On Bornholm, you never run out of ideas on how to spend your day – there is so much to see and experience!
Henrik and I had a look at the map, and agreed to go hiking on Hammerknuden – beautiful nature area on the northern tip of Bornholm.
If you start on the hiking trail from Sandvig, an irresistible rocky landscape would make you stop all the time.
We diverted down to the rocks to appreciate the raw nature of the island. I wanted to fly drone, and the Aviator helped me to find a good starting point:
I flew around, and took many pictures of the stunning landscape. Hammerodde Lighthouse, built in 1895:
Hammerknuden was shaped by the massive ice glaciers during the last ice ages, and it looks quite dramatic.
We were sheltered by the rocks and enjoyed being in a warm place. Blue arrow – Henrik, red arrow – me:
We continued to the Salomon’s Chapel, and the path changed:
Here and there, considerable granite formations were on our way – I couldn’t resist climbing one of them:
After Hammerknuden, we went to Sandvig, a cosy village nearby:
The streets were very narrow, but if there was space between the buildings – it was filled in with flowers:
Old farm buildings:
In a small fishing harbour of Sandvig we had lunch and I flew drone:
Charming fishing huts of Sandvig harbour:
Sandvig and Allinge is actually one town, though you easily notice that Sandvig is smaller. Once they were two fishing villages, and later grew together. In Allinge, there is a kind of city centre and a 500 metres long Promenade with shops, cafés, and restaurants by the harbour:
Modern art of local granite:
Henrik and I had noticed the yellow church of Allinge when we previously drove through the town; this time we decided to have a closer look at it:
On the left side to the entrance, there was a beautiful bronze sculpture, called “Metamorphosis”, I simply loved it. I photographed it from different angles, and wasn’t satisfied with any photo:
An elderly woman with wings sits with her old bag on a large rock. And she looks a bit sad. The artist is Arne Ranslet, and his idea was to symbolise the transformation from human to angel and eternal life.
Henrik and I walked the Promenaden, and admired this beautiful plank path by the sea:
We ended by the Dome – an architectural pearl of the area:
The wooden skeleton was built of the pine tree from Bornholm and various recycled wood. The Dome is 212 m2 and is 8 metres high. The entire construction costed 6.5 million kroner.
It was a nice long day, with many new discoveries…