Today most tourists to the Goose Tower park their cars on the Castle Square. It was here the tower Møllebækstårnet stood 250 years ago – the impressive gate to the Castle of Vordingborg. As early as the Middle Ages, the Valdemars found it to be the right place for building one of the strongest royal castles of that time. They called it ”Vordingborg”. From here King Valdemar the Great sent many expeditions against the Wends at the coasts of Northern Germany.

At the time of Valdemar the Victorious (Valdemar Sejr), the castle was the base for Danish expansion in the Baltic area, and it was also here that he signed the Law of Jutland in 1241.
Kings were crowned, sieges endured, weddings celebrated and plots contrived behind the thick walls of the expanding castle, which in the days of glory of King Valdemar IV (Valdemar Atterdag) had nine towers and a ring wall of almost 800 meters making it Denmark’s second largest castle. The Goose Tower remains intact from the time of Atterdag, and for several centuries the legends about the huntloving king and his merits lived on in the forest village of South Zealand.
After the Dano-Swedish Wars, large parts of the old royal castle were demolished; instead a grand baroque palace was built for the youngest son of Frederik the Third, Prince Jørgen, who never took up permanent residence in Vordingborg though. And as early as the mid 1700s, the palace was demolished. No less than three manors were built in proximity to the town of the Goose Tower. Among those were Iselingen, which in the so-called Golden Age of the 1800s became a rendezvous place for many of the leading artists and scientists of that time.

Talking of mansions, it was at Rosenfeldt that Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik had their secret romance in the private rose garden, before their engagement was announced.
With the arrival of the railway in 1870, Zealand’s most southern borough awoke from its magic sleep after several centuries. In 1937, the Storstrøm Bridge was opened – it was the longest bridge in Europe for several years. And in 1970 the Municipality of Vordingborg was established.
Vordingborg’s mainstreet, starting next to the Goose Tower and close to the Northern Harbour, is well-known for its luxurious flower containers. Here you will find all you need. The shops support an active town life with entertainment, a pedestrian street and special offers. If you need a break, try one of the pleasant courtyard cafés.