Søborg Castle, Gilleleje

#1 among attractions in Gilleleje

Top attraction, History museum, Forts and castles

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Søborg Castle is a ruined castle south of Gilleleje in North Zealand, Denmark. It was one of the strongest castle in Denmark and was also used as a prison. It was inhabited until the Count's Feud in 1535, when it is speculated that it was destroyed. In 1577, the feudal tenant was granted permission to use the ruins as a quarry. ()

Local name: Søborg Slot Coordinates: 56°5'27"N, 12°18'35"E

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Bygaden 22Gilleleje 3250 Denmark

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Søborg Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rudolph Tegner Museum, Esrum Abbey, Munkeruphus, Fyrhistorisk Museum på Nakkehoved.

3.7 miE
Specialty museum, Museum, Art museum
Rudolph Tegner Museum, North Coast
94 min walk • The Rudolph Tegner Museum is set in the middle of a protected area just south of Dronningmølle on Zealand's north coast, some 50 km north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The museum is dedicated to the oeuvre of the sculptor Rudolph Tegner. The museum exhibits some 250 of Tegner's sculptures as well as models in plaster, clay, bronze and marble.
4 miSE
Monastery
Esrum Abbey, North Coast
102 min walk • Esrum Abbey, also Esrom Abbey, was the second Cistercian monastery founded in Denmark, located near Hillerød in Region Hovedstaden, on the island of Zealand, on the north side of the Esrum Sø near Esbønderup and Græsted.
2.5 miNE
Cafe, Architecture, Museum
Munkeruphus, North Coast
64 min walk • Munkeruphus is a former country house located in Munkerup now part of Dronningmølle–Hornbæk, on the north coast of Zealand, Denmark. A rare example of American influence in Danish architecture, the building now serves as an exhibition space.
2.3 miNE
History museum, Museum, Lighthouse
Fyrhistorisk Museum på Nakkehoved, Gilleleje
60 min walk • Nakkehoved Lighthouse was originally the name for two individual lighthouses above the Nakkehoved cliffs. Since the eastern lighthouse was decommissioned in 1898, the name Nakkehoved lighthouse has come to refer to only the western tower, which is still operational.
0.4 miSE
56°5'11"N • 12°19'4"E
Søborg Kirke, Gilleleje
12 min walk • Church
4.8 miSW
56°3'22"N • 12°12'7"E
Valby Kirke, Helsinge
123 min walk • Church
2.9 miSE
56°3'10"N • 12°20'38"E
Esbønderup Kirke, Græsted
75 min walk • Church
4.7 miS
56°1'30"N • 12°16'47"E
Mårum Kirke, Græsted
120 min walk • Church
4.1 miW
56°5'9"N • 12°12'13"E
Blistrup Kirke, Græsted
105 min walk • Church
3 miE
Town
Dronningmølle
77 min walk • Dronningmølle is a seaside resort town in Esbønderup parish, Gribskov Municipality in the Capital Region of Denmark, of eastern Denmark.
2.4 miNE
Locality
Munkerup
62 min walk • Munkerup is a coastal district of Hornbæk-Dronningmølle in the north of Zealand, Denmark. It is located in Gribskov Municipality, two kilometres to the west of Dronningmølle and four kilometres east of Gilleleje. In 2009, Munkerup had a population of 791.