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This 13th-century church is adorned with superb frescoes. The oldest, from 1350, depicts
St Christopher carrying Christ across a fjord, but most of the vaults are covered with a
cartoon-like 'paupers' Bible by the 'Elmelunde master'. Unique images include a grue-
some one of Judas, with two devils pulling out his soul; Mary on doomsday, tipping the
judgment scales in humanity's favour; and a gleeful horny-kneed demon listening to two
women gossiping!
Passage Graves
HISTORIC SITE
There are 119 megalithic tombs on Møn, dating from 4000 to 1800 BC. Two of the best-
known passage graves (
jættestuer,
or 'giants rooms') are Kong Asgers Høj and Klekkende
Høj, each about 2km from the village of Røddinge. Northwest of Røddinge,
Kong Asgers
Høj
(Kong Asgersvej) is Denmark's largest passage grave, with a burial chamber 10m
long and more than 2m wide. Southeast of Røddinge,
Klekkende Høj
is the only double
passage grave on Møn: the side-by-side entrances each lead to a 7m-long burial chamber.
The grave is 400m away from a tiny car park through a farmer's field.
Grønsalen
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
A short walk down the road from Fanefjord Kirke (turn left out of the church driveway) is
one of Denmark's longest megalithic barrows, Grønsalen. You can't go inside, but you can
admire its scale - it's 102m long and surrounded by 145 huge blocks of sparkling, pinkish-
hued rock.
Sleeping & Eating
Tohøjgaard Gæstgivern
GUESTHOUSE
mid-Mar-mid-Oct; )
Book ahead to slumber at one of Denmark's most coveted guesthouses: an 1875 farm-
house surrounded by fields, a 4000-year-old burial mound and calming sea views. Six ec-
lectic, individually themed guestrooms are a cosy combo of flea-market finds, books and
