Section 03 / Escape 07 / Mode: Sail
03.07
Bornholm by sea.
Fall asleep in Køge, wake up in Rønne. The night ferry is the one way to leave Køge that feels like leaving.
Location: the Baltic, between Køge and Rønne · M/F Hammershus · Photo: Bornholmslinjen
File: 04-FERRY-CUT / the ship as shot, sea and sky re-printed
The crossing
Route
Køge → Rønne, straight across the Baltic. 151 nautical miles, about 280 km.
Time
5 hours 30 minutes. One sailing a night, every night, all year.
Out
Departs Køge 00:30, arrives Rønne 06:00. The terminal opens at 21:30; check in 15 minutes before departure.
Back
Departs Rønne 17:00, arrives Køge 22:30 — the day crossing. Dinner on board.
Ship
M/F Hammershus, 2018, Rauma Marine Constructions. 158 m, 720 passengers, 1,500 lane metres, 17.7 knots. Cabins from a bunk in a shared cabin to four-berth family cabins; restaurant, coffee shop, snack bar.
Terminal
Baltic Kaj 1, 4600 Køge — the south harbour. Car or on foot.
Phone
Bornholmslinjen customer service +45 70 900 100, every day 06:30–00:00; bookings on bornholmslinjen.dk.
Fares — Bornholmslinjen’s price page for Køge, October 2026 · season prices vary · verify before you book
Ticket
What you get
One way
Foot passenger
One person, no car. The price page’s headline fare.
from 99 DKK
Lavpris
A car up to 1.95 m with up to five people. Changeable until departure for 50 DKK, no refund.
from 199 DKK
Flex
The same car and five people. Free changes until departure, no refund.
from 599 DKK
Standard
The same car and five people. Refundable with a fee, changes up to three months ahead.
from 899 DKK
Bunk
One bunk in a shared cabin.
349 DKK
Cabin
A single or a double cabin.
698 DKK
Family cabin
Three or four bunks.
1,047 DKK
Children
0–11 free with a paying adult, two per adult. 12–15 from 49 DKK.
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Location: the same frame, twice · Photo: Bornholmslinjen
File: 04-FERRY-SEAM / left as shot, right out of register
How to do it
01
Dinner in Køge
Tapperiet on Søndre Havn, or a vaulted cellar on the square. The terminal opens at 21:30; there is no hurry.
Location: Køge · Mode: Eat
02
Board at midnight
Baltic Kaj 1, car or on foot. Cabin key, a last look at the harbour lights from the aft deck, 00:30.
Location: Baltic Kaj 1 · Mode: Board
03
Wake up on Bornholm
06:00 in Rønne. Breakfast on the quay, a rented bike, Hammershus — the castle, not the ship — by lunch.
Location: Rønne · Mode: Arrive
04
Come back by day
17:00 from Rønne, 22:30 in Køge. Five and a half hours of Baltic, dinner on board, the harbour lights in the dark.
Location: the Baltic · Mode: Return
The night crossing
Hammershus was built for exactly this: a Baltic night, 151 nautical miles, 720 people asleep. 17.7 knots is not fast. It is not meant to be.
Køge is the only ferry port for Bornholm on Zealand. The train from Copenhagen takes twenty minutes; the ship takes five and a half hours. That is the point.
File: 04-FERRY-NIGHT · Photo: Bornholmslinjen
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