From Ryomgård it’s a two and a half hour drive by car and ferry to the Danish capital Copenhagen on the island of Zealand.

There was a toll station for passage, close to the manor house, Gammel Ryomgård, that dates back to the 17th century.

Barley, wheat, canola, and in recent years corn, are common crops in the farmland surrounding Ryomgård.

Newer parts of the town have been built on south facing hills up from to the former sound reaching an elevation above sea level of about 40 meters.

Even though this is part of the overall economy of the Djursland area, Ryomgård is not significantly based on tourism, due to the relative inland location away from the coast.

Many Danes have a working knowledge of English and to some extent German - the two main foreign languages taught in Danish schools.

By car it takes about 25 minutes[2] to reach the northern outskirts of Aarhus, driving on the Djursland Motorway two thirds of the way.

From the bus station in Ryomgård there are connections to neighboring towns including Randers, Hornslet, Rønde, Ebeltoft, Grenaa and Bønnerup as well as Aarhus.

Young people in Ryomgård also go by bus or train to Aarhus to attend high school and other educations, as well as University.

The sixties and the seventies saw economic growth in Denmark, and a lot of single family homes with a characteristic one story design were built.

Newly built houses typically cost between 2 – 3 million kroner in Ryomgård, according to a local real estate agent.

At the same Pindstrup-location a spinoff, Novopan, is a European manufacturer of particleboard for house building and furniture production based on 80 percent recycled wood.

Common tree types in this climatic region are Norwegian spruce, Scotch pine, larch, beach oak, and birch.

Fishing and snorkeling is also good on the 50 kilometer east coast of the peninsula Djursland, north and south of Grenå.