Discover Povlsker

When considering Povlsker for a holiday, you’ll encounter a range of themes: a marked hiking trail crossing Bornholm, an elevated granite landscape with peat-filled hollows, and traces from different eras. When planning your trip, you can weigh up whether you’d like to focus on hiking, landscape or culture. These interests give your search for a holiday apartment in Povlsker a clear direction without requiring you to limit yourself to just one side of the area.

Hiking the Højlyngsstien

The Højlyngsstien is a 67 km marked hiking trail crossing Bornholm. Its surface consists mainly of gravel paths and footpaths. Both its total length and the type of paths are specific features to consider when planning. The figure of 67 km refers to the trail as a whole; it does not automatically describe what an individual hike needs to look like.

Through Poulsker Plantation, the Højlyngsstien follows the Øleå Trail. This section gives the hiking trail a distinct reference point within the plantation. If you’d like hiking to be part of your holiday, you can use this trail description, together with the character of the landscape, as a guide when choosing where to stay. You don’t need to fit every theme of the area into a single day’s itinerary: the trail offers a way to shape your trip around outdoor activity in its own right.

Granite, hollows and the upper reaches of the Øle Å

Povlsker Plantation is an elevated granite area. Small peat-filled hollows lie between the granite outcrops, and the upper reaches of the Øle Å flow through the plantation. The granite terrain, wet hollows and upper reaches of the river describe different features of the same landscape. They give the natural surroundings of Povlsker more definition than a general impression of woodland or a hiking area.

These landscape features can give your stay a different focus from the marked trail: the Højlyngsstien is described by its length, markings and predominantly gravel surface, while Povlsker Plantation is characterised by granite, small peat-filled hollows and the upper reaches of the Øle Å. If nature and activity matter to you, it’s worth considering both themes when choosing where to stay, without treating them as one and the same.

Archaeological traces at Rispebjerg and Højlyngen

Rispebjerg is an archaeological site with traces of a Stone Age sun temple and an Iron Age ring fortress. These two features relate to different periods. The ring fortress at Rispebjerg is Bornholm’s largest Iron Age defensive structure. If you’re interested in early history, you’ll find both a span of time from the Stone Age to the Iron Age and a specific feature of the ring fortress here.

The Danish Nature Agency has acquired ten hectares of the central part of Rispebjerg to protect the unique archaeological structures that remain hidden underground. These structures are specifically described as hidden underground; the history of the area is not revealed solely through visible buildings. Rispebjerg can therefore be a focus in its own right for a trip on which you’d like to explore archaeological themes and Bornholm’s distant past.

A protected area in Højlyngen includes numerous stone cairns, two menhirs, Kragestenen, Kredsstenen and a stone circle. The collection ranges from numerous cairns to individual named stones and a stone circle. This subject differs from Rispebjerg: there, the traces of a sun temple and a ring fortress are the main features, while Højlyngen is characterised by the stones and cairns listed here.

Povlsker Church and historical details

Povlsker Church is also one of the area’s cultural features. The church has no tower and contains wall paintings. During its most recent restoration, the unusual front of the altar was uncovered. These details give the church a distinctive character: alongside the wall paintings, it was the unusual altar front in particular that came to light during the restoration.

A runic inscription adds another historical point of interest: inscription DR 368 is recorded at Sankt Pouls Kirke in Poulsker. Together with the church’s features, the archaeological traces at Rispebjerg and the finds in Højlyngen, Povlsker offers several different ways to explore history and culture. When choosing a holiday apartment, you can therefore decide whether the landscape and hiking trail or these historical themes are more important to you during your stay.

Discover more places

You can also include these places in your further research on Bornholm: Tejn, Boderne, Nylars, Balka, Østerlars, Svaneke, Sandkås and Rønne Parish.

For the broader travel overview: Bornholm.