Skælskør

Name: Skælskør Marina
Rating: 5

Marina near Skælskør

Last edited 30.07.2025 at 23:00 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

55° 15.102' N

Longitude

11° 17.208' E

Description

This prettily situated former commercial harbour is predominantly used by pleasure craft.

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The approach to the harbour is only possible during the day because of the unlit fairway of the Skælskør fjord by those unfamiliar with the area. It is done via the well buoyed 4.5m deep fairway that runs through the shallow fjord, which is used in many places for set net fishing. In windy conditions the current in the fjord sets very hard, in calm weather it capsizes about every 6 hours.

Berths

In the marina you can moor in 2 - 2.5m water depth after consultation with the harbour master. Larger yachts can also find places in the outer harbour or at the bridgehead (3 - 4.5 m water depth) north of the fishing harbour. In the inner harbour you should be aware of the occasionally strong current, which can reach up to 5 kn.

The fishing harbour should not be used by pleasure craft.

Surroundings

The small town offers good supply possibilities. Minor repairs are carried out (sailmaker's shop and diesel filling station on site).

NV Land Guide

Skælskør is known as "The City of Sunshine". The fact that the sun shines here more often than anywhere else in Denmark is supposed to be more than an empty tourism slogan. Meteorological statistics are used as proof, and who doesn't want to believe such statistics in the rainy north. Besides, the thriving fruit on the extensive orchards around Skælskør are proof enough of many hours of sunshine. The fruit is processed into jam and red fruit jelly, which is famous beyond the borders of Denmark. The small town has over 4000 inhabitants, and although it is not richly blessed with sights, it has quite a cosy atmosphere. The "sunshine town" lies away from the main traffic routes at the end of a seven-kilometre-long fjord and at a huge Noor. The noor north of the town was originally part of the fjord. On both sides of this fjord, Skælskør grew into a small town, which at first successfully rivalled the ferry town of Korsør. But already in the 13th century it became apparent that Korsør, which was more conveniently located, would win the battle for ferry connections to Fyn.

The development of Skælskør stagnated for a long time. It was not until the 18th century that the two parts of the town were connected. Around 1900, the town finally made major economic strides again when the railway connection to Næstved and Slagelse was created.

You should start your tour of the town at Nytorv (New Square), at the eastern end of the Algade. From here you have a good view over the shallow inland lake. Passing shops, you enter the harbour area, where there are some remarkable buildings. The house at Algade 2, for example, dates from 1570, and some of the low houses have been so successfully restored that the "Association for the Care of Old Houses" has won several awards for it. On the other side of the bridge in Vestergade is a half-timbered house from 1670. At the end of this street is Gammeltorv (Old Square) with the "Pomona Fountain": the statue of the beautiful girl is supposed to symbolise the fertility of the area. Here you will also find the town hall, built in 1896, and St. Nicholas Church, built in the early 13th century, with a red church barn dating from 1530 that served as a Latin school.

In the church, the altar, carved around 1500, is worth highlighting. If you continue your walk (past the church), you will come to "Møllebakken", a hill from the Bronze Age, on the outskirts of town. From this hill you have an impressive view over the outer fjord and Agersøsund to Agersø, Langeland and Fyn. The islanders' old church path leads from here through the orchards to Lodhus Bridge. Because the inhabitants of Agersø and Omø did not have their own church on their islands in the past, they came by boat and walked from this bridge to Skælskør to church.

A sandy beach several kilometres long stretches along the coast southwest of Skælskør. The distance from Skælskør here is two and a half kilometres. On the other side of the fjord, two kilometres south of the town, lies the massive Renaissance castle of Borreby. It is the setting for the Andersen fairy tale "The wind tells of Waldemar Daae and his daughters". The almost 20-hectare park of the castle, built around 1550, is open to visitors in summer.

Four kilometres southwest of the defiant castle, ferries to Agersø and Omø leave at Stignæs. The journey time to Omø is about three quarters of an hour and to Agersø a quarter of an hour.

If you want to switch from your yacht to a fishing boat for a short time, you can hire one at Skælskør bridge and sail around the Noor.

Just a few hundred metres southeast of the harbour, you can admire various railway rarities from the local railway club on the old tracks.

The local railway club has a number of railway rarities in the area.