Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Møns Klint & Around
Sometimes it's a wonder that the whole island doesn't tilt eastwards with the sheer weight
of visitors coming to admire the gleaming white cliffs of Møns Klint. In Denmark's rather
dull flat landscape, these striking chalk cliffs, rising sharply above a jade-green sea, are
geographic breathtakers.
The main visitor area, Store Klint, has a car park (Dkr35), a GeoCenter and a decent
cafe.
Sights & Activities
Møns Klint
LANDMARK
The 128m-high chalk cliffs of Møns Klint are one of Denmark's most spectacular land-
marks. Right behind the Geocenter Møns Klint, a boardwalk leading right offers lofty
views of the cliffs and sea below. Alternatively, a near-vertical flight of wooden stairs lead
straight down to the beach (unsuitable for swimming because of strong tides and rocks).
At the bottom, keep your eyes peeled for Cretaceous-period fossils, which you can take to
the GeoCenter to be identified by an expert.
You can walk south along the shoreline and then loop back up through a thick, cooling
forest of wind-gnarled beech trees for a longer walk lasting about 1½ hours. Needless to
say, the views from the clifftop on the way back are extraordinary.
The cliffs themselves were created during the last Ice Age, when the calcareous deposits
from aeons of compressed seashells were lifted from the ocean floor. Strangely, the closer
you get to the cliffs, the less white they become - up close, there are shades of orange,
grey and purple, and layers of grey-black flint. Keep an eye out for peregrine falcons on
the cliffs, the only place in Denmark where they nest.
GeoCenter Møns Klint
MUSEUM
10am-6pm late Jun-early Aug, shorter hrs rest of yr)
