Bornholm Day Trip

Ever fly in a 6/70 years old plane? The Douglas DC3, regard as the one of the most significant transport aircraft ever made are maintained by the Roskilde DC3 club & offers programmes yearly, flying to nearby attractions. I took the propelling flying experience this summer & went to Bornholm.

In flight details:-

1. Music - natural propeller sound, loud & clear

2. Entertainment - take pictures at pilot's cockpit

3. Lavatory - the original plane doesn't have one, it's newly added on this DC3 but try to use ground toilet before boarding.

4. Reading light - er...there's a toggle switch light but don't think it's angled for reading purpose

5. Ventilation - for fresh air, please pull the air tube & fresh air from outside will be supplied :p

6. Navigation system - purely manual but still recommend to switch off mobile phone to prevent communication inteference.

7. PA system - speak loud, very loud & then all passengers can hear :)

Having used to modern planes at high altitude with compressed air & pampered with in flight entertainment, this is an absolutely new experience. Not that it's bad, on the contrary, it's exciting. The plane is not flying very high so the landscapes can be clearly seen. The tour guide said it's one of the safest plane, during taxi, it only operates on one engine.

50 minutes flight & Bornholm welcomed us with cold strong wind. Hopping on tour bus and the Bornholm journey began. First stop: Hammershus. Wait, correction: first stop, the bush outside Hammershus where I had to throw up. Apparently I'm not good in handling flight + bus trip on a rocky small country road :$.

Hammershus is the biggest fortress in Nothern Europe, marks the importance of Bornholm island, mainly due to its strategic location. Copenhagen is a relatively flat land, so finally I see some 'rocky' landscape. The fortress was built on a relatively high point & has a stair way that leads down to the seaside from its cliff. Not able to find the way down, took the bus to the seaside instead.

Having almost the only slopy landscape in Denmark, Bornholm is also the training ground for some soldiers. We drove passed the highest church in Denmark (which is located at 'only' 120m height) and head to lunch for the famous smoke fish. The warm smoked salmon came cold, was a little bit dissapointed :(

Later at a small town, Sveneka, I found the highlight of the trip: home made ice cream, hand made chocolate, caramel and some local products just by the seaside. Lovely peaceful town, friendy people, small drive way. Of course I can't go back empty handed ;)