Mogeltonder

Mogeltonder is essentially one street, Slotsgaden, running from the church to the gates of Schackenborg Castle, lined with lime trees and with low thatched and tiled houses on both sides, built to a common pattern in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when the estate controlled the village, which is why it is so uniform. It is regularly described as one of the most beautiful streets in Denmark. The church at the western end is medieval with an unusually rich painted interior, a Renaissance gallery, a painted ceiling and one of the oldest working organs in the country. Schackenborg at the other end was a royal residence until 2014 and is now run as a hotel and estate, with the garden open in season.

What you actually see

• Slotsgaden - one lime-lined street of uniform thatched houses.
• The painted church interior - galleries, ceiling and a very old organ.
• Schackenborg gates - the castle closing the eastern end of the street.
• The marsh setting - flat reclaimed land around the village.

When to go

May to September; the church is open daily and the castle garden has a season. Two hours. Summer weekends bring day visitors. The street is at its best in the evening when the lime shade is long.

Honest expectations

It is one street and takes half an hour to walk. The castle is now a hotel and the interior is not open to non-guests. Parking is limited and the street is residential. There is little else in the village.

Nearby

Tonder is east; the Wadden Sea and Mando lie west.