Falster

Falster Island
Island
Country	Denmark
Municipality	Falster municipality
Area	514 km² (198 sq mi)
Center
- coordinates	54°48′0″N 11°58′0″E / 54.8, 11.96667Coordinates: 54°48′0″N 11°58′0″E / 54.8, 11.96667
Population	43,537 (2005)
Municipality	since January 2007
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Falster Island (bottom center) in Denmark

Farø south bridge to Falster.

Falster is a Danish island. The area of the island is 514 km² (198 sq. miles), and there are 43,537 inhabitants, over 40% of whom live in the principal town, Nykøbing Falster. It includes Denmark\'s southernmost point, Gedser Odde.

It is connected to Zealand in the north by two bridges – the Farø Bridges (Farøbroerne) are part of Euroroute E47 from Copenhagen (and Helsingborg) to Lübeck (and thence Hamburg and the south). The E47 continues via a tunnel under the Guldborgsund strait to the western neighbouring island of Lolland. From there, a ferry connects to Germany, but plans exist for a Fehmarn Belt bridge to replace the ferry. The Farø bridges join on the small island of Farø, and from there a further bridge gives access to the eastern neighbouring island of Møn.

There are two other bridges connecting to Lolland: the Guldborgsund Bridge at the northern end of the strait and the Frederick IX Bridge at Nykøbing Falster.

See also

• Lolland, Langeland, Zealand - islands of Denmark

External links

Map of Lolland and Falster

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