Natural Areas
South Funen and the archipelago is known for both its mild, fertile climate and a varied and hilly landscape with hills and valleys that bear witness to the enormous forces at work as the ice retreated and retreated during the Ice Age, modelling the landscape that captivates us today.
Photo: Mikkel Jezequel

Photo: Søren Skibsted
Svanninge Bakker og Bjerge

Photo: Mikkel Jézéquel

Photo: Geopark Det Sydfynske Øhav
Geopark: Egense Ridge
Elongated, up to 54 meters high, ridge that winds in an irregular course through the landscape west of Svendborg
Photo: Søren Skibsted
Syltemade Ådal (Syltemade Stream Valley)

Photo: Mikkel Jézéquel
Geopark: Vejstrup Stream Valley
The striking Vejstrup Ådal is one of East Funen's most beautiful stream valleys with several springs.
Photo: Mikkel Jézéquel
Thurø Østerskov og Thurø Rev (Thurø Eastern Forest and Thurø Reef)

Photo: Freja Kock Christlieb
Geopark: Vitsø Nor – dam and pumping mill
One of the first and largest dams in the archipelago was built in 1788, when a dam closed the opening of the 2.25 km2 Vitsø Nor to the Baltic Sea

Photo: Geopark Det Sydfynske Øhav
Geopark: The sailing barrage in Nakkebølle Fjord
The innermost part of Nakkebølle Fjord is a Holocene former open cove which was reclaimed in 1866-70.

Photo: Geopark Det Sydfynske Øhav
Rødme Svinehaver
This area is situated on a crest of hills rising up to an altitude of 110 metres above sea level between the Stenstrup ice lake to the north and a subglacial valley containing a row of lakes to the south

Photo: Knud Mortensen
Geopark: Tåsinge Vejle
Previously, Tåsinge Vejle was a small meltwater valley created during the last ice age

Photo: Geopark Det Sydfynske Øhav
Geopark: Snarup
The Snarup area is a special part of the complex dead ice landscape that covers large parts of central Funen.
Photo: Søren Skibsted
Egebjerg Bakker og Stenstrup Issø
Photo: Søren Skibsted
Klintholm Limestone Quarry

Photo: Turist- og Erhvervsforeningen Langeland
South Langeland
For many years, Sydlangeland (Southern Langeland) including Gulstav Mose, Gulstavskovene, Ørnehøj, Dovns Klint and Keldsnor has been known as a great bird migration place, especially in the fall.

Photo: Turist- og Erhvervsforeningen Langeland
Longelse Farm Forest
The forest has been left undisturbed for over 130 years and several of its trees are more than 300 years old.

Photo: Jesper Ansbæk
The forests on North Langeland
A large forested area around the port of Lohals on the northernmost part of Langeland.

Photo: Dan Schou
Arreskov Lake
Arreskov Sø (Lake Arreskov) is located east of the ice-marginal hill-complex, ‘The Alps of Funen’, and its size of 3.17 km2 makes it the largest lake on the island of Fyn.

Photo: Solveig Marie Ydegaard
Brændegård Lake og Nørre Lake
Brændegård Sø (Brændegård Lake) and Nørre Sø (Nørre Lake) are, along with the surrounding nature, part of the vast dead-ice landscape occupying major parts of central Funen

Photo: Bøjden Nors Fugleværnsforening
Bøjden Cove
Bøjden Nor (Bøjden Cove) is situated on the Horne peninsula.

Photo: Ulla Friborg
Gråsten Cove
Gråsten Nor (Gråsten Cove) is a meadow area of about 3.9 km2.

Photo: Faaborg Turistbureau
Tarup-Davinde
The landscape is changing rapidly. Gravel excavation is turning the region into an area of lakes. This is the largest area af gravel excavation in Fyn County. The area has supplied gravel to country for the pasrt century, and looks set to continue doing so for the next 50 years. The Ibjerg Esker was formed in a crack in the base of a glacier. The esker is protected.

Photo: Solveig Marie Ydegaard
Vresen Game reserve
Vresen is a nationally designated game reserve.

Photo: VisitFaaborg
Geopark: The burial mounds in Pipstorn Skov
The Bronze Age mounds are particularly prominent in the landscape in that they are located out toward a clear lowering of the terrain.

Photo: VisitSvendborg© Knud Mortensen
Geopark: Gamle Hestehaves bronzealderhøje
The religious world of the Bronze Age was probably the most colourful one in Danish prehistory

Photo: Daniel Villadsen
Geopark: Søby Ramparts
Søby Volde (Søby Ramparts) is a princely fortification on West Ærø





