Global Network of National Geoparks

ODSHERRED UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK

Celebrating Earth HeritageOdsherred UNESCO Global Geopark is situated only 100 km from Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, and covers an area of 355 km² The supreme geological heritage of Denmark’s first UNESCO Global Geopark, is constituted mainly by glacial structures formed during the latter part of the Weichselian approx. 17,000 years ago. The most dominant landscape feature is the prese...

Vestjylland UNESCO Global Geopark

Celebrating Earth heritageThe Bovbjerg cliff and groyne in Vestjylland UNESCO Global GeoparkDuring the Quaternary period of Earth history, enormous ice sheets sculpted the impressive ice age landscapes that form the core of Geopark West Jutland. These landscapes mark the final period when the Earth was in a deep freezer and when the Scandinavian Ice Sheet extended from the mountains of Norway dow...