Gedser Odde

Gedser Odde is Denmark's southernmost point — a headland on the southern tip of Falster that juts into the Baltic Sea at coordinates 54° 33′ N, 11° 58′ E. The former naval station at the tip now houses an exhibition and community centre telling the story of the headland's nature, geology, birdlife and its strategic role during the Cold War, when the station monitored Warsaw Pact shipping traffic towards the Øresund. In the atrium garden stands the four-tonne Sydstenen (Southern Stone) as a symbol of Denmark's southernmost point. Gedser Odde is one of the country's most important migratory bird sites: Falster acts as a funnel channelling tens of thousands of birds out over the sea every spring and autumn. Gedser Bird Station, run by volunteers from the Danish Ornithological Society in the former lighthouse keeper's residence, rings more small birds than anywhere else in Denmark — up to 16,000 in autumn. Gedser Lighthouse, inaugurated in 1802 and most recently renovated in 2021, can be seen 48 km away.