Falsterbo lighthouse, Coastal lighthouse in Vellinge, Sweden.

Falsterbo Lighthouse is a 25-metre cylindrical brick tower, 12 metres broad, rising from the centre of a wide square keeper's house of light tan brick. The tower is unpainted brick with a broad black band around its middle, two green-shuttered windows, a gallery, a glass lantern and a red dome. The square base has an arched doorway with a green door and a semicircular window above it.

A coal-fired light was built at this site in 1793–96, replacing a 1636 lever light at Kolabacken whose ashes remain as a small hillock. In 1842–43 the crenellated top was replaced by the present lantern and rapeseed oil took over from coal. Electric light arrived in 1935, automation in 1972, and the light was switched off entirely from 1990 to 1993.

The lighthouse garden is the ringing site of the Falsterbo Bird Observatory, and millions of birds pass here each autumn; about 25,000 small birds are trapped and ringed annually. Every year on the last Sunday of August, Lighthouse Day opens the tower to the public, with bird ringing and the weather station shown alongside it.

The lighthouse sits on the coast and is easily accessible via paths surrounding the structure with open areas for walking. Visitors should prepare for changeable coastal weather and wear appropriate clothing for the seaside.

Near the tower operates a bird observation station conducting systematic studies of migration patterns and documenting thousands of birds using this coastline during seasonal movements. This scientific work makes the area an important point for understanding how birds navigate long distances.