Nature- and exercise path Nørre Aaby

12.8 km, approx. 3 hours

Natur- og motionsstien Nørre AabyRight now, in autumn

From September to January you may come across the yellow-necked mouse along the route.

Photo: VisitMiddelfart
Natur- og motionsstien Nørre Aaby

The route follows Viby Ådal along the winding stream and the green meadows out to the reedbed at Gamborg Nor on a wooden boardwalk.

Waymarked. Start: 5580 Nørre Aaby.

About the route

The route is 6 km as a nature trail but can be extended into a circular hike of approximately 10 km.

Two things to look out for

What you can find in autumn

Photos: Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; This photography was created by Artem Topchiy (user Art-top). Other photos see here  This photograph was taken with a Canon PowerShot S2 IS, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

What the path sometimes sounds like

The birds are here. The recordings were made elsewhere.

Recordings from Wikimedia Commons: Black-headed gull, see recordist (CC BY-SA 4.0); Western jackdaw, QWerk (CC BY-SA 3.0); Greylag goose, Joost van Bruggen (CC BY-SA 4.0); Common blackbird, see recordist (CC BY-SA 4.0); European herring gull, see recordist (CC BY-SA 4.0).

startplace along the routeprotected monument

Protected ancient monuments1 church ruin ›
  • Church ruinChurch ruin, Middle Ages191 m from the route
Along the routeone place ›
  • Udby ChurchCulture, 49 m from the route. The altarpiece is painted by Ernst Trier, Works in granite dating from the erection the the 16th century: lions, rosettas, people and more.
What you walk throughmeadow, bog, Natura 2000 ›

The route runs 2.5 km through meadow and 730 m of bog, in the Natura 2000 site Lillebælt, 2.2 km along protected earth banks.

What is meadow, bog and Natura 2000?