Travelled: 167 kilometres from Copenhagen to Stege, both in Denmark.
Visited: Køge and Møns Klint
Stayed: Stege Marina Stellplatz, DKK140, includes power and water. N54.98517, E12.28089
Thanks to Bluey we enjoyed a very quiet Saturday evening in Albertslund’s parklands. There is even a place to empty the cassette 50 metres away, so most of the bases are covered.
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We are only joined in the morning by the locals walking their dogs.
So we hit the road again continuing south.
4600 Køge, Denmark
About 50 kilometres south-west of Copenhagen we turn onto the 151 which is closer to the coast. We stop for breakfast at a small nature reserve called Tangmose Skoven. It’s such a pretty place we head off to walk the bird sanctuary and the beach.
Back on the road again we continue on to Køge, find a parking spot (which is pretty easy as its still Sunday morning) and walk up town. The Lonely Planet gives it a tick as having the oldest house in Denmark, so we go looking.
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Torvet Square in Køge, we are not sure who this fellow is, but he rates as a landing spot for pigeons.
We find some very old buildings, many well looked after or restored. But we are looking for a particular house ?
This isn’t it either as the house we are looking for in only 4 metres wide. Eventually we find the tourist information but it’s closed on Sundays. On the point of giving up we go into a bakery and ask the young lady behind the counter. She states there are many old houses in Køge ? Doh !
An old man (older than me anyway) asks, are you looking for Denmark’s oldest house ? Wait a minute and I’ll show you. He buys his loaf of bread and walks us across the square to this ! The oldest house in Denmark, built in 1527. 4m X 5m it once housed the local tanner, his wife and 10 children.
Just up the same street is Køge Church so we pop in for a look. It’s tower was finished in 1324.
The church has a loved feel about it, a patron comes over and introduces himself and gives us an information sheet in English.
You didn’t believe me about the model ships and good luck for sailors but here’s another one.
Leaving Køge, we drive on crossing the bridge onto the Island of Møn.
Vordingborg Municipality, Denmark
We stop at Stege for lunch. Finally we seem to be back in milder weather. The sun is shining, southern Denmark at its best perhaps. There is a stellplatz in the marina here, so we decide we may come back here later.
4791 Borre, Denmark
We continue east on the Island of Møns for some 20 kilometres to Møns Klint. Part of the National Park, Møns Kilnt is a 6 kilometre long streatch of limestone cliffs, accessible via this walkway. Although this 500 step staircase would be a more accurate term.
Here we are 200 steps later, it’s all down hill so easy enough. In Australia or England there would be a sign indicating its 496 steps to the bottom. There is no sign indicating anything at the top of the descent other than an arrow ↘️. We see a lot of people either older than us or younger with children struggling back up.
Anyway, these are the chalk cliffs of Møns Klint. Not exactly white chalk but well worth the walk.
It’s high tide and the shore line is narrow against the vertical drop of the cliffs. The shingle beach is dark in comparison to the chalk on the cliff. We walk along below the cliffs for a couple of hundred metres trying to keep our shoes dry. Pam insists on a photo of me for her locket before we start back up the cliff.
All our recent training climbing church spires comes into play and we climb the 496 steps back up the cliff without too much drama. We set a course back to Stege as the afternoon lengthens. We pass this magnificent golf course as we do.
Safely back in the stellplatz in Stege. At DKK140 its very expensive, but a lovely spot. Pam get her own back by having two, 30 minute showers whilst we are there. By the time we leave in the morning she is happy, but a little wrinkled.
Sorry about all the maps but it helps to keep track.
Travelled: 147 kilometres from Vibørg to Flauenskjold in Northern Denmark. Visited: Vibørg again and Hobro Stayed: Municipal stellplatz in Flauenskjold, all services […]
