# Guldborgsund Zoo

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Zoo in Nykøbing, Falster

Guldborgsund Zoo Interactive map of Guldborgsund Zoo 54°46′01″N 11°53′29″E / 54.76694°N 11.89139°E / 54.76694; 11.89139 Date opened 1933 (1933) Location Nykøbing, Falster No. of species 80

**Guldborgsund Zoo** ([Danish](/source/Danish_language): *Guldborgsund Zoo & Botanisk Have*; "Guldborgsund Zoo & Botanic Gardens") is a zoo with some 80 species of animals. Located in [Nykøbing](/source/Nyk%C3%B8bing_Falster) on the [Danish](/source/Denmark) island of [Falster](/source/Falster), its gardens display thousands of flowers in the summer months.[1]

## History

The zoological garden was established in 1933 by Carl Heinz Krag, a 20-year-old pet shop owner, with help from friends and family. There were over 100,000 visitors in the first year. The facility closed during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), but re-opened afterwards, becoming a people's park in 1970.[2]

## Features

Known earlier as **Nykøbing Falster Zoo**, Guldborgsund Zoo is popularly known as *Folkeparken* or "The People's Park" as it is a pleasant family attraction with many facilities for the animals. On entering, visitors meet two rocky caves with Asian dwarf otters. The zoo also has several aviaries, the recent ones far more impressive than the older, rather dark pheasant farms. Open areas house [ungulates](/source/Ungulate), [chital deer](/source/Chital) and [llamas](/source/Llama). In the old tropical house, there are [capuchin monkeys](/source/Capuchin_monkey), [marmosets](/source/Marmoset), and a terrarium for reptiles including [iguanas](/source/Iguana) and snakes. The new South American tropical house exhibits [snap turtles](/source/Snap_turtle) and [dwarf caimans](/source/Cuvier's_dwarf_caiman). The last facility on the route is a tiger cage.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Guldborgsund Zoo & Botanic Gardens"](http://www.visitdenmark.com/guldborgsund-zoo-botanic-gardens-gdk615495). VisitDenmark. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-guldborgsundzoo.dk_2-0)** ["Om haven"](http://www.guldborgsundzoo.dk/en/node/8). *guldborgsundzoo.dk* (in Danish). Retrieved 22 December 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Guldborgsund Zoo"](http://zoos.dk/zoos.asp?id=121) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130616034234/http://zoos.dk/zoos.asp?id=121) 2013-06-16 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), Zoos.dk. (in Danish) Retrieved 21 December 2012.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.guldborgsundzoo.dk/)

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