Villas in Væggerløse

About Væggerløse

Væggerløse is a small town of about 1,300 on Falster, roughly 8 km south of Nykøbing, with a hilltop Romanesque church and large housing estates. Travellers book here for Marielyst, the beach resort a few kilometres further south. The median house sits a little north of the resort centre, in summer-house streets, and the spread is small. Marielyst has only about 600 permanent residents but over 6,000 summer houses in and around it, so for most of the year it is far emptier than its size suggests. The beach is soft white sand running for some 20 km along the Baltic, sloping gently into calm water. The resort has hotels, restaurants, shops, a go-kart centre, a kite and windsurfing school and the Golf and Fun Park with minigolf. Homes typically sleep around six, and many have a sauna or fireplace. Out of season, opening hours shrink.

Is Væggerløse right for you?

Best for

Families wanting a long, gently shelving sandy beach

Not for you if

You want a lively town to walk to in the evening, because the houses sit in quiet summer-house streets and Marielyst winds down outside summer.

Near Væggerløse

• Marielyst

  The resort itself, with restaurants, shops, a go-kart centre and the Golf and Fun Park, a few kilometres south of Væggerløse.

• Bøtø Nor

  Bird reserve on the remains of a shallow lagoon, with three towers, hides and about 15 km of easy paths, plus Bøtø Plantage woods.

• Nykøbing Falster

  The largest town on Lolland and Falster, about 12 km north of Marielyst, with a railway station and a wooden house from 1580.

• Gedser

  Town at Falster's southern tip, from where Scandlines car ferries cross to Rostock in Germany.

Getting to Væggerløse

Copenhagen airport is the one to use, and Marielyst is about an hour and a half from Copenhagen by car. Local trains from Copenhagen terminate at Nykøbing Falster, but public transport from the capital takes around four hours and you will still want a car for the houses. Drivers coming through Germany can cross from Puttgarden to Rødbyhavn on Lolland.

When to go to Væggerløse

June to September is the best time for swimming, and the beach is big enough that you can usually find space even in high season. July and August are the wettest months, though the rain is modest. In winter the days are cold and shop and restaurant hours are limited, which gives walkers the long beach to themselves and Bøtø Nor its migrating geese and whooper swans.

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