page_title: Nykøbing Falster
section_title: Main sights
hierarchical_section_title: Nykøbing Falster / Main sights
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: Klosterkirken med urterhave i Nykøbing Falster. English: The old abbey church "Klosterkirken" in the town "Nykøbing Falster". It is located on the island Falster in east Denmark. Deutsch: Die alte Klosterkirche mit sehenswertem Kräutergarten im Zentrum von Nykøbing/F.
context_page_description: Nykøbing Falster 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 waterway to the island of Lolland. The town has a population of 16,940. Including the satellite town Sundby on the Lolland side, with a population of 3,038 the total population is 19,978.
context_section_description: The city has a few noteworthy buildings, including a wooden house from 1580 and Czarens Hus ("The Tsar's House"), named in memory of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, who stayed there in 1716. The most noteworthy attraction is the city's old water tower, Nykøbing Vandtårn, which was built in 1909 and remains an icon of the city and the surrounding areas. Today, the water tower houses a small cultural center holding art exhibitions and cultural events.
  Other attractions include:
  the City Museum (Bymuseet)
  the Middle Ages Center (Middelaldercentret), located in Sundby
  Ejegod Windmill with its toy museum
  The abbey church founded in 1419.
  Guldborgsund Zoo. (formerly "The People's Park")
  The fire fighting museum (Brandmuseet)
caption: The old abbey church (Klosterkirken).
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