Discover 15 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Lolland (Denmark). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Middelaldercentret, Knuthenborg Safaripark, and Tågerup Church. Also, be sure to include Maribo Abbey in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Lolland (Sjælland).
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Middelaldercentret
Open-air museum of the Middle Ages. Middelaldercentret is an experimental living history archaeological open-air museum in Denmark, which depicts the middle ages in the Denmark of the late 14th and early 15th centuries. It is located in Sundby Lolland, some 4 km northwest of the centre of Nykøbing Falster on the waterfront of Guldborgsund.
It features a town built as part of a typical Danish market town with craftsmen, a harbour with ships and boats, and a market place. The employees are dressed in period costumes and live and work in the houses and do everyday activities such as craftmanship, cooking and weapon training. Furthermore, the museum has a variety of siege weapons of the period, such as trebuchets, a ballista and a cannon and smaller weapons such as handguns, longbows and crossbows. All of the items are built on site using period tools. Activities include live firing of the weapons daily, archery, knightly tournaments, and demonstrations of crafts and tasks from the late 14th century and early 15th centuries.
The employees are both permanent staff and unemployed people sent in job training from the municipality. In addition, a support association exists, from which a large group of volunteers participates in the daily work. All the involved people "live in the medieval period", which means that they do not know of modern things like television, cellphones and so on. The former curator of the centre was the historian, writer and lecturer Kåre Johannessen. By 2016, the curator was Thit Birk Petersen. In 2021 Roeland Paardekooper took over as director.
Besides normal museum activities, the Middle Ages Centre does extensive research within the middle ages and different medieval technologies, and the museum has reconstructed weapons, ships, clothing and diving equipment among others. The museum has a reputation of being the most authentic place in Europe within the medieval period. Due to the authenticity the medieval town has been used as a setting for many movies, documentaries and TV-series.[1]
Address: Ved Hamborgskoven 2, 4800 Nykøbing Falster
Knuthenborg Safaripark
Safari park in Bandholm, Denmark. Knuthenborg Safaripark is a safari park on the island of Lolland in the southeast of Denmark. It is located 7 km to the north of Maribo, near Bandholm. It is one of Lolland's major tourist attractions with over 250,000 visitors annually, and is the largest safari park in northern Europe. It is also the largest natural playground for both children and adults in Denmark. Among others, it houses an arboretum, aviaries, a drive-through safari park, a monkey forest and a tiger enclosure. Knuthenborg covers a total of 660 hectares, including the 400-hectare Safaripark. The park is viewable on Google Street View.[2]
Tågerup Church
Church in Rødby, Kingdom of Denmark. Tågerup Church is a Romanesque parish church located 4 km southeast of Rødby on the Danish island of Lolland. Dating from the beginning of the 13th century, its nave is richly decorated with early 16th-century frescos painted by the Brarup workshop.[3]
Address: Højbygårdvej 34, 4970 Rødby
Maribo Abbey
Also known as: Maribo Kloster
Monastery in Denmark. Maribo Abbey, established in 1416, was the first Bridgettine monastery in Denmark and became one of the most important Danish abbeys of the late Middle Ages. It was located in the present town of Maribo on the island of Lolland in southern Denmark. The monastery is in ruins, but the abbey church still remains in use as Maribo Cathedral.[4]
Fredsholm
Fredsholm is a manor house and estate located close to Nakskov on the island of Lolland in southeastern Denmark. Fredsholm and Rudbjerggaard had the same owners in the period 1674–1819.[5]
Pederstrup
Manor house. Pederstrup is a historic manor house located 12 km north of Nakskov on the Danish island of Lolland. The half-timbered building from 1686 was rebuilt from 1813 to 1822 in the Neoclassical style by the statesman Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow. Since 1940, it has housed the Reventlow Museum.[6]
Address: Pederstrupvej 124, Lolland
Birket Church
Also known as: Birket Kirke
Birket Church is located south of the little village of Birket, some 14 km northeast of Nakskov on the Danish island of Lolland. Its chancel was originally the nave of the brick Gothic church built in 1350. The bell tower, which stands apart from the church, is believed to be Denmark's oldest standing wooden structure.[7]
Halsted Church
Also known as: Halsted Kirke
Church in Nakskov, Denmark. Halsted Church stands in the little village of Halsted some 6 km east of Nakskov on the Danish island of Lolland. Dating from the second half of the 12th century, the church has a Romanesque chancel and nave, a large burial chapel from 1636 and a tower from 1877. The church was closely associated with Halsted Priory, which has not survived.[8]
Toreby Kirke
Church in Toreby, Denmark. Toreby Church is the parish church of Toreby on the Danish island of Lolland. It is an unusually large red-brick Romanesque building, the nave and chancel having been extended in the Gothic period with a sacristy and lateral aisle. The tower is late Romanesque. There are frescos from c. 1400 in the sacristy. The carved pulpit is the work of Jørgen Ringnis.[9]
Address: Torebyvej 54, Lolland
Christianssæde
Christianssæde is a manor house and estate located close to Maribo on the island of Lolland in southeastern Denmark.[10]
Sandby Church
Also known as: Sandby Kirke
Church in Denmark. Sandby Church is located in the village of Sandby some 7 km northwest of Nakskov on the Danish island of Lolland. Dating from the middle of the 13th century, the church has a Romanesque chancel and nave and a Late Gothic tower.[11]
Dannemare Church
Also known as: Dannemare Kirke
Church in Dannemare, Denmark. Dannemare Church is a Neo-Romanesque church in the village of Dannemare, some 12 km south of Nakskov on the Danish island of Lolland. Built in 1897, it replaced the earlier Romanesque church which burnt down in 1897.[12]
Østofte Kirke
Church in Nørreballe, Kingdom of Denmark. Østofte Church, located in the village of Nørreballe on the Danish island of Lolland, was built in the 14th century. The Romanesque apse, chancel and nave formed the original building while the tower and porch were added in the Late-Gothic period and the north wing was completed in 1656.[13]
Address: Østofte Gade 36, 4951 Nørreballe
Gloslunde Church
Also known as: Gloslunde Kirke
Church in Dannemare, Denmark. Gloslunde Church is a Romanesque church east of Dannemare, some 13 km southeast of Nakskov on the Danish island of Lolland. Now whitewashed, it was built of red brick in the 13th century.[14]
Stokkemarke Kirke
Church in Stokkemarke, Denmark. Stokkemarke Church is located in the village of Stokkemarke some 11 km northwest of Maribo on the Danish island of Lolland. Dating from the middle of the 13th century it was built in the Romanesque style with later additions in the Gothic period.[15]