3 Best Sights in Denmark

The island of Møn is most famous for its dramatic chalk cliffs, known in Danish as Møns Klint. Circled by a beech forest, the milky-white bluffs plunge 400 feet to a small, craggy beach with jade-green waters—accessible by more than 500 steps. Fossils on the beach suggest that the cliffs are 70 million years old. The cliffs attract tens of thousands of visitors each year, who come for the views and to be close to nature.

Visit on a sunny day if you can, and park at the top of the cliff and walk down.

Even more famed than the area's sand-buried church is the west coast's dramatic Råbjerg Mile, a protected desert-like migrating dune that moves about 50 feet a year. You can reach it on foot from the Kandestederne.

These cliffs, leading down to Ærø’s southern coast, are some of the most spectacular nature to be found on the island. The grassy, terrace-like giant steps link the rolling hills of Ærø’s heartland with one of Denmark’s southernmost coastal areas, and it’s an excellent place to go for a hike.