Fåborg Museum Harbour / Yard Harbour

Marina near Faaborg

Last edited 11.03.2024 at 15:52 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

55° 5’ 37.8” N

Longitude

10° 14’ 6.4” E

Description

Museum harbor of the city of Fåborg. 

Here is the Haabet (Hope) at home, a beautiful old Danish wooden ship. Two-master with a very nice crew.

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The approach is possible day and night. From the south, the main fairway leads from the red light buoy [Fl(2)R.5s] with a course of 353° (at night: Sisserodde sector light [Iso.WRG.2s]) between the shoals "Knastgrund" and "Lillegrund" to the fairway strait northwest of Bjørnø. Here you follow the buoyed fairway to the harbor entrance. During the day, the unlighted fairway north of the "Lillegrund" can also be used. Coming from the east, the buoyed but unlighted "Grydeløb" leads northeast of Bjørnø to Fåborg during the day.

Berths

The commercial port is the best place for guests, but the western quay is reserved for fishermen (water depth 3-5 m).

Surroundings

All service and supply options and a sailmaker, ship chandlery and fuel station are available. A lively harbor with charm, also recommended for night owls.

NV Land Guide

The appealing small town with 18,000 inhabitants was first mentioned in 1229. After their wedding, Waldemar the Victorious gave his daughter-in-law, Princess Elenora of Portugal, the towns of Faaborg and Svendborg as a dowry. The second syllable of the town's name indicates that it grew into a town under the protection of a castle. However, historians have not yet been able to find out what happened to the castle. The last written evidence of the castle's existence dates back to the 14th century. Of the protective buildings and ramparts, only the western city gate in Vestergade remains today

Faaborg was granted city rights at the beginning of the 13th century. During the Middle Ages, the town was plagued by many feuds and wars, fires and the plague. The Swedish wars of the 17th century also left their mark, so that today not much remains of the Faaborg of the late Middle Ages. However, there are very well-preserved houses from the 18th and 19th centuries.

The Faaborg Museum at Grönnegade 75, which was established in 1910 by the factory owner Mads Rasmussen, is particularly worth a visit. The museum building is one of the most outstanding examples of neoclassicism in Denmark. It mainly exhibits the works of Fyn painters. Contemporary works by internationally renowned artists are also on display. The public has access to the museum garden. The former merchant's yard "Den gamle Gaard" in Holkegade 1 is also a museum. The courtyard was built in 1725 and the exhibition focuses on city life in the 18th and 19th centuries.

In addition, various pieces of furniture and everyday objects belonging to Riborg Voigt, Hans Christian Andersen's childhood sweetheart, are on display. Many museum pieces tell of the overseas contacts of the trading and shipping town. Faaborg harbor, built around 1720, was home to one of the largest merchant fleets in Denmark. The island of Lyø off the coast of Faaborg is also represented with exhibits.

The "Arrest" located directly on the market square offers an adventure museum for children too. Among other things, visitors can experience what it feels like to be a prisoner or follow a fictional crime story.

The brewery yard at Bryggergården 6 was the largest distillery on Fyn around 1860 and remained so until it was closed down in 1887. Today, the brewery yard houses the town's historical archive, the oldest of its kind in Denmark.

The bell tower in Tårnstræde is the town's landmark. The church next to it was destroyed around 1600. Fynen's largest carillon can be heard four times a day from the tower.

The Faaborg parish church was originally built around 1500 as part of a monastery for the Heiligengeistorden. On the altar is the Bible of King Christian IV from this period. The Kaleko watermill at Princes Havevej 38, about two kilometers northeast of Faaborg in the direction of Diernæs, is one of the excursion destinations in the area. It is the oldest of the remaining mills in Denmark. Its interior gives an insight into the everyday life of a miller's family over 100 years ago. The mill, whose water wheel is kept running, is home to the oldest grinder in the country. Grain was ground here using water power as early as 1440. The mill is also furnished with old furniture and household items from the area. Fynen's toy museum in Millinge was only opened in 1986. From old Italian dolls to baby dolls from the 1950s, there are hundreds of dolls on display at Assensvej 279.

The thatched roof on the farm building at Ostrupgårdhof near Haastrup is the largest in Denmark at 6000 square meters. The farm is also the only place in Scandinavia today where you can get a realistic impression of a complete manor complex in the Middle Ages.

Egeskov Castle near Kvärndrup was built in 1554 on a foundation of oak piles driven into a lake. The imposing building is open to the public. Also worth seeing is the Egeskov Vintage Car Museum, which was set up in a former farm building of the castle. On display are horse-drawn carriages, motorcycles, cars and even airplanes. However, the distance from Faaborg to the castle - following the A8 - is around 20 kilometers. There is a bus service

Svanninge Bakker is the name of a part of the Fyn Alps to the north and northwest of Faaborg. You can enjoy the view from a lookout tower at Tyveknap (Thieves' Knob) 85 meters above sea level

Marina Information

Max Depth 5 m
Berth Width 25 m
Berth Length 190 m

Contact

Phone +45 72 53 02 60
Email Please enable Javascript to read
Website https://www.faaborghavn.fmk.dk
VHF Channel 16

Surroundings

Electricity

Water

Toilet

Shower

Restaurant

Imbiss

Crane

Atm

Internet

Fuel

Grocery

Boatyard

Ramp

Public Transport

Bikerental

Garbage

Sewage

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