Bornholm Bornholm Bornholm (; ) is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of the westernmost part of Poland. Occupying an area of , the island had a total population on 1 January 2018 of 39,632. Among Bornholm's chief industrial activities are dairy farming and arts-and-crafts industries such as glass production and pottery using locally worked clay. Tourism is also important during the summer months. The island is home to an especially large number of Denmark's round churches. The island is known as "solskinsøen" ("Sunshine
Nykøbing Falster Hat" in Danish) is in existence today. From 1970 to 2006, Nykøbing was the administrative seat of the former county of Storstrøm. On 1 January 2007, the former Nykøbing Falster municipality merged with Nysted, Nørre Alslev, Sakskøbing, Stubbekøbing, and Sydfalster municipalities to form Guldborgsund municipality. This "Kommunalreformen" ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007) created a municipality with an area of and a total population of 63,533 (2005) and will belong to the new Region Sjælland ("Zealand Region"). The former Nykøbing Falster municipality covered an area of with a total population of 25,483 (2005). The city has a few noteworthy buildings, including