Dagstur til Møn

"Day-trip to Møn"

This past Sunday, ESN organized a day-trip to Møn, a little island about 200km outside of Copenhagen. It was great weather as far as Denmark is concerned - it was over ten degrees for the majority of the day and there were sunny periods! At the end of the day it did rain a little bit but it didn't matter because we were on our bus ride home.

The first thing that we went to see was Møns Klint (Chalk Cliffs). They are gorgeous cliffs that are white because of the chalk. There is always white residue left behind, in the kettle, on the bathroom floor, in cups, etc. which I found out, is because there is so much chalk in the water! At Møn however, it wasn't annoying to have this chalk residue. Everything was absolutely beautiful; the chalk made the water aqua-coloured so it looked like the Caribbean.

Trying to walk across a tree that had fallen in our path...it's not as easy as it sounds!

I wrote my name with the chalk

We walked along a path by the beach and then went up the stairs (all 495 of them) and explored a little bit of the forest area. The trees were also amazing; very thin and twisted. Apparently this was the best time to go to Møn because in a few weeks, the leaves of these trees will fully open and kill all of the flowers below, according to our knowledgeable guide.

Taking a break from climbing the stairs

After our three hour hike along the beach and through the forest, we went to Liselund Romantic Park. It was a large park created by a French nobleman for his wife. He had several houses built in order to give the feeling that they were in a different part of the world; there was the Swiss, Norwegian, and Chinese houses.

Afterwards we went to Elmelunde Kirke (a church made from the chalk of Møn) and saw the chalk paintings inside depicting the important events in the bible. Our tour finished at Jaettestue - the giant's living room. It is a small hill/grace room that you can go inside. It was very small so everyone had to bend over, and it was also pitch black. It was kind of like a disco party inside because everyone had their camera lights flashing in order to be able to see. In the old days it was believed that only a giant could move this hill, hence the name 'giant's living room'.