Arnager is a small fishing village in

Rønne Rønne ( sv, Rönne) is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,807 (1 January 2022). It was a municipality in its own right from 1970 until 2002, when Bornholm was a county (Danish: ''Bornh ...

parish, Bornholm island,

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. It is approximately southwest of

Nylars Nylars is a village in the southwest of the Danish island of Bornholm, 8 km east of Rønne and 8 km west of Aakirkeby. In January 2023 it had a population of 207. It is best known for Nylars Church, the island's second largest round c ...

, about southeast of Rønne, and approximately southeast of

Bornholm Airport Bornholm Airport ( da, Bornholms Lufthavn) is a Danish airport located 2.7 nautical miles (5 km) southeast of Rønne, on the island of Bornholm. The airport is operated by Statens Luftfartsvæsen (''The Danish Civil Aviation Administratio ...

. Its population in 2010 was 151 residents. Arnager Bay is east of Arnager. Arnager Havn 1

According to ''Bornholm Place Names'', Arnager was first mentioned in 1552 as "Arenack" in one of the Chancery letter books. The harbor was built in 1883 by H. Zahrtmann. For some time, the village was one of the main resting places for the island's missionaries. The city is notable for having

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's longest wooden bridge.Website of Arnager Badehotel
The structure links the port with the city. In the mid 1990s,

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footprints were identified on a cliff approximately east of the village.

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