Louisenlund (Bornholm) Louisenlund (Bornholm) Louisenlund, some east of Østermarie on the Danish island of Bornholm, is a site with one of Denmark's largest collection of megaliths. Some 50 stones standing upright among the trees, many of them over high. Gryet, a similar site in a wood near Bodilsker west of Nexø once had over 60 megaliths but many have now been removed. The megaliths, which bear no inscription, stand on low mounds or over graves where the remains of burnt bones are buried. In the early Bronze Age and late Iron Age (1100 BC), it appears to have been common practice to
Nykøbing Falster Nykøbing Falster Nykøbing Falster (originally named Nykøbing) 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 ("Guldborg Strait") waterway to the island of Lolland. The town has a population of 16,503 (1 January 2015). Including the satellite town Sundby on the Lolland side, with a population of 2,797, the total population is 19,300. 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