Stevns Klint
Denmark · Zealand · 40 m
Description
Stevns Klint is a wall of white chalk forty kilometres long, and the reason it is world heritage is a thin dark band running through it. That band is the fish clay, the debris of the asteroid that ended the Cretaceous, and it can be read here more clearly than almost anywhere. Above it stands the old church of Højerup, built too close to the edge, which lost its chancel to the sea in 1928 and now sits on a concrete buttress. Further south a cold war fort was cut into the chalk and kept ready underground for decades.
Length of stay
Recommended length of stay: 1 to 2 days (optimal 1 day)
Travel season
Best time to visit: May – August
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Highlights
- Chalk cliff and the fish clay layer (UNESCO World Heritage)
- Højerup old church on the cliff edge
- Stevns Klint Experience visitor centre
- Stevnsfort cold war fort in the chalk
- Trampesti coastal path along the cliff top
- Fossil hunting on the beach below
- Boesdal chalk quarry and its lime kiln
- Stevns lighthouse above the highest point
- Rødvig harbour and its fishing boats
- Store Heddinge church and the market town
Getting there
- Train stations:
- Store Heddinge, Rødvig