35 kmGyldensteen Strand
Nearby coastal nature with birdlife and wetland; ideal as a calm contrast to the town.
Kerteminde is situated where Kerteminde Fjord meets the Great Belt, and the town still bears the mark of having lived close to the water. In the old town centre, narrow streets, red-tiled roofs and merchants' houses stand side by side with traces of trade, shipping and the harbour.
This is a town where the scale quickly changes: from the market town streets in the centre to the harbour setting and onwards to the coast. Kerteminde Church stands in the middle of the market square, while Farvergården on Langegade tells the story of the town as a trading and harbour town. The Amanda statue is a more popular local landmark, linked to Kerteminde's maritime identity.
Art history also plays an important role in the town. The Johannes Larsen Museum conveys the connection to Johannes Larsen and the Funen Painters, while Fjord&Bælt works with marine animals, especially harbour porpoises. Kerteminde can therefore offer a walk through the town, a museum visit and a day by the water.
Swimming beaches lie both north and south of the town. Nordstranden is particularly known for being child-friendly, with white sand and shallow water extending a good distance out. From Kerteminde, it is also only a short distance to the Ladby Ship by the fjord and the natural areas of Hindsholm and Fyns Hoved, making the market town a peaceful base with salt water on both sides of the day.
Fyns Hoved is the northernmost part of Hindsholm and part of the Natura 2000 area Fyns Hoved, Lillegrund and Lillestrand. Here, cliffs, tombolos, headlands, salt meadows and coastal lakes lie close together, and land uplift has left old coastal escarpments inland.
The beach is very stony, with granite, gneiss, porphyry, limestone and claystone among the rocks. At Fællesstrand, Tornen is a bird reserve with access prohibited during the breeding season from 1 April to 15 July.
By Kerteminde Fjord lies the Ladby Ship in the burial mound where it was discovered. The ship burial dates to around the year 925, and here a high-ranking man was buried in a warship together with animals and valuable grave goods.
It is not a wooden hull you encounter in the burial mound. Instead, the ship’s shape is defined by impressions, iron nails, and fittings from a vessel measuring about 22 meters, built for 30-32 oarsmen and probably also sails.
