Sejerø Havn

Description

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The approach to the harbour is unproblematic day and night. It is approached from the southwest directly to the fired harbour entrance. The western pier head tends to silting up.

Berths

Guests will find enough space on the inside of the outer pier (including the former ferry pier) or in the boxes in the northern part of the harbour. The water depths are 1.5 - 3.5 m. The fishing basin and the new ferry pier may not be used by pleasure boats.

Surroundings

In the village, about one kilometre away, you can get the most essentials from the island's grocer. There is no longer a baker on Sejerø. You can get fuel at the bridgehead of the fishing harbour. Water taps can only be found at the sanitary facilities. Since fresh water is very scarce on the island, you should use it carefully. There is a ferry connection from Sejerø to Havnsø on Zealand.

NV Land Guide

The fact that the number of tourists arriving by ferry from Havnsø is still limited is a reason for many sports sailors to visit the quiet island almost every year. Others of the more than 3000 sailors who come here every year are delighted by the somewhat peculiar landscape, in which plains alternate with hills. The reason for this scenic contrast can be traced back to the Ice Age and the Stone Age. The glaciers of the Ice Age formed moraine hills, of which in the Stone Age (after the water level had risen by many metres) only the tops peeked out. Siltation set in and gradually connected the hills. So it is that flat and undulating terrain make for an appealing contrast, but its appeal is diminished by the fact that the island is over-exploited for agriculture and there are few unspoilt areas on the eleven-kilometre-long and just under two-kilometre-wide islet.

For exploring Sejerø, the harbour is strategically located halfway between the south-eastern and north-western tips of the elongated island. To get to the southern tip, you can either hire a bicycle in Sejerby or walk along the road directly along the south-west coast. After four kilometres you come to the settlement of Mastrup, and another 500 metres southeast to the highest mountain on Sejerø, the 30-metre-high Kongshøj (King's Hill). Its counterpart on the northwest side of the island is Skagelse Mountain, which is only 29 metres high. It can be reached from Mastrup via Kongstrup and Nordby, where the beaches are well worth a detour. At many places on Sejerø you can see guillemots, an extremely rare bird species. The black-feathered animal is distinguished by a white patch on its wings and red legs.

On the northwest beach of the "North Mountain" stands the Gniben Lighthouse, which provides a beautiful view over Sejerø Bay and parts of the island. Nearby is a beautiful dune forest. Via Marebjerg and Aasen, you return to the tranquil main town of Sejerby on the north-west coast and have thus rounded the island once on land.

In the "island metropolis" near the harbour, the church dating from the 13th century is particularly worth seeing, with murals depicting scenes from the Old Testament. The votive ship "Trinity" inside the church is one of the oldest in Denmark - and the cemetery is probably unique in that, in addition to the name of the deceased, his profession was also recorded on the gravestone.

The island gained sad fame through the discord of the island population in the last century. The bone of contention was the work of the "Inner Mission", whose missionary activities gave rise to two irreconcilable camps, which were so enamoured of each other that each had its own ferry and its own dairy. Only after many years of mutual intolerance did they get along again. As a sign of the "reunion" of the two quarrelling parties, a stone was erected in the parish garden at the beginning of the century.

Sejerby has a cosy inn (halfway between the village and the harbour) and a grocer's shop, near which you can hire bicycles from the Old Smithy (now a workshop). The entire island is known for its miles of beaches and is well worth the longer stay.

Marina Information

Contact

Surroundings

Electricity

Water

Toilet

Shower

Crane

Fuel

Diesel

Grocery

Boatyard

Ramp

Public Transport

Bikerental

Garbage