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Stavehøl’s wet season

Most of our guests stay at Stavehøl between late May and September. When the streams flow with barely a trickle or are entirely empty, and when our meadow is bone dry. Birdsong, wind in the trees and the drone of hoverflies and bees are the dominant sounds. It is hard…

2022 Stavehøl

Another busy Summer is just a few weeks away. Time to make everything ready – clear out and rebuild firepits, cut pathways and lawns in the meadow (not a good time for the mower to break down!), make firewood and move all the outdoor furniture out of winter storage. All…

Stavehøl 2021

We survived the strange year that was 2020. In fact we thrived. After the total lockdown over Easter and into May, people flocked to Bornholm to seek freedom and big open skies. And that desire for an escape to nature has continued through the Autumn and into a long Stavehøl…

The Summer of 2020

You know the summer season is almost here when the lotus belle tents escape from under our beds to their rightful place in meadow and glade. This winter they had a little excursion to England where they were professionally cleaned and waterproofed – combined with new hats they look as…

Bornholm’s Beautiful Bountiful Beaches

The beach we choose for an outing depends on what we want to do, the wind direction and how antisocial we feel! There’s a beach for almost every mood and activity on Bornholm, and we’re never more than 30 minutes away from any of them. If the wind is from…

Just a few steps away

Our guesthouse and campsite is in the middle of one of Bornholm’s finest natural areas and impressive sights are just a few metres away. These are all less than 500 metres from us. Stavehøl waterfall is a short 200 metre walk away – after snow melt or big winter storms…

Stavehøl through the seasons – 2

After Spring’s bursts of life, everything slows down (except the grass growth) for the lazy warmth of Summer. The Spagerå river diminishes and trickles to nothing as the months go by while it’s twin the Præstebæk maintains some flow thanks to springs and tiny freshlets. Bird song is replaced by…

Stavehøl through the seasons

Winter has arrived, the leaves have fallen, the river roars, all is quiet except for the mass of birds surging around the feeders. Until the first frosts everything is damp – the meadow wet and clinging to the feet. Suddenly there is a world beyond the trees – neighbouring houses…

Stavehøl and Bornholm never close

Stavehøl in the spring and summer is a special place. Alive with blossom and woodland flowers between April and June while nightingales and warblers fill our hollow with birdsong. Enclosed by the fresh green of ash, oak, hornbeam and cherry trees our meadow basks in the sun while it thrums with busy bees and butterflies. The river laps gently by the bell tents on its way to the waterfall. Continue reading

Happy New Year – 2018 is a great year to come to Bornholm

Happy New Year from Stavehøl! It’s been a long time since the last blog post, but we are still here and doing well. We had an excellent season in 2017 with lots of guests and the yurts and bell tents particularly busy. Despite some indifferent summer weather and the wettest…