Svaneke
Svaneke is a small town on the eastern coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. It lies mainly in Svaneke parish and partly in Ibsker parish. It is Denmark's easternmost town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,070 residents
- Description: coastal town on Bornholm, Denmark
- Postal code: 3740
Places of Interest
Highlights include Svaneke Church and Gyldenås stone.
Svaneke Church
Church
Photo: 7alaskan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Svaneke Church is located in the small town of Svaneke on the Danish island of Bornholm. It stands above the harbour at a height of 18 metres on the site of a small chapel which appears to have existed for quite some time before the town received its charter in the 16th century.
Svanemøllen
Windmill
Photo: 7alaskan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Svanemøllen is a wooden smock mill located just west of Svaneke on the Danish island of Bornholm. Built in 1857, it remained in service until the 1950s. Since 1960, it has been a listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Listed and Aarsdale.
Listed
Photo: Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Listed is a little fishing village on the Danish island of Bornholm, 2 kilometres northwest of Svaneke. As of 2015, it has a population of 217. Fishermen have used the harbour since at least 1379.
Aarsdale
Village
Photo: Hapebalf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aarsdale is a village on the eastern coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. Located between Svaneke and Nexø, it has a population of 266. Once a prosperous fishing village, its economy now relies mainly on tourism thanks to its half-timbered houses, its harbour and its windmill. Aarsdale is situated 3½ km south of Svaneke.
Bølshavn
Hamlet
Photo: Beethoven9, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bølshavn is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Svaneke.
Svaneke
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Bornholm, Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.13623° or 55° 8′ 10″ northLongitude
15.14111° or 15° 8′ 28″ eastPopulation
1,070Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)United Nations Location Code
DK SVAOpen location code
9F7Q44PR+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 8557534223OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Svaneke” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Svaneke”
- Bulgarian: “Сванеке”
- Cebuano: “Svaneke”
- Danish: “Svaneke”
- Dutch: “Svaneke”
- Estonian: “Svaneke”
- Finnish: “Svaneke”
- French: “Svaneke”
- German: “Svaneke”
- Hungarian: “Svaneke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Svaneke”
- Norwegian: “Svaneke”
- Polish: “Svaneke”
- Romanian: “Svaneke”
- Russian: “Сванеке”
- Spanish: “Svaneke”
- Swedish: “Svaneke”
- Turkish: “Svaneke”
- “Svaneke”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dram & Dialekt and Svaneke Library.
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