Allinge

About This Anchorage

Allinge is the main service town for Bornholm's northwest coast — the natural gateway to Hammershus Castle (3nm west), with a well-equipped harbour holding 80 visiting yachts, a good supermarket, and several restaurants. The town is less touristy than Gudhjem and Svaneke, with a more workaday character and better provisioning. The outer anchorage east of the harbour is on sand and granite — fair holding but comfortable in southerly and westerly conditions. The Hammershus walk from Allinge (3nm along the coast path, 1.5 hours each way) is the finest coastal walk on Bornholm. The Allinge herring smokehouse is one of the last traditional smokehouses operating on the island's north coast. Allinge Folk High School (Nordbornholms Efterskole) occupies a dramatic clifftop position above the harbour.

Hazards

• !Open to north and NE — Kattegat swell from north; leave in northerly above F4
• !Granite rocks on both headlands — stay in buoyed approach channel
• !Fair holding only — granite bottom; set anchor carefully on sandy patch
• !Harbour fills in July–August — call ahead on VHF 12
• !Hammershus coast path can be slippery after rain — appropriate footwear essential

Skipper's Tips

• →Allinge is the best provisioning base for the northwest coast — better supermarket and facilities than Sandvig or Gudhjem
• →The coastal walk from Allinge to Hammershus (3nm, 1.5 hours each way) along the cliff top is the finest walk on Bornholm — dramatic granite scenery throughout
• →The Allinge Røgeri still smokes herring in the traditional manner — the morning's production is sold direct from the smokehouse from 09:00
• →Allinge Folk Meeting (Folkemødet) is Denmark's annual outdoor political festival held on Bornholm each June — if visiting in June, expect very full harbours
• →From Allinge, the passage east along the north coast to Gudhjem (12nm) passes the most dramatic granite cliff scenery on the island — keep 200m off all headlands

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