Holiday apartment in Faxe Municipality – Faxe Limestone Quarry and Forest Tower

An unusual geological history marks the beginning of discoveries in Faxe Municipality: The “Denmark’s Fossil Coral Reefs” exhibition at KALK explains the 63-million-year-old coral reef that formed the limestone beneath Faxe.

Culture

KALK focuses on natural history, geology and the cultural history of limestone. The still-active Faxe limestone quarry provides insights into its operation. At KALK, visitors can borrow a hammer and chisel and explore Faxe Limestone Quarry independently. During guided fossil excursions at KALK, participants can search the quarry for corals, snails, shark teeth and shells. The excursions cover approximately 2 to 2.5 kilometres in Faxe Limestone Quarry. A ticket for a fossil excursion at KALK includes admission to the KALK Geological Museum.

Faxe Limestone Quarry is publicly accessible from the trail system at the hostel. There are also several locations near the GeoMuseum providing access to the edge of the quarry and plateaus along the quarry wall. At the edge of Faxe Limestone Quarry is a picnic area with tables, benches and a fire pit. A geological circular trail with five stations explains the history of the quarry.

Other places also preserve the region’s past in an engaging form. Kulturmuseum Øst presents exhibitions in its museum building in Faxe that are based on local history and place it in a broader context. Faxe Ladeplads Miniby & Park depicts Faxe Ladeplads as it was around 1900, at a scale of 1:10. Troldhøje comprises burial mounds covered with beech and oak trees as well as a Neolithic long dolmen in Roholte near Strandegårds Dyrehave. Hylleholt Church in Faxe Ladeplads combines historic architecture with modern church art and has a distinctive spire.

Nature

Faxe Municipality provides access to a diverse landscape with forests, sea, lakes and beaches. The Forest Tower creates a landmark visible from far away: Visiting it includes a 3.2-kilometre elevated walkway through the forest. The viewing platform is 140 metres above sea level and offers views across forests and fields and, on clear days, as far as Copenhagen and Malmö. Camp Adventure states that the Forest Tower is accessible to wheelchairs and prams. Camp Adventure’s climbing park also includes a 500-metre zip line through the forest.

The approximately 40-hectare Gisselfeld Park consists half of carp ponds and is open to the public during the season for an admission fee. Svenskekløften is a named meltwater gorge in the forests of Gisselfeld.

History

Gisselfeld Kloster is one of Denmark’s oldest and best-preserved Renaissance castles. Peder Oxe founded Gisselfeld Kloster in its present form and had the castle built between 1547 and 1575. Parts of the main building at Gisselfeld Kloster can be visited by the public as part of guided tours. In Gisselfeld’s private forests, cycling is permitted on paved paths, but not on the forest floor.

Routes

For hikes and longer routes, Sjællandsleden, a long-distance coastal hiking trail, is among the marked routes in Faxe Municipality. The route information provided by Faxe Municipality indicates shorter Heart Trails near Haslev. Faxe Municipality’s outdoor portal provides overviews of beaches, cycling and hiking routes, as well as outdoor accommodation options. A separate hiking route, Faxe Ladeplads–Strandegård Dyrehave, branches off from Sjællandsleden and leads from Faxe Ladeplads through the landscape of Zealand to Faxe and Faxe Limestone Quarry.

Accommodation

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More local pages: Mosebølle, Fakse, Rønnede, Faxe Ladeplads, Leestrup Strand, Haslev, Karise; another page in the same higher-level region is Stevns Municipality.

To the higher-level travel overview: Zealand.