Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Svaneke's tourist office is located by the harbour.
Gudhjem & Melsted
pop 710
Gudhjem is the best-looking of Bornholm's harbour towns. Its rambling high street is
crowned by a squat windmill standing over half-timbered houses and sloping streets that
roll down to the picture-perfect harbour. The town is a good base for exploring the rest of
Bornholm, with cycling and walking trails, convenient bus connections, plenty of places to
eat and stay, and a boat service to Christiansø. Interestingly, the harbour was one of the
settings for the Oscar-winning film
Pelle the Conqueror,
based on the novel by Bornholm
writer Martin Andersen Nexø, whose
childhood home
is in nearby Nexø.
