The 128m-high chalk cliffs of Møns Klint are one of Denmark’s most spectacular landmarks. Right behind the GeoCenter Møns Klint, a boardwalk leading right offers lofty views of the cliffs and sea below. Alternatively, a near-vertical flight of wooden stairs lead straight down to the beach (unsuitable for swimming because of strong tides and rocks). At the bottom, keep your eyes peeled for Cretaceous-period fossils, which you can take to the GeoCenter to be identified by expert.
You can walk south along the shoreline and then loop back up through a thick, cooling forest of wind-gnarled beech trees for a longer walk lasting about 1½ hours. Needless to say, the views from the clifftop on the way back are extraordinary.
The cliffs themselves were created during the last Ice Age, when the calcareous deposits from aeons of compressed seashells were lifted from the ocean floor. Strangely, the closer you get to the cliffs, the less white they become – up close, there are shades of orange, grey and purple, and layers of grey-black flint. Keep an eye out for peregrine falcons on the cliffs, the only place in Denmark where they nest.
