Guldborgsund Municipality between Coast, Nature and Culture

Guldborgsund Municipality has 274 km of coastline. Along the coast and the municipality’s open public waterways, there are opportunities for fishing, including sea trout and mullet; in total, the municipality has more than 500 km of such waterways. In addition, there are 21 beaches with bathing water profiles.

Geographical location

Approximately 87,223 hectares have been designated for the municipality; 88% of this area consists primarily of flat coastal areas. The municipality includes Toreby, Marielyst, Vaeggerloese, Elkenøre, Gedesby, Gedser, Hesnæs, Horbelev, Listrup, Ore, Sildestrup, Tingsted, Hjelm, Idestrup, Nykøbing Falster, Nykøbing Falster, Stubbekøbing, Guldborg, Nørre Alslev, Stavreby, Sortsø, Næs, Eskilstrup, Øster-Ulslev and Kettinge.

Nature and Coast

The Bøtø Nor bird protection area is a protected wetland with meadows, reed beds and small lakes. Bøtø Nor is suitable for observing wading birds, geese, ducks, birds of prey and cranes.

The approximately 15-km-long hiking trail “Spor Bøtø Nor” leads into the wetland and can be accessed from five different car parks. At Bøtø Nor, there are two bird towers with views across the Bøtø Nor bird protection area, as well as a birdwatching hide at Bøtø Enge.

Skejten is a flat, rugged natural area that has never been used for agriculture, with rare animal and plant species, large glacial erratic boulders and thick old oak trees. The Fuglsang and Skejten hiking trail runs along uneven, often wet paths and over primitive bridges spanning the streams that flow through the area and into Guldborgsund.

Culture and History

Middelaldercentret is a historical experience centre featuring the reconstructed 15th-century Danish town of Sundkøbing, medieval crafts, merchants, knight tournaments and demonstrations of medieval weapons.

Museum Obscurum is approximately a ten-minute walk from Nykøbing Falster railway station. In Eskilstrup, Danmarks Traktormuseum documents the history of agriculture and technology with an almost complete collection of Danish Bukh tractors, further tractor collections and stationary Bukh engines from 1925 to 1937.

Nykøbing Falster Revyen offers humorous and satirical performances and is one of Denmark’s longest-standing revues. Den gamle Købmandshandel in Nykøbing F. is a living museum built around the authentic furnishings and stock of the Skottemarke Købmandshandel, which closed in 1987.

The “I Dronning Sophies Fodspor” walk leads through the historic streets of Nykøbing Falster.

At Pangea Park Falster, visitors can experience kangaroos, monkeys, large forest tortoises, ponies, donkeys and goats up close. At Krokodille Zoo, visitors can experience crocodiles outdoors during the summer season, as well as tayras, clouded leopards and pumas in naturalistic environments.

Guldborgsund Aqua Sport operates a cable tow for wakeboarding in Nykøbing Falster and offers beginners a thorough introduction. The Sundruten is an approximately 44-km-long, scenic cycling route around Guldborgsund through forests and estate landscapes.

KØSTEN is intended to be established as a 65-km-long recreational experience route along the coast of Falster from Stubbekøbing via Gedser to Nykøbing F., divided into smaller themed stages focusing on history, nature and culture.

For Sunday, 28 June, the opening of KLANG KØSTEN in Gedser was announced: a five-kilometre artistic audio walk to the southernmost point of Denmark; a free app was intended to convey stories and local voices.

For the overarching travel overview: Zealand.