin with its surprising interior

Half-hidden behind a hillcrest to the north lies the guest cottage in Norwegian style, with black-stained timber cladding and a thatched roof. Inside, a surprise awaits: rooms furnished in Chinese and Pompeian style.