Nexø

Marina near Nexø

Last edited 05.03.2024 at 10:04 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

55° 3’ 48” N

Longitude

15° 8’ 13.3” E

Description

Largest and busiest fishing port on the southeast coast of the island of Bornholm.

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The approach to the harbour is possible day and night in the bearing line of the leading light (2 F.G) with 232°. During the day you keep the church in line with the harbour entrance and thus enter the harbour. If the harbour is closed because of overcrowding - which happens almost exclusively in winter during the main fishing season, the following signals are set at the white silo: at night 3 red fixed lights and during the day additionally a black ball.

Maximum speed in the harbour max. 4 kn.

Berths

Sport boats are moored in the northern old basin at 3m water depth and in basin 2 at stern buoys. Large yachts can also moor (by arrangement with the harbour master) at the southern quay of the traffic harbour (5m water depth).

Basins 1, 3 and 4 are reserved for fishing vessels; sports boats are not allowed to moor here.

Surroundings

In the village you will find very good supply possibilities. Also diesel, gasoline, a customs office and extensive repair facilities are located near the port.

NV Land Guide

A surrounding area worth seeing, not a particularly beautiful townscape. This short description of Bornholm's second largest town with 3800 inhabitants is also due to a historical event that happened not too long ago. Russian bombers destroyed large parts of the old town in the last days of the Second World War, so that the formerly typical high pedestal houses and the cosy alleys are scarce today. Only around Gåsetorvet and Kofoedsgade northwest of the harbour is there still a "Kvarter med ældre huse" (quarter with older houses).

Because of its geographical location, Bornholm was so strategically important to the German Eastern Front that the island was still held until the end of the war. Although the surrender negotiations already foresaw the takeover by British troops, the bombardment by the Russians still took place in early May 1945, thus gaining access to the island before the British.

A memorial plaque at the corner of Paradisvej and Havnegade commemorates the rebuilding of Neksø. At that time, the Swedes donated 75 wooden houses to the town. Svenskebyen, the Swedish town, has remained Neksø to this day.

Just off the northern dock in Havnen Street stands the town's museum. It was built in 1796 as a courthouse and guardhouse, used as a granary in 1858, and since 1969 has been a local museum for changing exhibitions with a special focus on seafaring and fishing. The boat hook in the town's coat of arms makes it clear that these two sources of income are the most important in Neksø. Naturally, a sailor's home is a must. It stands by the harbour at Købmagergade 27.

Neksø is built on limestone. Sandstone is used as a building material in many of the town's buildings, ramparts and walls.

One of the town's buildings worth seeing is the Gamle Rådhus (Old Town Hall) in Købmagergade 9, the Sonnegården (Sun House) in Købmagergade 18 - 20 and the Kirkeskolen (Church School) in Købmagergade 24. Like the church, these three houses are located in the immediate vicinity of the fishing harbour. St. Nicholas Church, dedicated to the patron saint of sailors, was built in 1450. The church tower was probably built in the 16th century. The beautiful half-timbered construction and the copper spire of the tower are remarkable. The north wing was added in 1760. A sandstone plaque on the gable reads, translated as follows: "This building is a patiently gathered treasure of the church. The king gave the stones, the people the work."

Continuing your walk 300 metres further west, you come to Stormgade, where there is a row of strikingly small houses. They were built as workers' dwellings as early as 1875. The cute little shepherd's house at the entrance to Rønnevej to the west of the town was once the guardhouse of the town shepherd, who had to watch that the free-roaming cattle did not leave the town pasture.

The Bakkemølle on Højhovvej was built in 1871. Wings can be turned into the wind on the beams leading to the knoll.

The town's famous son is the poet Martin Andersen Nexø. His childhood home stands at 36 Ferskesøstræde in the south of the town. A plaque in the sandstone fence of the house commemorates the poet, who came here with his family in 1877.

A little further south, a bust of the poet, erected in 1969, stands by Lake Ferske. The park around the lake is inviting for a walk. About a kilometer southwest of the lake is Fandens Keglebahne (the devil's bowling alley). The stone, which according to legend served as a bowling ball for the devil, is marked with Bronze Age drawings and 17 bowl-shaped depressions.

A few kilometres northwest of Neksø are the Paradise Hills, a wilderness-like nature area that you should take a day to explore (see Årsdale). Three kilometres along the coastal road to Årsdale to the north, you will come across Malkværn Redoubt, where three Svaneke citizens fell defending the town against the Swedish invasion in 1645. The most famous of the three, Albert Wolffsen, has a memorial stone set here that reads, "He died heroically for king and country."

The Gamrebjerg ridge, six kilometres west of the town, provides a good view of southeast Bornholm from a 91-metre-high vantage point.

On the way to the kilometres of sandy beaches south of Neksö, you pass a long coastal redoubt built to defend the island. The sandy beaches stretch from Snogebæk to the southern tip of the island and beyond. The lovely dune landscape is in stark contrast to the rugged cliffs to the north of Bornholm.

There are two sides to the bustle of Neksø harbour: the negative is the noise, and the positive is that there is always something to look at. Fishermen from neighbouring countries seek shelter from heavy weather here. The fishing harbour has been extended many times, most recently in 1980. The dry dock is already 100 years old. It was blasted out of the sandstone cliffs in 1892. Today, a hydraulic slipway stands here.

Near the harbour, by Strandgade on Torvet, stands the Fountain of Remembrance. Its inscriptions commemorate important events in the city's history. The figure in the middle of the fountain represents the sea god Triton, son of the sea god Poseidon.

The fountain is a reminder of important events in the city's history.

Marina Information

Max Depth 5 m

Contact

Phone +45 5649 2250
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Website https://www.nexohavn.dk

Surroundings

Electricity

Water

Toilet

Shower

Restaurant

Imbiss

Crane

Atm

Fuel

Grocery

Boatyard

Ramp

Public Transport

Bikerental

Garbage