Middelfart has many different sides: at Bridgewalking Lillebælt, visitors can reach the top of the Old Lillebælt Bridge, 60 metres above sea level. There is also ceramic art, Danish history, themed trails and coastal landscapes. To choose where to stay, consider what matters most: culture, a walking route, or nature and activities on the water.
Ceramic Art and History
The CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art in Middelfart is Denmark’s only specialist museum for ceramic art, crafts and design. Its Royal Copenhagen collection comprises more than 55,000 objects and is among Europe’s finest porcelain collections. The museum thus focuses on both a broad field of expertise and a specific, clearly defined porcelain collection.
The 2.3-kilometre Keramikrute offers a different way to explore the subject: it connects ceramic art with the atmosphere of the harbour and city life. You can explore ceramics either as a museum collection or in the context of the harbour and city. Another historical highlight is Henner Friisers Hus, a Renaissance gabled house built around 1580.
MIND presents more than 100 years of Danish psychiatric history. The museum includes a sensory garden where you can go barefoot and feel different textures, as well as a garden featuring artworks by the Danish Arts Foundation (Statens Kunstfond). MIND thus combines historical content with a garden experience that can also be explored through the sense of touch.
Trails, Wildlife Park and Coast
If you enjoy walking, you can compare two routes with different lengths and surroundings. Banestien follows a disused railway line from the new Lillebælt Bridge to Vejlby and is 4.3 kilometres long. It passes through Staurby Skov and along open fields; you can walk or cycle it.
Klimaruten is shorter: this 3-kilometre walking route passes through the four sections of Klimabyen. It is free and open year-round. Compared with Banestien, the route is 1.3 kilometres shorter; Banestien passes through woodland and alongside fields, while Klimaruten connects the areas of Klimabyen.
The Hindsgavl Peninsula is home to a 165-hectare wildlife park with red deer and fallow deer. The peninsula also has beech forest and coastal slopes. This offers a different focus on nature from the trails through Staurby Skov and Klimabyen: here, the wildlife park and landscape features take centre stage. You can kayak along the coast from Middelfart Marina.
An Annual Event in August
Klimafolkemødet takes place every year in August in Middelfart and focuses on climate. If you would like to plan your stay around the event, check the programme and specific dates before travelling. Together with the museums, routes and nature experiences, it offers a range of themes to choose from when planning your trip, without prescribing any one focus.
Discover more destinations: Hjorte, Asperup, Ejby, Røjle, Føns, Nørre Aaby, Viby, Båring Strand
For the broader travel overview: Middelfart Municipality.
