The  Lighthouses of the East Denmark

Romsø is a low island in the Store Bælt about 4 km off the northeastern corner of Fyn. The lighthouse, which helped mark the entrance to the Store Bælt from the Kattegat, was replaced by a more useful light that stands about 5 km out into the sound. The light station appears to be under private ownership. Located on the eastern tip of Romsø.

Photo courtesy Ole Henrik Lemvigh [fyrtårne]

Æbelø is an island in the Kattegat about 7 km northeast of Bogense. The island is in a large area of shoals and is nearly connected to the mainland of Fyn by sandbars, making this a very dangerous area for navigation. Located at the northern tip of the island.

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This light guides vessels northbound approaching the E-20 Lille Baelt bridge. Located on the south side of the bridge abutment in Middelfart.

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The range light guides northbound ships and the directional light guides southbound vessels. Located on the coast at Tvingsberg, about 3 km north of Assens.

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Located at the end of the breakwater mole protecting the harbor of Assens.

(There is also a harbor light that appears to be strictly decorative)

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The island is accessible by ferry from Assens, and the lighthouse is only a short hike from the ferry terminal. Located at the southwestern point of Bågø.

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This light guides ships into the harbor of Fåborg through a narrow passage between the mainland of Fyn and the island of Bjornø. It was formerly the front light of a range, and the rear light survives. Located on the Bjerne Langgyde about 3 km southeast of Bjerne.

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Located off the Svendborgvej at the eastern entrance to Fåborg harbor, 212 m northeast of the front light.

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Søby Havn is the terminal for ferries from Fåborg and Mommark. Located at the end of the east mole at Søby Havn.

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This lighthouse must be east of the highway 9 bridge on the Svendborg waterfront

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It replaced the Fakkebjerg Fyr, a much smaller light located several miles to the west. Located at the end of the Rathvej about 4 km southeast of Søndenbro.

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Located at the end of the Hov Fyrvej near the northeastern tip of Langeland.

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Located at the foot of the south mole at Lohals, on the northwestern coast of Langeland.

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Nyborg is the former terminal for ferries crossing the Store Baelt from Fyn to Sjaelland, but the bridges of the Great Belt Fixed Link (Storebæltsforbindelse) have put the ferries out of business. Located off the Dyrehavevej at Lindholm Havn, on the south side of Nyborg.

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Despite its name, this lighthouse is not on Langeland but across the Store Baelt on the island of Omø. The island is accessible by passenger ferry from Strignaes on Sjaelland. Located on the western tip of the island.  Anke/Jens say the tower is open for climbing.

Photo courtesy Ole Henrik Lemvigh [fyrtårne]

Sprogø is an island in the middle of the Store Baelt between Nyborg and Korsør. The Great Belt Fixed Link now crosses the island, so thousands of vehicles roar past the lighthouse every day. Located on the highest point of the island.

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The lighthouse stands on the westernmost point of Sjaelland, at the end of a long, narrow peninsula that protects the north side of the Kalundborg Fjord. Located at the end of the road, near Hellesklint and about 15 km west of Kalundborg.

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Sejero is a sandy island in the Kattegat about 8 km west of Ordrup Naes. Ferry transportation is available from Havnsø. Located atop a dune at the western tip of the island.

Photo courtesy Ole Henrik Lemvigh [fyrtårne]

Hesselø is a small, isolated island in the Kattegat about 25 km north of Sjaelland. The island is privately owned and closed to visitors. Located on the highest point of the island.

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This range guides boats into the harbor of Roskilde, at the head of the Roskilde Fjord, an eastern branch of the Isefjord that lies in the western suburbs of København. Located several blocks south of the Roskilde waterfront.

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In 1898 the eastern lighthouse was deactivated while the western one was raised in height and upgraded to a first order station. The old east lighthouse has been preserved and has been in use recently as a waterfront restaurant. Located on the Fyrvejen in Gilleleje just a few hundred meters from the light above.

Photo courtesy Anke&Jens [seiten]

Kronborg is one of the most famous castles of northern Europe, a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture, and the fictional setting of Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. It stands on a peninsula marking the narrowest point of the Oresund; the Swedish coast is only 4 km to the east. The light crowns the northeastern tower of the castle, called the Dronningens Tårn (Queen's Tower).

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The modern Kalkbrænderi Havn is north of København's traditional harbor area and includes the wharves used by cruise ships. Located at the end of the Kalkbrænderiløbskaf quay.

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Located at the end of the long breakwater extending from the north side of the island of Trekroner.

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The island is accessible by water taxi service from the København waterfront.

Photo courtesy Marty Wood [Flickr]

This directional light guides ships through the narrow passage between the mainland of Sjaelland and the island of Saltholm. Located in the Oresund about 600 m northeast of the København airport. Accessible only by boat.

Photo courtesy Hans Hammer [fyrtårne]

Located on the Stationsvej in downtown Dragør.

Photo courtesy Ole Henrik Lemvigh [fyrtårne]

Located in the southern entrance to the Oresund about 5 km southeast of Dragør. Accessible only by boat.

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Located on the beach at Roneklint, just east of the entrance to the Praestø Fjord.  The rear range is a simple skeletal tower.

Photo courtesy Ole Henrik Lemvigh [fyrtårne]

The station stands on a dynamic sandspit, and migration of the spit eventually put the lighthouse in the water; its ruins can be seen in the sound several hundred meters northwest of the present lighthouse. The lighthouse was originally the rear light of a range. Located at the extreme western tip of Lolland, where it marks the southeastern entrance to the Store Baelt.

Photo courtesy Ole Henrik Lemvigh [fyrtårne]

The lighthouse, which replaced a light on a mast, was raised in height by an additional story in 1933. Located in northwest Falster, on the Havnegade in Orehoved, a short distance west of the Storstrøm Bridge from Vordingborg.

Photo courtesy Erik Arthur [Webshots]

The rear light is on a skeletal tower. Located on the Gammel Faergevej in the town of Grønsund, at the northeastern corner of Falster.

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This historic lighthouse stands on the southernmost point of Denmark. Located on Gedser Odde, the southern tip of Falster, about 3 km southeast of the town of Gedser.

Photo courtesy Ole Henrik Lemvigh [fyrtårne]

The light marked the western entrance to the Grønsund, here separating Bogø from Falster. Bogø is a smaller island northeast of Falster and west of Møn. Highway 287 runs the length of the island and continues on a bridge to Møn. Located at the end of the Vesternaesvej near the western tip of the island.

Photo courtesy Ole Henrik Lemvigh [fyrtårne]

Located at the end of the Fyrvej on Møn Klint, the eastern tip of Møn.

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