You can’t help but feel moved on first sight of Dodekalitten (dodekalit.dk), a ring of monumental stone megaliths on a lonely meadow overlooking the sea. Artist Thomas Kadziola has been working on this modern-day Stonehenge since 2010, and in 2024 was just two stones short of a dozen – the sculpture’s name stems from dodecalith, meaning "Twelve Stones" in Greek. Standing 7m-tall and each weighing 25 to 45 tonnes, the megaliths are carved with placid human faces, looking something between an Easter Island moai and an ancient Greek herma. An underground sound system plays curious new-age groaning hums and semi-musical AI-created sounds whose real-time composition is influenced by the sea and weather conditions.
Access is from Kragenæs Havn. Park up by the harbor and walk 1km on a footpath that skirts around a campsite. Note that the few parking spaces close to the site are for disabled visitors only. By bus, get off at the Rævegade stop and walk through Klinkesov Forest on any of the converging footpaths.
Dodekalitten is located in an area of Lolland playfully dubbed the "Lollandian Alps" – gentle undulations in the otherwise level landscape, with extra bumps courtesy of Bronze Age burial mounds. In the field next to Dodekalitten is 5m-tall Glentehøj (3200 BCE). Climbable roadside Bavnehøj is one of Denmark's biggest (7m-tall) marking the "summit of the Alps." Get panoramic views from the top at a dizzying altitude of 30m. Other nearby tumuli include one in the churchyard at Birket Kirke in Lindet, whose disconnected bell tower is thought to be Denmark's oldest wooden structure.
