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BORNHOLM
Midt ude i Østersøen — og dog til at naa paa kun
7—8 Timers Sejlads fra København — ligger Dan
marks berømteste Klippeø, Bornholm, ofte af be
gejstrede Turister kaldet »Østersøens Perle« eller,
mere træffende karakteriseret, »Nordens Capri«.
Størsteparten af Øen er frugtbart Agerland, der
ligger gennemsnitligt 100 Meter over Havet. Hen-
imod Øens Midte hæver Terrænet sig til den stør
ste Hojde i »Rytterknægten«, der er 162 Meter. Den
Bornholm: »Løvehovederne«. — The »Lion heads«. — Les »Tétes
de lion«. — Die »Lowenkopfe«.
ligger omgiven af »
Højlyngen«s
store, tildels uop
dyrkede Flade midt i den ualmindelig pragtfulde
Skov »
Almindingen
«. Rundt omkring i Skoven
træder Klippegrunden frem i fantastiske Forma
tioner, Indsøer og Moser spejler de romantiske
Omgivelser, og i Fjelddalene
(Ekkodalen)
ligger
talrige Borgruiner spredt mellem de skønne Bøge-
og Naaletræsbevoksninger. — Øen er i det hele ta
get rig paa Oldtidslevninger og af betydelig arkæo
logisk og botanisk Interesse. Af alle Bornholms in
teressante Voldsteder og Borgruiner fra Middelal
deren fortjener navnlig
Hammershus
paa Øens
Nordspids at fremhæves. Dens romantiske Mur
masser indgaar her, hvor Bornholms Klippenatur
kulminerer, som en overordentlig malerisk Effekt i
det vilde, forrevne Kystbillede. Det er da ogsaa om
dette nordligste Hjørne af Øen og hele Klippe-
kysten fra Hammeren over
Gudhjem
til
Svaneke,
at
saa godt som hele den turistmæssige Interesse
ner as the legends and lays of olden days owe
their inspiration to these fantastical natura! for
mations, so the iisland still lies as an inexhaustible
1 fairv kingdom which never fails to deliglit and
enchant the thousandis of touriists who enter its
domains.
BORNHOLM
Well out in the Baltic — yet reachable by sorne
7 or 8 hours sailing from Copenhagen — lies Den-
mark’s most fanxous rock island Bornholm, often
termed by enthusiastic tourists ” the pearl of the
Baltic”, or, wihat perhaps hits it off still better, the
more characteristic designation ” the Capri of the
North” .
The greater part of the iisland consiists of fertile
arable land, wrhich lies 100 M over the level of
the sea. Towamds the centre of the island the
terrain rises reaching the greatest height, called
"Rytterknægten” , 162 M. higih. It is surrounded
by the partlv uncultivated tract called
” Iløjlyn -
gen”
in the centre of the exceptionally beautiful
forest ”
Almindingen
” . At different places in the
woods the sheer rock projects in fantastic forma
tions, whilst lakelets and bogs reflect the romantic
surroundings; and in the mountain valleys
(Ekkn-
dalen)
lie numerous castle ruins strewn amidst
the beautiful beech and conifer patches. The is
land possesses a wealth of old ruins, and is more-
over of considerable archæological and botanical
interest. Of all Bornholm’s interesting castle sites
and ruins from the middle ages, that of
Ham
mershus
on the northem point of the island de-
serves particular mention. At this spot, where
Bornholm’s wild nature culminates, the romantic
wall-work of the old ruins merges with the na
tural ooast wall producing an extraordinarily pic-
tuiresque effeot in the wild rag ged ooast. It is also
round the north west corner of the island and
the whole of the rocky coast from Hammeren and
Gudhjem
to
Svaneke,
upon wbuich practically the
whole of the toudist interest in Bornholm centres.
Here there are literally rows of ihotels bearing wit-
ness to the irresistible power o f attraction which
these districts possess.
FUNEN, the birthplace of H. C. Andersen.
The island Funen is in many ways favoured
before any other o f Denmark’s numerous islands
and islets, both from the hand of nature and by
reason of its many w^ell preserved cultural relics.
No other part of the country possesses suoh a
wealth of large manors and castles from the
middle ages and the renaissance. One of the most
remarkable architectural memorials friom the
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