Nykøbing Falster, Region Zealand, Denmark

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🇩🇰 Nykøbing Falster is a southern Danish city, seat of the Guldborgsund kommune. It belongs to Region Sjælland. The city lies on Falster, connected by the 295-meter-long Frederick IX Bridge over the Guldborgsund waterway to the island of Lolland. The larger area includes the satellite town Sundby on the Lolland side.

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Overview Nykøbing Falster is the largest city on the islands of Lolland and Falster, and is often called "Nykøbing F". to distinguish it from at least two other cities in Denmark with the name of Nykøbing. Nykøbing Falster is the seat of state and regional authorities. Additionally, a city in Sweden is called Nyköping, which means exactly the same thing ("new market") in the closely related language.

There is a 0.5-kilometre (0.31 mi) long commercial district, walking street (gågade) on the Falster side of the city with a wide selection of shops. At the end of the street is a large plaza where special events are arranged. These include popular late-night events, which are held several times a year. It has a large central library in the centre of town.

The town receives many visitors during the summer, especially from Germany.

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History Nykøbing Falster was founded around a 12th-century medieval castle. At the end of the 12th century, fortifications were set up on a peninsula on Guldborgsund for protection against the Wends, and these were later converted into Nykøbing Castle. The town of Nykøbing Falster grew up around these fortifications. After the Reformation, the castle was the residence of widowed Danish queens. As several queens of German descent resided here, many Germans came to the town.

Situated on a headland, the castle was protected from all sides. In its early days, the castle belonged to the royal house. Medieval documents issued in this region reveal that the royal court regularly visited the castle. This is the castle where Christopher II died (1332) and where Christian V was married (1667). Christian, Prince Elect of Denmark resided here. The castle was chartered in 1539. REF

The castle and the entire crown land on Falster were put up for sale in 1763 to help improve the poor state of government finances. The castle was sold for demolition, and only the modest ruin of one of the towers, Fars Hat (Father’s Hat in Danish) is in existence today.

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Recent history From 1970 to 2006, Nykøbing was the administrative seat of the former county of Storstrøm as well as the Nykøbing Falster municipality.

On 1 January 2007, the former Nykøbing Falster municipality merged with Nysted, Nørre Alslev, Sakskøbing, Stubbekøbing, and Sydfalster municipalities to form Guldborgsund municipality. This municipal reform, Kommunalreformen, created a municipality with an area of 907 square km (350 sq mi) and will belong to the new Region Sjælland ("Zealand Region"). The former Nykøbing Falster municipality covered an area of 134 square km (52 sq mi).

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Tourist Industry The city has a few noteworthy buildings, including a wooden house from 1580 and Czarens Hus ("The Tsar's House"), named in memory of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, who stayed there in 1716. The most noteworthy attraction is the city's old water tower, Nykøbing Vandtårn, which was built in 1909 and remains an icon of the city and the surrounding areas. Today, the water tower houses a small cultural centre holding art exhibitions and cultural events.

Other attractions include: • the City Museum (Bymuseet) • the Middle Ages Center (Middelaldercentret), located in Sundby • Ejegod Windmill with its toy museum • The abbey church founded in 1419. • Guldborgsund Zoo. (formerly "The People's Park") • The fire fighting museum (Brandmuseet).

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Transport Nykøbing Falster has a railway station operated by Danish State Railways. It is the terminus for regular local passenger-train services from Copenhagen via Ringsted and Køge. International trains operating between Copenhagen and Hamburg called at the station until 2019, and are now re-routed via Flensburg. The Lollandsbanen also operates a rail service to Nakskov.

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Nykøbing Falster has a population of over 16,980 people. Nykøbing Falster also forms the centre of the wider Storstrøm District which has a population of over 262,781 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Nykøbing Falster has links with:

🇫🇮 Iisalmi, Finland 🇵🇱 Lublin, Poland 🇸🇪 Nyköping, Sweden
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Antipodal to Nykøbing Falster is: -168.125,-54.765

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