Melby Windmill

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Melby Windmill is a smock mill located at Melby, Halsnæs Municipality, North Zealand, some 60 kilometres north west of Copenhagen, Denmark. ()

Local name: Melby MølleBuilt: 1878 (146 years ago)Coordinates: 55°59'46"N, 11°57'59"E

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HovedstadenDenmark

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Melby Windmill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Grønnessegaard, Asserbo Charterhouse, Lynæs Havn, Arresø.

3.4 miSW
Manor house
Grønnessegaard, Hundested
87 min walk • Grønnessegaard is a manor house and estate located just east of Hundested in Halsnæs Municipality, Denmark, some 50 kilometres northwest of Copenhagen. The estate was established by Johan Frederik Classen in 1776. The two-storey main building is from 1859.
3.9 miNE
Monastery
Asserbo Charterhouse, North Coast
99 min walk • Asserbo Charterhouse is a fortress and Carthusian monastery ruin in the small town of Asserbo north of Frederiksværk on North Zealand in Denmark.
5.3 miSW
55°56'32"N • 11°52'9"E
Lynæs Havn, Hundested
135 min walk • Sailing, Marina
5.6 miE
Large fishing lake in a bucolic setting
Arresø
144 min walk • Arresø is the largest lake, by area, in Denmark. It covers 40,72 km² and is situated on the island of Zealand 43 kilometers northwest of Copenhagen as the crow flies.
6.3 miNE
Observatories and planetariums
Wieth-Knudsen Observatoriet, Tisvilde
161 min walk • N.P. Wieth-Knudsen Observatory is next to Tisvilde Hegn, two hours away from Copenhagen, Denmark, at Margot Nyholms vej 19, 3220 Tisvildeleje, on the outskirts of a small residential area in Tisvilde, away from artificial light generated by larger cities. It was constructed in 1959 by Dr.
6.3 miNE
56°2'30"N • 12°6'24"E
Tibirke Kirke, North Coast
160 min walk • Church
4.5 miW
Specialty museum, Museum
Knud Rasmussens Hus, Hundested
116 min walk • Knud Rasmussen's House in Hundested is today a memorial to Denmark's famous polar explorer Knud Rasmussen. Here you can experience memories of Knud Rasmussen's scientific expeditions in Greenland.
2.9 miSE
Forts and castles, Hospital, Health
Arresødal, Frederiksværk
74 min walk • Arresødal is a manor estate situated in Frederiksværk, in Halsnæs Municipality on the island of Zealand in Region Hovedstaden, northeastern Denmark. Surrounded by forest to the west of lake Arresø, it now functions as a private hospice.
2.7 miSE
Specialty museum, Architecture, History museum
Industrimuseet Frederiks Værk, Frederiksværk
70 min walk • The Frederiks Værk Industrial Museum is a state-recognised cultural history museum. The museum covers the entire municipality of Halsnæs. The museum received state recognition in 2004.
3.9 miSE
55°58'13"N • 12°3'25"E
Dronningholm Slotsruin
100 min walk • Ruins
5.2 miSW
Church
Lynæs Kirke, Hundested
132 min walk • Lynæs Church is located in the southern Hundestedbydel Lynæs. The church, which was consecrated on 8 September 1901, was designed by architect Andreas Clemmensen. The church consists of a choir and nave, with a porch to the south and a tower to the...