Diedrik & Sofie are a Belgian couple who moved to Bornholm in 2019 when they bought this yellow house, (built in 1888 as the local school) and upgraded and renovated it in 2020. They converted 4 of those new rooms into apartments for guests, and so began ‘Den Gule Svane’ Guest House. In Sofie’s case it was a ‘return to her roots’ as her father’s Mogensen family are from Snoggebæk and she spent many happy holidays visiting here as a child. The name Den Gule Svane comes from the national bird of Bornholm, the swan, and we made it a yellow swan because our house is painted in the yellow colours of Skagen, so typical here on Bornholm. Diedrik was born in South Africa but spent the past 20 plus years in Belgium. As a former lawyer-turned into wine educator he became intrigued with Bornholm when reading that the wine region Burgundy in France, and its original inhabitants, were named after ‘Burgundarholmr’ (the Old Norse name for Bornholm). Sofie is a qualified chef and baker and will provide a nice breakfast, at your door, for those ordering it in advance. Sofie speaks Danish well but Diedrik is still struggling a bit! They were both involved in restaurants in South Africa.

“Den Gule Svane” has 4 apartments: on ground level 2 smaller units (sleeps 2 persons): ‘The Fig Studio’ (named after an old Bornholmsk fig tree in our garden) and ‘The Cherry’, and ‘The Apple Blossom’ (sleeps 4) with private terraces (also named after an old cherry and apple tree here). ‘The Loft’ on 1st floor, (sleeps 6 persons). All are self-catering, with a kitchenette (The ‘Loft’ has a full kitchen) and own bathrooms. The kitchenettes have a fridge-freezer, Air Fryer, microwave, coffee filter machine, cooking induction plate, black-out curtains, dining table, a flat screen television (Netflix, Apple box, Danish, Swedish, German, and Norwegian channels, Chromecast plus streaming facilities via free WIFI. All bathrooms are tiled with shower, toilet & basin. The ‘Cherry’ is slightly larger than the ‘Fig’ and the ‘Apple Blossom’ is larger again, with 2 bedrooms. The ‘Loft’ is much larger again with a great terrace and a dishwasher and full cooking hob. All four are ideal for business travellers and have private, separate entrances. For the ‘Fig’ we had to choose between giving you access via our private home, or via its own private entrance, but that meant had to be via its bathroom. Because we allow single night bookings many of our guests are cyclists and hikers as we are on the local trails and bicycle paths, also close to Ronne. We can provide packed lunches (100dk) for hikers and cyclists, if ordered in advance. This proximity to Rønne also makes us popular with business people. We provide free parking (but not for big vans or cars with a trailer or horse box), a smoking-free environment and two bicycle sheds, free bicycle battery charging (we rent out 4 standard bicycles at 75 dk per day). We are only 1 km from the beach and Rønne is 8 km. The airport is 2km so please arrange a taxi.

We are close to Rønne and the beach. Arnager beach and harbour is about 1 km so your kids can splash in shallow water or take a dive from the harbour wall. Bornholm is a cyclist and hikers paradise and we also cater for these two groups of travellers. So, we accept one-night bookings in the Cherry and Fig (not in July and August of course) and we have good support and infrastructure for it, we can for instance arrange lunch packages for you and recommend routes). Rønne is a bicycle ride away, about 6 km (and there will be no parking or traffic problems!) Apart from the cycle path that runs right at our property entrance (we have 4 bicycles for hire) offering numerous cycle roads and forest paths all over the island, there is also a coastal hiking path that winds along the beaches. Rønne has shops, supermarkets, museums, art & crafts, pubs and café’s, restaurants. The island has 4 golf courses with the nearest one (we can arrange for you to play) only about 5 km away, an easy bicycle trip of 15 mins. And for anglers, there is, of course, the sea (lots of Sea Trout and Hornfisk caught at Arnager) and our dams are well stocked with pike and trout, in fact, the nearest angling spot is only 750 metres away. If it’s our famous white beaches you’re looking for Stampen, Onsbaek are all easy cycling distances. From Arnager, it is sandy beaches all the way, first the lovely Boderne, then on to the beaches at Dueodde (5 km long beach) and Snogebaek.