Guldborg

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Navigation

The approach is directly from the unlighted but buoyed fairway of the Guldborg Sound and is only recommended during the day. In strong winds, the current can be up to 4 knots. To enter Guldborgsund from the north, you pass the bascule bridge (clearance height closed 4m). The bridge is open on request during the season (1.4. - 31.10.) from 08:00 - 20:00 (VHF channel 16/12).

Berths

There are various moorings south of the bascule bridge. On the western shore (Lolland) in the well-kept marina (2.5m) or at the head of the bulwark (4m water depth).

On the eastern shore (Falster), short-term mooring at the bulwark (3m water depth) is permitted.

The jetties south of the bulwark with a water depth of 0.9m to 1.9m are mostly used by local boats.

Surroundings

As the E4 highway runs south through the tunnel, the traffic noise is bearable.

NV Land Guide

In fact, the village of Guldborg consists of two small settlements on either side of the Guldborg Sound. The two districts were only connected when the Guldborgsund Bridge was built. Before the first cars rolled over the structure in 1934, Guldborg "East" and Guldborg "West" were important ferry stations on the way from Lolland via Falster to the island of Zealand.

Jetties for pleasure craft are located on the Lolland and Falster sides immediately to the south of the old bascule bridge. During the busy vacation season, the moorings are therefore not recommended for a longer stay. In any case, the private jetty on the Falster side offers hardly any free berths, so the Lolland side is primarily suitable for guests.

Apart from the beautiful location of the village on the green wooded shores, Guldborg is not a particularly appealing place. There are no sights to see and you will search in vain for a village center. The houses are lined up along the road that connects Vordingborg and Sakskøbing. The eye-catcher on the Falster side is a large granary. The small harbor is mainly home to fishing boats and the remains of the old ferry bed serve as a mooring for a pilot boat. The old harbor gives an idea that Guldborg has experienced more tranquil times as a ferry town. Nevertheless, eastern Guldborg has a shop, a café and a snack bar.

Western Guldborg is a long stretch of land with a savings bank, a shop, a bakery, a post office, the "Guldborg Kro" and a petrol station. Excursions into the surrounding area of the former ferry town are also recommended. On the way to Storskov Forest to the west of Guldborg (Lolland), you will pass apple orchards in bloom in spring and can enjoy the view of rose fields in July. If you walk through the forest to the north-western tip of Vestermark, you can enjoy a beautiful view of the islands of Femø, Askø and Fejø on a clear day.

The most interesting sight in the area is probably Majbølle Mill in Majbølle, three kilometers south of Guldborg (Lolland). The large Dutch mill has been lovingly restored by a private miller's guild almost as it was when it was built in 1896. It was not until 1988 that it was "given" new wings. Since then, you can once again see how the grain is ground into flour. Windmill blades were already turning here in 1612.

However, around this time they were the blades of a trestle mill, which later had to make way for the Dutch mill. From June 15 to September 15, the mill can be visited on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 to 5 pm.

The Danes consider the Guldborgsund Tunnel, located around five kilometers south of Guldborg, to be a very special technical achievement. It connects the European route 4 from Rødby to Copenhagen. The 460 meter long tunnel tube cost over 200 million Danish kroner. The major project, which also connects Lolland and Falster twelve meters below the water surface, took five years to build. The tunnel consists of two cast pipes, each 230 meters long, which were sunk into a channel dug across the Guldborg Sound. The two tunnel sections completed in 1987 are listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest cast pipes in the world. Incidentally, the 230-metre-long elements were transported to their destination by ship.

An attraction in the area around Guldborg on Falster is the tractor museum in Ekilstrup, around ten kilometers east of Guldborg.

The museum was founded in 1988 on the initiative of brothers Bent and Knud Nielsen. When they set up their farm in 1952, they realized that it was most economical to buy a new tractor every three years. Instead of selling the old ones to scrap dealers, they kept the tractors and enjoyed their collection so much that they came up with the idea of buying up other old tractors for scrap. In 1959, the brothers systematically began collecting tractors, and by the time the collection became a museum, there were already 70 veterans in their barns. Today, the museum owns around 120 old agricultural machines dating from 1924 to 1950, all of which are on display in a factory hall at Nørregade 17 B. The unusual museum is open to the public from June 20 to August 8 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

After that, the collectibles can be viewed until September 15, Monday to Friday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The supposedly smallest windmill in Denmark can be found on the road from Guldborg (Falster) to Sundby (two kilometers to the east). The "mini mill" stands 50 meters from the road in a field. Unfortunately, it cannot be visited.

If you continue on the road to Sundby and then towards Lundby, you will come across the remote Stadager Kirke, one of the typical places of worship in the Danish province, four kilometers away. If you don't have the opportunity to visit the small town of Sakskøbing with your yacht, you can use the good bus connections to take a detour there (see Sakskøbing).

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