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Loop Trails near Malmö

There are 76 hikes near Malmö in our database that fit. They average 5.4 km and 56 m (184 ft) of ascent, with the longest running to 42.2 km.

That is 52 percent of the 147 routes we map near Malmö. They are shorter than the local average, 5.4 km against 9.1 km, which is what makes this a practical shortlist for a half day. They also climb less than the area average, 56 m (184 ft) against 104 m (341 ft), so they suit a recovery day or a group with mixed fitness.

Circular routes: park once, finish where you started, and never walk the same section twice. The mix is broad: 59 are rated easy and 2 are hard or harder, so there is something here whether you have two hours or a full day. A good share of them are loops, so you can park once and finish where you started.

Trails

Coleophora sp., larval case on Crataegus monogyna Jacq., Rude Skov, Birkerød, Denmark,14 June 2014
Moderate

Rude Skov

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
9.0 km
/ 5.6 mi
Elevation gain
77 m
Typical duration
2 hr
  • Forest
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Härsnäsrundan

Söderåsens nationalpark · Skåne County

Distance
4.3 km
/ 2.6 mi
Elevation gain
94 m
Typical duration
1 hr 2 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Nackarpsrundan

Söderåsens nationalpark · Skåne County

Distance
3.7 km
/ 2.3 mi
Elevation gain
81 m
Typical duration
53 min
  • Waymarked route
Hareskoven. Efterår i skoven.
Easy

Lille Hareskov gul rute

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
6.0 km
/ 3.7 mi
Elevation gain
33 m
Typical duration
1 hr 17 min
  • Forest
  • Waymarked route
Nygårdskirken i Brøndby
Easy

Grøn Kløversti, Brøndby

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
1.8 km
/ 1.1 mi
Typical duration
23 min
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path
Sophienholm, Lyngby, Denmark.
Easy

Bagsværd Sø rundt

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
6.8 km
/ 4.3 mi
Elevation gain
26 m
Typical duration
1 hr 28 min
  • Waymarked route
Farumgaard, Seeland, Denmark
Moderate

Farum Søsti

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
10.1 km
/ 6.3 mi
Elevation gain
80 m
Typical duration
2 hr 14 min
  • Waymarked route
Rowing on Furesø
Hard

Furesø rundt

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
21.2 km
/ 13.2 mi
Elevation gain
55 m
Typical duration
4 hr 42 min
  • Waymarked route
The Gentofte Lake seen from its northern end
Easy

Gentofte Sø Hjertesti

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
3.3 km
/ 2.1 mi
Typical duration
41 min
  • Waymarked route
Engineering College of Copenhagen (Ingeniørhøjskolen i København) in the Ballerup suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark
Easy

Hjertestien Sømosen

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
1.8 km
/ 1.1 mi
Typical duration
22 min
  • Waymarked route
Gartnerboligen at Næsseslottet in Holte, Denmark
Easy

Malmmose rundtur

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
5.2 km
/ 3.2 mi
Elevation gain
28 m
Typical duration
1 hr 8 min
  • Waymarked route
Læsøgård på Frilandsmuseet
Moderate

Mølleådalen v/Lyngby og Brede

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
8.0 km
/ 5.0 mi
Elevation gain
22 m
Typical duration
1 hr 42 min
  • Waymarked route
Hørsholm. Ved Sjælsø.
Moderate

Sjælsø Rundtur

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
11.1 km
/ 6.9 mi
Elevation gain
55 m
Typical duration
2 hr 24 min
  • Waymarked route
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Easy

Store Hareskov rundtur

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
4.5 km
/ 2.8 mi
Elevation gain
21 m
Typical duration
58 min
  • Waymarked route
Quality hospital-beds on the way to Benin
Easy

Søndersø Rundt

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
5.7 km
/ 3.5 mi
Elevation gain
6 m
Typical duration
1 hr 11 min
  • Waymarked route
Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Great Crested Grebe, Utterslev Mose, Søborg, Denmark, 23 July 2014
Moderate

Utterslev Mose rundt

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
8.9 km
/ 5.6 mi
Elevation gain
6 m
Typical duration
1 hr 52 min
  • Waymarked route
Grøndal Station is a S-train station on Ringbanen in Copenhagen.
Easy

Grøndalen Hjertesti

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
2.9 km
/ 1.8 mi
Typical duration
36 min
  • Waymarked route
  • Long-distance path
Sankt Markus Kirke in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Easy

3'eren

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
3.1 km
/ 2.0 mi
Typical duration
39 min
  • Waymarked route
Høsterkøb Kirke, Birkerød Sogn, Rudersdal Kommune
Moderate

Forskerruten

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
12.9 km
/ 8.0 mi
Elevation gain
85 m
Typical duration
2 hr 49 min
The tree is an Aesculus hippocastanum at the baroque garden of Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark
Expert

