So, to make things more interesting in Sweden, we decided to jump on a ferry early in the morning and investigate Bornholm Island, which is Danish.😅 It’s quicker from southern Sweden but there is so much to do outdoors and small enough to get around the island decently quick. Sorry, photos are a little more due to the # of things we did as well as the beauty.

This is Hammershus Slotsruin and we’re actually standing above the visitors center. It was built back in 1200. There’s a nice gorge to hike through and around the castle.

Asher is motivated to walk more since he might get something from the gift shop.

The view up the coast from the outer wall.

I’m standing on or next to the old stables and area for storing goods looking towards the main house. It doesn’t look like much from here.

Here is the inside of that building and originally it was only 3 floors, but a family who acquired the castle added 2 additional floors which you can see with the materials used.

This is just 1 section behind the main house where it contained a chapel, kitchens, separate living quarters, etc.

Peek a boo!

We’re standing at the opposite corner of the inner wall looking towards the main house/castle.

Here’s a view of where we were standing at the beginning, the stables and storage house and off to the right, there are dungeons.

Opalsøen, a former rock quarry that has hiking trails around it and the lake next door. We’re on the lower trail here. It also has some climbing as well.

After completing the hike we were looking to see where they attach the zip line because we were standing next to the rock base where it comes down.

Next we hiked along the coast line on the eastern side. It’s hard to discern which name applies to which, but I think this is the general area of Heligdomsklipper (it’s named after a holy spring). It’s 20km high in some spots.

We believe this was Tørre Ovn, but didn’t go down because we were looking for specific caves.

It was here the saying, “you need grass to pass” was created. We think these are the right stairs as the signs aren’t super helpful.

This should be Sorta Gryde and it looks like fun. Let’s practice some rock hopping.

We went around 1 rock to see that there was no access to anything without getting wet.

Toren doing a Footloose pose as we head over the bridge to see where it took Asher and Dave.

Looking back!

Oh, look! Could that be the cave we’re looking for?

We went inside and it had a small room after a short bit.

It went a good ways inside and you definitely need a light to go all the way back, about 60m, I think. Here is the end where we turned around and it looked like there may be mica all over.

If you hadn’t figured it out, we made it out and had lunch in Gudhjem, a small fishing village. We ate at this fish place on the water.

A view from the main road above. Less than 1000 people live here.

This is Østerlars Kirke which had just closed. Built around 1150 it may be the oldest and largest round church in Denmark. It reminded us of a rocket.

Waiting for our ferry to return to Sweden in Rønne.