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Bicycle route: Regional route 25 – Melsted to Aakirkeby

A varied and hilly bicycle route that leads from the fishing village of Melsted past a waterfall and a round church and up over Bornholm's largest forest, Almindingen, and ends in the town in the middle: Aakirkeby.

 

Facts about the route

Length: 18.4 km
Surface: 8.8 km asphalt and 9.6 km gravel road

Route description

The tour starts from the small fishing village of Melsted south of Gudhjem and climbs from here upwards into the landscape along a good cycle path along the Kobbeådalen. Close to the cycle path you will find the 8-meter-high Stavehøl Waterfall. Go by Østerlars Rundkirke, which is Bornholm’s and Denmark’s largest and oldest round church.

From Østerlars, the route heads towards Bornholm’s largest forest, Almindingen. Here the route follows a series of smaller forest roads, from where you can easily take detours to all the experiences of Almindingen – from bison and trotting horses to rocking stone and Ekkodalen – before the tour ends in Aakirkeby.

Here you can find several regional routes:

Regional route 21 – Rønne to Nexø

Regional route 22 – Robbedale to Aarsdale

Regional route 23 – Rønne to Helligdommen

Regional route 24 – Pedersker to Munkeleddet

Regional route 25 – Melsted to Aakrikeby

Regional route 26 – Slotslyngen to Almindingen

Places on the route

1

Melsted strand

Melsted beach is a cozy little sandy beach that stretches from Melsted harbor to Melsted Badehotell. Read more here.

2

Stavehøl Vandfald

Experience Stavehøl Waterfall at the bottom of a lush rift valley on the east coast of Bornholm. Read more here.

3

Østerlars Rundkirke

Østerlars Round Church is the largest round church on Bornholm and Denmark. The church is also the best known of the four round churches on Bornholm and is visited by approximately 120,000 guests annually. Read more here.

4

Almindingen

Visit beautiful Almindingen on Bornholm. Almindingen - or "everyone's property" - is Denmark's fifth largest forest, covering approximately 6,000 hectares. Here you can, among other things, join a guided tour of the bison forest. Read more here.

5

Aakirkeby: Explore amongst dinosaurs and geological eras

Bornholm's most important city in the Middle Ages today forms the setting for the NaturBornholm experience center and forms the framework for the island's many opportunities for outdoor sports. Read more here.

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