Faaborg

Faaborg is a small port on the south Funen coast with a well-kept centre of cobbled lanes, low houses and a surviving town gate, and its landmark is the belfry of a demolished church, a brick tower that leans noticeably and whose carillon plays through the day. The town's significance is artistic: the Faaborg Museum, opened in 1915 in a building by Carl Petersen that is itself a landmark of Danish neoclassical design, holds the collection of the canned-goods manufacturer Mads Rasmussen and is the principal home of the Funen painters, the group who worked around Faaborg in the decades either side of 1900 painting rural life and light. Kaare Klint designed the museum's furniture, and the building is considered a turning point in Danish design.

What you actually see

• The leaning belfry - a brick tower with a carillon, all that remains of its church.
• Faaborg Museum - the Funen painters in a landmark 1915 building.
• Kaare Klint's museum furniture - designed for these rooms specifically.
• Cobbled lanes and the town gate - the preserved centre around the harbour.

When to go

May to September for the town and the archipelago ferries. Half a day. The museum closes on Mondays outside high season. Summer brings sailing traffic to the harbour.

Honest expectations

The museum is small and highly specific to Danish art of one period. Ferry timetables to the islands are seasonal and change. Much of the town closes early. Parking near the centre is limited.

Nearby

Svanninge Bakker is inland; the south Funen archipelago is reached from the harbour.