Madsebakke is located between Allinge and Sandvig in northern Bornholm. This exposed rock outcrop is home to Denmark’s largest rock carving site, featuring images and symbols from the Late Bronze Age, dating from around 1100–500 BC.
The carvings include 14 ship motifs, five sun wheels, five footprints and numerous cup marks. Carved directly into the rock, they provide a rare insight into the symbolic world of Bronze Age communities on Bornholm.
The carvings are relatively faint and can be difficult to see, especially in flat or harsh light. They are often most visible when the sunlight falls at a low angle across the rock surface. An information board at the site helps visitors identify the individual motifs.
Madsebakke can be reached via paths from the area around Stadionvej. Parking is available at Allinge Stadium, followed by a short walk to the rock carving site.
Madsebakke is not just an isolated prehistoric monument but part of a larger Bronze Age landscape in northern Bornholm. The area between Madsebakke and Hammershus contains additional rock carvings, burial mounds and other traces of the people who lived here around 3,000 years ago.
