Close to Bornholm's larger holiday towns, Rutsker offers peaceful surroundings, incredible boulders and beaches.
When spending a weekend or holiday in Rutsker on Bornholm, you will find that the nature here is different from elsewhere in Denmark, particularly because of the Bornholm boulder formations. Not far from Rutsker you will also find some of Bornholm's most beautiful beaches for swimming.
Rutsker, a little village with fewer than 100 residents, is in one of Bornholm's rockiest areas to the northwest. The rock sections are exciting, and often downright rugged. Pay a visit to Jons Kapel, an authentic rock cavern that you can reach by a stair through the ravine. Legend says that an Irish monk named Jon was sent to Bornholm to convert the inhabitants to Christianity and made this cave his home.
Discover the forest and heather meadow area Rutsker Højlyng, where you will find the Rutsker Plantation. Here you will find the so-called wandering rocks, each weighing several tons, which were transported here during the Ice Age by glaciers, such as the famous Rokkestenen. In Rutsker parish you will also find Ruts Church. The rocky hill it sits on makes it Bornholm’s most elevated church, allowing for breath-taking views from its freestanding clock tower. On clear days you can see all the way to Sweden.
Some of the larger towns neighbouring Rutsker include the seaside towns of Hasle and Allinge, which definitely merit a visit. It is only half an hour by car to the airport or ferry port in Rønne, and the airport has regular domestic flights to the international airports in Billund and Copenhagen. There are also good bus connections on Bornholm.
There are many opportunities to enjoy numerous activities during your stay in Rutsker. You can hire a bicycle and set out on an excursion, and there are many hiking paths in the area that often lead out to fantastic rock formations. If sport fishing is your thing, you can fish either in the sea or in three lakes not far from Rutsker.
Enjoy the quiet, beautiful sunsets and the great variety of the landscape here in Rutsker on Bornholm, where the famed Skagen painter Michael Ancher was born in 1849.
