Bornholm
Bornholm is Denmark's crown jewel. The "Pearl of the Baltic" has sandy beaches on the south of the island which are renowned for their Mediterranean light and feel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Rønne and Ertholmene.
Rønne
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Rønne is a city of 14,000 people in Bornholm, Denmark. With its cobbled streets, half-timbered houses and interesting museums, it attracts visitors mainly from Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Poland.
Ertholmene
Ertholmene is a small archipelago in Denmark. The largest island is Christiansø, whose name is often used with reference to the entire archipelago. Ertholmene are situated 18 kilometres northeast of Gudhjem, Bornholm, and include Denmark's easternmost point.
Aakirkeby
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Aakirkeby or Åkirkeby is a town in Denmark with a population of 2,091. It is the third largest town on the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It was the main town of the now abolished Aakirkeby Municipality.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Nexø and Allinge-Sandvig.
Nexø
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Nexø, sometimes spelled Neksø, is a town on the east coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. With a population of 3,657, it is the second largest town, as well as the largest fishing port on the island.
Allinge-Sandvig
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Allinge-Sandvig is a city on Bornholm. These two amalgamated towns on the northern coast of the island are romantic and pretty and have hundreds of old fashioned half-timbered houses.
Gudhjem
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Gudhjem is a city in Bornholm. The name translates directly to 'God's Home' and is famous for its gorgeous sunrises. The many steep hills leading you farther into town, down towards the harbour, are what is the most charming in the town.
Hasle
Hasle is a town and a former municipality on the west coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. Its population is 1,635 The former municipality covered an area of 115 km2, and had a total population of 6,382.
Snogebæk
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Snogebæk is a fishing village and tourist resort in the south-east of the Danish island of Bornholm some 5 km south of Nexø with a population of 682. It shares a fine sandy beach with neighbouring Balka.
Almindingen
Almindingen is a forest in the centre of the island of Bornholm in Denmark. The forest covers 3,800 hectares, making it Denmark's third largest.
Listed
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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.
Bornholm
- Type: island with 41,600 residents
- Description: Danish island
- Also known as: “400” and “Bornholm Kommune”
- Location: Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Bornholm” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Bornholm”
- Arabic: “بورنهولم”
- Armenian: “Բորնհոլմ”
- Azerbaijani: “Bornholm”
- Basque: “Bornholm”
- Belarusian: “Борнгальм”
- Belarusian: “Борнхальм”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Борнхальм”
- Bosnian: “Bornholm”
- Breton: “Bornholm”
- Bulgarian: “Борнхолм”
- Catalan: “Bornholm”
- Cebuano: “Bornholm”
- Chinese: “Bornholm Chū-tī-chhī”
- Chinese: “Bornholm”
- Chinese: “博恩霍尔姆岛”
- Chinese: “博恩霍爾姆島”
- Chinese: “波恩霍姆島”
- Crimean Tatar: “Bornholm”
- Croatian: “Bornholm”
- Czech: “Bornholm”
- Danish: “Bornholm”
- Dutch: “Bornholm”
- Dutch: “eiland Bornholm”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورنهولم”
- Esperanto: “Bornholm”
- Estonian: “Bornholm”
- Faroese: “Bornholm”
- Finnish: “Bornholm”
- French: “Bornholm”
- Galician: “Bornholm”
- Georgian: “ბორნჰოლმი”
- German: “Bornholm”
- Greek: “Μπόρνχολμ”
- Hebrew: “בורנהולם”
- Hungarian: “Bornholm”
- Icelandic: “Borgundarhólmur”
- Ido: “Bornholm”
- Indonesian: “Bornholm”
- Interlingua: “Bornholm”
- Interlingue: “Bornholm”
- Italian: “Bornholm”
- Japanese: “ボーンホルム島”
- Kalaallisut: “Bornholm”
- Kazakh: “Борнхольм аралы”
- Kazakh: “Борнхольм”
- Korean: “보른홀름섬”
- Latin: “Boringia”
- Latvian: “Bornholma”
- Lithuanian: “Bornholmas”
- Lombard: “Bornholm”
- Low German: “Kommun Bornholm”
- Lower Sorbian: “Bornholm”
- Luxembourgish: “Bornholm”
- Macedonian: “Борнхолм”
- Malagasy: “Bornholm”
- Malay: “Bornholm”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bornholm Chū-tī-chhī”
- Moksha: “Борнхольм”
- Northern Frisian: “Bornholm”
- Northern Sami: “Bornholm”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bornholm”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Klippeøen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Solskinsøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bornholm”
- Norwegian: “Bornholm”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bornholm”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Burgendaland”
- Ossetian: “Борнхольм”
- Persian: “برنهلم”
- Polish: “Bornholm”
- Portuguese: “Bornholm”
- Romanian: “Insula Bornholm”
- Russian: “Борнхольм”
- Scots: “Bornholm”
- Serbian: “Борнхолм”
- Slovak: “Bornholm”
- Slovenian: “Bornholm”
- Spanish: “Bornholm”
- Swedish: “Bornholm”
- Swedish: “Bornholms kommun”
- Thai: “บอร์นโฮล์ม”
- Turkish: “Bornholm”
- Ukrainian: “Борнгольм”
- Upper Sorbian: “Bornholm”
- Uzbek: “Bornxolm”
- Vietnamese: “Bornholm”
- Welsh: “Bornholm”
- Western Frisian: “Bornholm”
- Wu Chinese: “博恩霍尔姆岛”
- Yue Chinese: “朗博赫姆”
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