Bornholm food experiences

Food experiences on Bornholm

If you want good food experiences, you will not travel to Bornholm in vain. Bornholm offers many gourmet experiences, and there is something for every taste.

Try the traditional dish Sol over Gudhjem with smoked herring and egg yolks and enjoy it on the cliffs. How about a 5-course gourmet dinner in an exquisite setting with a view of the Baltic Sea? The possibilities are many.

Michelin honours for Bornholm

2016 was the year that the Bornholm restaurant kadeau was awarded its first Michelin star. The Copenhagen branch of the restaurant had already received its first star back in 2013. Five years later, in 2018, the restaurant in Copenhagen was awarded the second star and has been able to keep these until this day today.

In 2020 the newly opened Restaurant Det Røde Pakhus in Rønne on Bornholm was awarded a Michelin Plate Award – not quite a Michelin star, but nevertheless an award from the Restaurant Guide to a restaurant it would like to recommend.

The Bornholm gastronomic landscape

But you can also explore the larger gastronomic landscape of Bornholm. In gardens and on trees you will find the most exotic fruits in Denmark, including figs and mulberries, which benefit from the warmth of the rocks. 

Bornholm’s farmers supply the raw ingredients for sublime gastronomic experiences. Products that chefs from near and far use in their dishes. 

Businesses on Bornholm make prize-winning cheese, meat products, chocolate, ice cream, rapeseed oil, flour, bread, biscuits and much, much more .… 

Bornholm offers plenty of opportunities for eating fresh fish. Not only the smoked herring but also cod, salmon and other specialities; enjoy them in the island’s restaurants or buy some to take home from the fishmonger.

Green Restaurants on Bornholm

Being a Green Restaurant means that the hotels and restaurants meet special environmental requirements concerning the building and food preparation.

A Green Restaurant certification makes it easier for you to find sustainable eateries. A number of hotels and restaurants on Bornholm are certified as green restaurants. You can find them here.

Bornholm foods are exported

In many places on Bornholm, unique food products such as world-champion cheese, butcher’s goods, chocolate, ice cream, rapeseed oil, flour, bread, biscuits, beer and much more are made.

Fortunately, it is not only the people of Bornholm who have opened their eyes to the high quality of Bornholm products and food – the Bornholm delicacies have also become an export product.

But don’t worry! There is enough for everyone who comes to Bornholm.