Sky and sea are separated by 500 steps: that's how high the chalk cliffs of Dronningestolen tower above the narrow beach, 128 metres, dizzyingly steep and dazzlingly white in the sunlight. The view from its green, leafy crown stretches in a wide semicircle from north to south across the Baltic Sea. The ferry port in Trelleborg in Sweden, Dornbusch on Hiddensee and Darßer Ort on the German side - each around 50 kilometres away - are all just outside the circle of vision below the empty horizon. A truly worthy location for the "Queen's Chair" - and certainly the most impressive part of Denmark's not-so-short coastline.
First came the painters, then the holidaymakers
Møns Klint characterises the landscape of the island of the same name in a unique way. For centuries, its unmissable wall served as an important landmark for shipping in the Baltic Sea. Later, the wild formations, rising like solidified waves, changed by water, wind and frost, began to exert an attraction on land as well: First came the painters, then the holidaymakers. A few at first, later more and more. Today, the "foundations of Denmark", whose 70-million-year-old limestone is so spectacularly exposed here, are listed as a UNESCO biosphere reserve. An open window into the geological past, embedded in marvellous nature.
For pleasure boat skippers, a visit to the nearby port of Klintholm is doubly worthwhile; not only because Møns Klint with its visitor centre is easy to reach from here, but also because the town in the south-east of the island offers guests on their own keel not only a comprehensive nautical and tourist infrastructure, but also the best conditions for summer recreation.
If you want to spend more time in the area, you can sail around Møn and get to know its "other sides"; the shallow, sheltered sounds in the north, for example, the small neighbouring island of Nyord, characterised by salt marshes and bird breeding grounds, or the main town of Stege with its 4000 inhabitants - if you long for the "big city" again after so much nature...
Fossils: history you can touch
The chalk of Møns Klint was formed from the remains of sea creatures that once populated this primordial ocean and were deposited layer by layer over millions of years. Most of them were literally ground to dust over the course of time. However, some were spared this fate and fossilised more or less intact. The beach below the cliffs is a good place to find, for example, sea urchins (which are easily mistaken for round pebbles) or the much more striking "thunderbolts" - the dorsal shields of octopuses. Incidentally, you can keep what you find here.
1. Klintholm Havn
No other Danish harbour is so centrally located and close to the open Baltic Sea - the perfect stopover on passages to the Øresund and the Swedish south coast. But Klintholm Havn is also part of the standard programme on cruises through the Småland fairway, which connects the islands of Lolland, Falster, Sjælland and Møn. The approach to its lighted entrance is from the south-west. Watch out for nets!
Moorings are provided for guests in the western and front areas of the centre basin (A). Here you can moor in pile boxes or alongside, well protected in the middle of a modern holiday complex. Electricity and water are available. The harbour office (payment machine, opening hours for further enquiries: 8-9 and 16-18 hrs. ( vordingborg.dk/klintholm-havn ) is located in the centre (B). The diesel fuelling station is also located there. Three sanitary buildings are spread across the harbour. Once you have paid your mooring fee, you can take in the relaxed atmosphere from the terrace of the "Pier to Heaven" bar (C). The outer and inner fishing harbours (D and E) are still reserved for cutters and traditional ships. However, large yachts can also be accommodated here by arrangement with the harbour master. Shopping is done at "Min Købmand" (F). The sandy beaches flanking the harbour (G) round off Klintholm's "wellness offer".
2. Møn Fyr
To the east of Klintholm Havn, the coast slowly but steadily begins to rise. The yellow tower of the lighthouse in the extreme south-east of Møn, which is relatively inconspicuous by day, already uses the ten metre high cliffs here. Its identification is Fl(4) W 30s.
3. Møns Klint
The main starting point for exploring Møns Klint and the rest of the biosphere reserve on the Klintholm peninsula is the visitor centre of the "Geocenter", an interesting interactive exhibition on the natural history of the chalk coast and the densely wooded nature reserve inland behind it (opening times: between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. depending on the season), www.moensklint.dk ). Dronningestolen is only about 300 metres from the car park. This is also the starting point for a number of other hiking routes through the Klinteskoven forest area to various viewpoints and to Liselund Park in the north, Denmark's smallest "castle". A total of six steps, spread over almost seven kilometres of coastline, connect the beach and the cliff edge. The distance from Klintholm Havn to the "Geocenter" is around seven kilometres by on-board bike. From the end of April to the end of September, there is also a direct bus service: Line 678 runs every hour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. between the harbour and the visitor centre.
4. bars
is the main town on Møn, so the supply situation is correspondingly good. Shops and banks can be found along Storegade, as well as a large number of restaurants. Guest berths can be found either in the somewhat industrial "Sukkerhavn" on the west side of the sound (which is also known as the outer harbour seaward of the road bridge), in the "Kulhavn" opposite or also on the east bank in the basin of the "Lystbådehavn". The harbour office with payment machine is also on this side. There are four supermarkets to choose from in the immediate vicinity. vordingborg.dk/stege-havn
5. the precinct
Møn is the easternmost of the islands in the Sjælland region, bordered by the Great Belt to the west, the Fehmarnbelt to the south, the Øresund to the east and the Kattegat to the north. Møn is connected to the Småland fairway via Storstrøm, a branch of the Great Belt. Bridges provide land connections to Sjælland, Bogø and Nyord. The confined waters in the north of Møn are very shallow and hardly deeper than 3 metres outside the buoyed (but not lighted) fairways. Accurate navigation is therefore particularly important. Access to the open Baltic Sea is possible in the south via Grønsund and in the north via Bøgestrøm. The "Møn" and "Hellehavn Nakke" beacons protect the east of the island.
Cruise literature
Cruising guide "Denmark 2" with Zealand, Lolland, Falster, Møn. Jan Werner: 262 p., 125 plans, 16.5 x 24.1 cm, ISBN 978-3-667-10956-9, 34.90. www.delius-klasing.de
Harbour guide "Denmark and Southwest Sweden" by Per Hotvedt: 308 p., 327 plans, aerial photos, 25.7 x 33.2 cm, ISBN 978-389225-633-5, 69.90. www.delius-klasing.de
Sport boat charts "Set 4. Great Belt to Bornholm". 4 trans-oceanographers, 33 area maps, 108-p. area guide, ISBN 978-3-667-11304-7, 79.90. www.delius-klasing.de
Weather/climate
Distances (from Klintholm)
- Fehmarnsund:60 nm
- Travemünde: 82 nm
- Warnemünde:48 nm
- Stralsund: 45 nm
- Øresund: 44 nm
- Trelleborg:36 nm
