We already had these Pile Dwellings, where you have to stare intently into a lake to try and see some rotten wooden poles. And since this year we, WHS collectors, have had to look at a 5 to 10-cm thick sediment layer in a cliff wall. Try explaining this to your colleagues at work.

Despite all of this, Stevns Klint certainly isn't an obscure site. It is signposted from the motorway from afar. The road ends at a car park, and although the site has no entrance fee there's no escape from paying for the parking. When I arrived at about 11 a.m. (having flown in from Amsterdam to Copenhagen earlier in the morning), there were already about 40 other cars present.

I started with a visit to the 'museum', which seemed somewhat makeshift. The story of the site is told via information panels. In the corners of the exhibition hall, some of the old exhibits (regional historic and folkloric stuff) still can be seen. As the visitor numbers have increased significantly since Stevns Klint became a WHS, they're planning to build a new visitor center.

On the other side of the parking lot lies the infamous Old Church, which lost a part of its architecture in 1928 when the underlying cliff collapsed. The church was constructed of local limestone, and you can still see the marks on the cliffs where the stones for this and other buildings in the area have been carved out.

From the church, a long stairway leads down to the pebbled beach. Add some extra scrambling over rocks and you reach the white cliffs. The K/T boundary is high above your head and you have to know where to look not to miss it. There are numerous other layers visible, notably black ones containing flint. The grey or reddish K/T layer is just on the border between the white chalk and the yellow limestone rocks. I didn't see any fossils.

Back on the cliff top again, I followed the trail along the coast for some time. It has good views of the cliffs and the precarious location of the Old Church. There were more tourists here than down below at the beach, which isn't that accessible for the elderly. Most visitors will come here for the panorama views and the small themed museums, a leisurely walk and an ice cream. Only the WHS diehard is satisfied when he or she has seen that narrow sediment layer.