Orehoved
Orehoved is a small harbour town in the north of the Danish island of Falster. It grew up mainly as a result of the railway and ferry services in the late 19th century. As of 2025, it has a population of 426.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Orehoved Lighthouse and Gyldenbjerg Church.
Orehoved Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Orehoved Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Orehoved on the north coast of Falster, Denmark. It was built in 1895 on the northwest corner of the quay, replacing an earlier light which had simply been placed on a mast at the end of the railway pier.
Storstrøm Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Thuecl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Storstrøm Bridge is a road and railway arch bridge that crosses Storstrømmen between the islands of Falster and Masnedø in Denmark. Together with Masnedsund Bridge it connects Falster and Zealand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Masned Sund and Nørre Alslev.
Masned Sund
Village
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Masned Sund is a village, which is situated 6 km northeast of Orehoved.
Nørre Alslev
Village
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Nørre Alslev is a town with a population of 2,363 on the northern end of the island of Falster in south Denmark. It belongs to Guldborgsund municipality in Region Sjælland. Nørre Alslev is situated 6 km south of Orehoved.
Øster Kippinge
Village
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Øster Kippinge is a village 6 kilometres west of Nørre Alslev on the Danish island of Falster. As of 2025, it has a population of 269. Øster Kippinge is situated 7 km southwest of Orehoved.
Orehoved
- Type: Village with 468 residents
- Description: town in Falster, Denmark
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Guldborgsund Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
54.95181° or 54° 57′ 7″ northLongitude
11.8552° or 11° 51′ 19″ eastPopulation
468Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
9F6HXV24+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 596586662OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2615391Wikidata ID
Q2660955
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Orehoved” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Orehoved”
- Bulgarian: “Ореховед”
- Cebuano: “Orehoved”
- Danish: “Orehoved”
- Dutch: “Orehoved”
- Finnish: “Orehoved”
- Polish: “Orehoved”
- Swedish: “Orehoved”
- Turkish: “Orehoved”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Orehoved”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.