Middelfart
Middelfart is a historic market town with a scenic natural location in the heart of Denmark and 117 km of coastline.
Middelfart is surrounded by Denmark's largest nature park, the Little Belt Nature Park which is home to the world's densest population of small whales. We offer numerous memorable activities and experiences. We are especially well-known for Bridgewalking, whale safaris and the Nordic region's biggest ceramics museum CLAY.
The town's shops, many galleries and places to eat can be found on the waterfront and along the small pedestrian shopping street and in the small hidden oases. Here you can experience the transformation from a historic harbour environment to a contemporary climate-friendly urban community. The scenic Hindsgavl Peninsula offers tranquillity along its slopes and beaches. All this is within a 3 km radius and walking distance.
Sustainable architecture
Middelfart’s town hall is Denmark's first and only sustainable public building to achieve platinum and diamond DGNB certification. The floors are made of residual wood. The building is cooled mechanically with electricity generated by 700 m2 of solar cells on the roof. All furniture, walls and ceilings are noise-reducing. Any surplus heat is piped out as district heating for the town’s houses. Food waste from the canteen is transformed into natural gas.
The town hall square, Rådhustorvet, is a new meeting place that offers town centre atmosphere, housing and activities, while the town hall itself is a house of culture with space for concerts, etc. when its employees and local politicians have gone home.
The CLAY Museum is a vibrant contemporary museum and specialises in ceramic arts, crafts and design.
Our climate is changing, and this brings challenges to Middelfart's low-lying Kongebro district, which has been challenged by heavy rainfall, flooded basements, water in the streets and overflows to the Little Belt.
Middelfart’s waterfront is very special indeed and takes you on a journey through time, from the old town and harbour with its hanging gardens, to Middelfart Sparekasse's award-winning modern headquarters, past KulturØen and up to Denmark's most climate-friendly town hall.
KulturØen was designed by the renowned Schmidt Hammer Lassen company of architects and is mainly the work of architect John Lassen and head designer Lars Vejen. It is built on an artificial island, surrounded by the privately owned Ny Havn 1 marina, and is clad in pre-patinated zinc. KulturØen was inaugurated in August 2005.
KulturØen in Middelfart
Some of the things you can see here are: the old block saw from 1905, which is still used for cutting planks, a slipway from 1915 and the shipbuilding hall, which was built in 1949. In 1997, the Little Belt Wharf association took over the site and has since run it as a combined museum shipyard with a maritime history centre, which still has a functional shipyard.
Henner Friiser's House is the oldest renaissance house in Middelfart. The house has exhibitions about porpoises, porpoise whaling and the history of Middelfart and its local area from the 16th century to the present day.
