Bornholmslinjen is a brand name that the Danish shipping company Molslinjen has been using for its services to and from Bornholm since 2018. Molslinjen took over these services from the public limited company Bornholmstrafikken A/S in 2017 as part of a new tender.
Bornholmslinjen currently operates three services to and from Bornholm. The port of destination on Bornholm is always the capital Rönne in the west of the island; Rönne is served from Sassnitz on the German Baltic island of Rügen, from Köge on the Danish island of Zealand and from Ystad in the far south of Sweden.
For German tourists, the connection from Sassnitz on Rügen to Rönne on Bornholm is of particular interest, as this is the shortest and fastest connection from Germany to Bornholm. This route is operated by Bornholmslinjen once a day on weekdays and twice a day on Saturdays and Sundays, with a journey time of 3 hours and 20 minutes.
The route from Rönne to Ystad in Sweden is served by fast ferries all year round, up to eight times a day in summer. The high cruising speed of these ships results in a journey time of just 80 minutes. Bornholmslinjen's longest route is from Rönne to Köge on Zealand, which runs once a day all year round. The journey time on this route is 5 hours and 30 minutes. Köge is only around 40 kilometers from the Danish capital Copenhagen.
Bornholmslinjen currently operates a fleet of four vessels, including two conventional ferries and two fast ferries. The latter are used on the main route from Rönne to Ystad. All ferries are equipped with restaurants and cafés. The ferries on the route to Köge also have cabins, but only four-person cabins, which can be booked in their entirety or as a single bed in the shared cabin.
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