Møns Klint – wow! The island of Møns’ East coast on the Baltic Sea has these UNESCO recognized amazing cliffs. Featuring a dramatic glaciotectonic landscape shaped by Pleistocene glaciers.The autumn beech forest drapes over the edges giving a surreal combination of colors. A sensory overload. See the stairs and people on the bottom left before the cliffs…Some of the cliff faces are 400 feet tall — some areas reveal the intense folding and faulting of the chalk cliffs. The very interesting rocks along the shore include black flint stones that have eroded out of the cliff face.Møns Island also has several neolithic sites (3000 BCE) that we found fascinating. Notice how the Dolmen’s capstone is resting on a small point of the rock below. Somarkedyssen Dolmen.Another view shows the size of Somarkedyssen Dolmen.Kong Asgers Hoj Passage Tomb is how the dolmens would have originally looked as they were covered with additional rock, clay, and soil.The corridor to the grave under the dolmen makes this more complete. These are huge rocks as you can see. Sprovedyssen Dolmen on Møns IslandA Nature Park on Falster Island had several neolithic grave sites of interest — here is Halskov Vaenge Dolmen.We enjoyed the enormous beech trees and discovering these ancient sites. The boulder on top is the largest erratic (boulder left by retreating glacier) on Falster Island. Halskov Vaenge Dolmen.Denmark’s longest passage grave Grønsalen (100 meters x 10 meters) is preserved in the center of farmland, now a peaceful grassy knoll. It is the alleged burial ground of Queen Fane and her husband King Grøn Jæger who lived some 4,000 years ago. The adjacent Fanefjord is named after the queen. Møns Island.The pristine 1250 church, Fanefjord Kirke — on Møns Island — has an amazing history dating back to the wealthy Hanseatic League. It is whitewashed brick.Falster Island had quite a few beautiful straw roof buildings. This one in Hesnæs also had straw walls held with wood battens — probably built after the devastating flood in 1872.We watched in fascination as these craftsman re-roofed with bundles of straw in near by Stubbekøbing — not a nail gun sight!.A 30 minute walk from our house along the coast to the town of Stubbekøbing on Falster Island. We took the ferry across a strait of the Baltic Sea — Grønsund –to the island of Bogø.Ferry Ida — one of Denmark’s most beautiful and oldest wooden ferries has sailed this short route since 1959. We sat on the harbor enjoying a slice of Bogøbrød pizza and Italian beer — delicious!The view from our house for the week — Sunset Lodge — near Stubbekøbing was very peaceful and restful — especially after the last few weeks in large cities. We had a few nights of clear skies for enjoying the milky way and star constellations.A beautiful beech forest on an autumn’s day to appreciate the colors and cliffs on the Baltic Sea. Hesnæs, Falster Island.Storm waves 8 feet above average berated this shore 2 years ago — you can see the trees laid on the shore, eroded from the cliff, that this storm surge left in its wake. HesnæsOnly since 1963 have ferries been connecting Denmark’s Lolland Island to Germany. Now the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel is being constructed, 18 KM long. The reclaimed land — from excavated soils/sea bed — is to be a planned park. There was a ramped observation platform to view the construction site. In the design pavilion we learned more about project and EU’s transportation network.
