Marbæk Yachthafen

Marina near Frederikssund (Strandvangen)

Last edited 01.10.2025 at 23:30 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

55° 49.67' N

Longitude

12° 3.637' E

Marbæk Yachthafen - Marina near Frederikssund (Strandvangen)

Description

Large marina facility on the southern outskirts of Frederiksund on the eastern shore of Roskilde Fjord.

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The marina is approached directly from the fairway. You sail between the red buoys at "Kalvø Rev" and "Kildegrund" directly towards the south-eastern bridgehead. (F.R from 1.4. - 15.11.) The green buoy in the harbor remains on starboard as you enter.

Berths

Guests use free spaces in one of the two marinas:

The jetties on the west side belong to Frederikssund Sailing Club - 1.5 - 2.3m water depth.
On the east shore is the private Marbæk marina water depth 1.5 - 1.7m.

Surroundings

The large marina offers a satisfactory service, a fuel station, a yacht chandlery and repair facilities. Food and other supplies are available in the nearby center of Frederikssund.

Marbæk: 1 nm south of Frederikssund marina is the port of a lime works. It may not be called at by pleasure craft.

NV Land Guide

Frederiksund is known throughout Denmark for its summer Viking games. Every evening from the end of June to the beginning of July, 300 inhabitants of the town don the garb of their red-blonde ancestors and bring the harsh times of the Norsemen back to life on the open-air stage. The plot of the plays is based on Danish saga literature. And although the actors are amateurs, they have gained so much experience over the years that their open-air play is recognized as professional. If you want to see this for yourself, you don't have far to go to the scene of the clashing weapons. The distance from the marina to the open-air stage, which is located in a small grove northeast of the harbour, is a good one hundred meters.

The immediate proximity to the Frederiksund sports facilities with the large Frederiksund Hall may be a reason to check on board whether you have taken your sports shoes with you.

The red carpet has been rolled out for its guests by Restaurant Kalvøen, 300 meters northeast of the marina. The prestigious building mainly serves typical Danish cuisine at prices that are not dizzyingly high - despite the red carpeting in front of the portal and the unique view over the fjord.

Apart from a few old fishermen's houses in the Skyllebakke district near the commercial port, there are hardly any tranquil places left in the city of 17,000 inhabitants. The rapid growth of trade and industry has literally pushed the idyll to the edge.

In contrast, the beautiful town hall square in Frederiksund, almost two kilometers northeast of the marina, is still a cosy "oasis". The colorful summer street scene with many stalls and small restaurants in the center is compensation for the lack of a historic city center. Only the falcon in the town's coat of arms is a reminder of the early Middle Ages, when the town was still called Falkenborg. King Frederik III gave the town the name Frederiksund in 1665.

In the north of the small town, by the driveway to the "Kronprins-Frederiks-Bro" (around three kilometers), the J.F.Willumsen Museum houses the main works of the painter and sculptor, who is not only famous in Denmark and after whom the museum was named. The artist donated his art collection to the city after the city promised to build a museum for it. It was inaugurated in 1957. When Willumsen, who last lived in France, died the following year, he was buried in the museum park, where his famous fantasy birds from the open-air stage in Dyrehavn are also located.

The marina with its large, dreary harbor apron is located in the south of Frederiksund, somewhat away from the hustle and bustle - which is just as well, especially as a campsite near the harbor already provides enough life.