A 3-kilometer hike around Ørnsø offers nature, tranquility and rich bird life – all close to the city. Despite its close location to the city center, there is a special peace here. Geese, coots and ducks can be seen on the lake, while kingfishers and herons often stay along the shore. A diverse bird life can be heard in the swamp forest, especially in spring, when tits and warblers fill the air with song. At the southwestern end of the lake, the nightingale's song can be experienced, and in autumn you may be lucky enough to see the “black sun” when the starlings dance over the water.

The tree walk is an approximately 3.5 kilometer long round trip in the forest that begins at the Sculpture Park and is not marked. Along the way, you will encounter more than 40 different tree species and move through an area with beech trees over 250 years old, which form a habitat for bats, woodpeckers and tits. The route also offers impressive conifers such as Douglas fir, Norway spruce, silver fir and giant Norway spruce. The thickest tree – with a circumference of 4.48 meters – stands where the route crosses Bryrup Banesti. In the eastern part, a narrow path leads to the viewpoint at Kroghs Bænk, from where the paths can be followed back along the lake.

This approximately 6-kilometer-long tour follows paths and forest roads between the former health resorts Silkeborg Vandkuranstalt and Gl. Skovridergaard. Along the way, you pass two popular bathing places at Almindsø – Vestre Søbad and Østre Søbad – as well as Vejlbo Mose, where a rich plant life with dwarf shrubs and porcini thrives.

In the mid-19th century, Michael Drewsen's peat factory was located in the area, but it was closed when the railway came in 1872. Gl. Skovridergaard opened as a health resort in 1915 and today functions as a hotel, restaurant and meeting center.

NOTE: The tour is not marked, but the route between the two old health resorts is marked on a map in the KunstCentret's free profile brochure.

The Silk Route is a 12-kilometer-long nature, culture and adventure trail that leads all the way around central Silkeborg. The route gives a varied impression of both city and nature – from lake to forest and past several of the city's significant cultural institutions. It is marked with white pictograms on poles, making it easy to find your way. The Silkeborg Bad Art Center is an obvious place to start or end the tour.