- Largest Nordic ruin: Hammershus is the largest castle ruin in Northern Europe and the most popular and visited attraction on Bornholm.
- The Hammershus Visitor Center in Bornholm is a paradox: at once a noticeable gateway to the historical site, then a hidden landscape tucked into the hill...
- Arkitema Hammershus 165 Photo Rasmus Hjortshoj web. The project was designed in close cooperation with professor and architect Christoffer Harlang.
- With the arrival of Reformation the conflict intensified and eventually led to military conquest of Hammershus Castle by the troops of king Christian II in 1521.
- Hammershus Castle. Hammershus, Northern Europe’s largest castle ruin, stands on a 74-metre rocky plateau in the northwest corner of Bornholm.
- Whoever controlled the island resided at Hammershus and collected taxes from all over Bornholm. Consequently, common people had little affection for the castle.
- Close to Hammershus is the family-friendly Hammershus Visitor Center, where you can see an exhibition that tells about the history of the castle.
- Bornholm also only has 4 hours of darkness during the summer, making Hammershus Castle the perfect subject destination for many of Denmark’s early painters.
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