Svendborg - Hesselagergård Castle

There are some interesting places to be found north of Svendborg. 12 km/7.25 mi along road No. 163 to Nybor a minor road branches off to the seaside resort of Lundeborg, and in another 2 km/1.25 mi a road bears off to Hesselagergård Castle, 1.5 km/1 mile distant. The castle was built in 1538 by Johann Friis, the Chancellor of Christian III. The round gable, modeled on a Venetian predecessor, was added in 1550. Some of the interior fittings have been preserved, and the chalk drawings of deer are especially worthy of note.

Further north in a meadow can be seen a boulder at least 12m/40ft high and 46m/150ft in diameter. It is the "Damestenen", which was deposited here from Norway during the Ice Age and is believed to be Denmark's largest erratic boulder.