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Book tour at Liselund
Sunlight filtering through the trees in Liselund Park, with the pond and flowering shrubs in the background.

The romantic garden

Møn - Liselund Manour House & Park

Step into one of Denmark’s most beautiful parks from the 18th-century. Here you’ll find an atmosphere that enchants you from the moment you set foot in the park.

The couple Antoine and Lisa de la Calmette created Liselund as a romantic retreat for themselves and the greatest Danish artists of the time, such as H.C. Andersen, Bertel Thorvaldsen and Adam Oehlenschläger. Follow in their footsteps along the beautiful, winding paths, past lakes, flowers and exotic gazebos. Along the way, you’ll sense the park’s ideals of closeness to nature, and perhaps discover that they resonate just as strongly today as they did 200 years ago.

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Back to nature

The Romantic philosophers dreamed of freeing humanity from the shackles of civilisation and returning to nature. That dream was planted in the gardens of Liselund and lives on today as a place of tranquillity and reflection. Explore the woods, enjoy a picnic on the grass, and let your thoughts wander freely amongst the clouds and flowers, lakes and blossoms.
Liselund Manor House seen across the park's pond, with its thatched roof, spire and the surrounding parkland.
Photo: Pernille Kaalund

Explore the park on a guided tour

From spring to autumn, we have regular tours

Places to ponder

Sunlit reflections in the pond at Liselund Park, surrounded by green trees and shrubs.
Photo: Pernille Kaaslund
Sunlit reflections in the pond at Liselund Park, surrounded by green trees and shrubs.
The Norwegian House in Liselund Park, a small dark timber building with a turf roof, reached via a staircase through the woods.
Photo: Pernille Kaaslund
The Norwegian House in Liselund Park, a small dark timber building with a turf roof, reached via a staircase through the woods.
Stone relief in a grotto in Liselund Park, showing a kneeling figure in front of a pedestal with a bust.
Photo: Pernille Kaaslund
Stone relief in a grotto in Liselund Park, showing a kneeling figure in front of a pedestal with a bust.
The Chinese Pavilion stands as a colourful eye-catcher at the end of the path through Liselund Park.
Photo: Pernille Kaaslund
The Chinese Pavilion stands as a colourful eye-catcher at the end of the path through Liselund Park.
Path through a wooded ravine in Liselund Park, with a small bridge crossing the stream.
Photo: Pernille Kaaslund
Path through a wooded ravine in Liselund Park, with a small bridge crossing the stream.

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1792 engraving titled 'Prospect af Liselund paa Møen', showing the park landscape with the manor house in the background.
Prospekt af Liselund, 1792

A landscape created with care

When Calmette purchased the site around 1783, it was a marsh and woodland that had to be cleared, drained and levelled before the romantic garden could take shape. The couple planned everything down to the smallest detail, with hills and lakes, ravines and woodland, where monuments and houses from distant lands are scattered across the dreamlike park, topped off with peacocks, ducks and water lilies. Today, the park lies like a clearing in the forest, where undulating terrain and winding paths offer new views and atmospheres around every bend.
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1792 engraving titled 'Prospect af Liselund paa Møen', showing the park landscape with the manor house in the background.
Prospekt af Liselund, 1792

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The starry sky above Liselund Park

Møn is certified as a Dark Sky Park, one of the darkest places in Denmark, where minimal light pollution offers a truly unique experience of nature. If you lie down in the grass at night, the stars and planets come into view on a scale rarely seen elsewhere. In Liselund Park, you can experience the night sky in the same darkness that Antoine and Lisa knew over 200 years ago.
Møns Klint bathed in starlight at night, with the sea and the white chalk cliffs faintly lit by moonlight.
Foto: Kultunaut

The history

Antoine and Lisa's summer home

The nobleman Antoine de la Calmette named Liselund after his beloved wife, Lisa. Together, they created a garden with the orderly wildness of the Romantic era, and in the middle of the large clearing they had their little summer castle built. Here, the couple explored the free-thinking of the Enlightenment and the tension between nature and culture, and indulged in imaginative escapades in their very own paradise.
Delve into the history of Liselund
Doorway between two decorated rooms in Liselund Manor House, with painted friezes and a view into the green room.