Rudersdalruten

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
42.2 km
/ 26.2 mi
Elevation gain
181 m
Typical duration
9 hr 53 min
The chapel at Hørsholm Cemetary, Kirkegårdsvej 1, Hørsholm, Denmark
Moderate

Blixenruten

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
15.0 km
/ 9.3 mi
Elevation gain
97 m
Typical duration
3 hr 16 min
Construction of the light rail Hovedstadens Letbane on Asmussens Allé in the campus of the Technical University of Denmark (Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, DTU) in northern Copenhagen.
Easy

DTU løberute

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
5.0 km
/ 3.1 mi
Elevation gain
7 m
Typical duration
1 hr 3 min
Entrance to the underground Museum of Modern Glass Art, Cisternerne.
Easy

Liv & Lys i Søndermarken

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
2.5 km
/ 1.6 mi
Elevation gain
22 m
Typical duration
33 min
Copenhagen Marathon 2016 in Fælledparken in Østerbro. They have been running for 9 km at this point.
Easy

Fælledparken Parkrun

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
4.9 km
/ 3.1 mi
Typical duration
1 hr 2 min
Gedde i Harrestrup Mose
Easy

Kringelstien

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
4.5 km
/ 2.8 mi
Elevation gain
12 m
Typical duration
58 min
fra nord
Easy

Vænge Kvarters Rute

Capital Region of Denmark · Denmark

Distance
3.6 km
/ 2.3 mi
Typical duration
46 min
Moderate

10 km

Skåne County · Sweden

Distance
9.8 km
/ 6.1 mi
Elevation gain
215 m
Typical duration
2 hr 21 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

2 km

Skåne County · Sweden

Distance
1.8 km
/ 1.1 mi
Elevation gain
40 m
Typical duration
27 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

3 km

Skåne County · Sweden

Distance
2.9 km
/ 1.8 mi
Elevation gain
63 m
Typical duration
42 min
  • Waymarked route
Moderate

7 km

Skåne County · Sweden

Distance
6.8 km
/ 4.2 mi
Elevation gain
149 m
Typical duration
1 hr 38 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Blå

Skåne County · Sweden

Distance
3.2 km
/ 2.0 mi
Elevation gain
70 m
Typical duration
46 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Blå slingan

Skåne County · Sweden

Distance
3.0 km
/ 1.9 mi
Elevation gain
66 m
Typical duration
44 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bokskogen

Skåne County · Sweden

Distance
1.4 km
/ 0.9 mi
Elevation gain
32 m
Typical duration
21 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bäckslingan

Skåne County · Sweden

Distance
2.4 km
/ 1.5 mi
Elevation gain
53 m
Typical duration
35 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Bökebacksslingan

Skåne County · Sweden

Distance
0.6 km
/ 0.4 mi
Elevation gain
13 m
Typical duration
9 min
  • Waymarked route
Easy

Ellestadslingan

Skåne County · Sweden

Distance
1.3 km
/ 0.8 mi
Elevation gain
28 m
Typical duration
18 min
  • Waymarked route

The shortlist, side by side

The ten highest scoring routes on this page, so you can compare effort before opening any of them.

Distance, ascent, walking time and difficulty for the top routes
RouteDistanceAscentTimeDifficultyBest season
Rød Kløversti, Brøndby StrandCapital Region of Denmark7.7 kmflat1 hr 36 minEasyApril to October
Rude SkovCapital Region of Denmark9.0 km77 m2 hrModerateApril to October
HärsnäsrundanSöderåsens nationalpark4.3 km94 m1 hr 2 minEasyJune to October
Korsskär-Liagårdsrundan HjortsprångsrundanSöderåsens nationalpark7.2 km158 m1 hr 44 minModerateJune to October
NackarpsrundanSöderåsens nationalpark3.7 km81 m53 minEasyJune to October
Lille Hareskov gul ruteCapital Region of Denmark6.0 km33 m1 hr 17 minEasyApril to October
Grøn Kløversti, BrøndbyCapital Region of Denmark1.8 kmflat23 minEasyApril to October
Løberuter i Albertslund - Grøn rute i Kongsholmparken 10 kmCapital Region of Denmark10.0 km6 m2 hr 6 minModerateApril to October
Bagsværd Sø rundtCapital Region of Denmark6.8 km26 m1 hr 28 minEasyApril to October
Farum SøstiCapital Region of Denmark10.1 km80 m2 hr 14 minModerateApril to October

If you only have time for one, start with Rød Kløversti, Brøndby Strand, Härsnäsrundan, Nackarpsrundan. Those are the routes people come back to. Every route on this page links through to a full guide with the map, elevation profile, seasonal advice and what to bring.

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