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City Walks in Ringkøbing

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Go for a walk in the historical streets of Ringkøbing. You can use this site for a route description - but you can also book city walks at Ringkøbing-Skjern Museum.

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The Town Square in Ringkøbing

The centre of town, a rectangular space paved with stones and sorrounded by prominent buildings. In the 1950s, as a run-up to a contemplated street connection between Herning and the established Sønde...

Buildings around the Square in Ringkøbing

Hotel Ringkjøbing built app. 1600. The oldest house in town, except from the church. Originally completely with timber frame, but the gable end and lower floor was converted into foundationwall in app...

The old streets in Ringkøbing

Before the making of Torvegade-Søndervigvej in the end of the 1950s, all traffic to Holmsland and Søndervig went through Vester Strandgade, down around the Harbour and through Vester Strandsbjerg. It ...

Smedegade and Mellemgade

Smedegade has some older houses in the lower end. Housing street with workshops for trade companies. Mellemgade is a quiet brick-laid street with several old houses. In the first part of the 17th ce...

Øster Strandgade in Ringkøbing

In 1726 called " Østergade to beach ". At the top old wings of big merchant´s houses in Algade. In the Matas property timer frame with brick Chequer work, northernmost two panels of small Frisian bric...

Østergade in Ringkøbing

The old main radial road to the north ended at Nørreport, and mid-17th century was replaced by Nygade. The small house no. 40 has lain right outside Nørreport and is called the Octroi. It was built in...

Nørregade in Ringkøbing

On the corner of Østergade lies " The Old Merchant´s House ", Nørregade 2. Built in the 1970s, originally built round a quadrangle and included the adjoining houses on both sides. Well-reputed merch...

Søndergade in Ringkøbing

The house, with diagonal-angled gable, on the corner of Smedegade was built in 1800, as a part of the town´s first tobacco factory from 1787. Through the 17th century Ringkøbing had several tobacco f...

Algade in Ringkøbing

From a time in the 17th century and to the local reform in 1970, the town´s old main street was called Bredgade. Until the mid-17th century the street was dominated by the big merchant´s houses built ...

Østerport in Ringkøbing

Ringkøbing´s eastern gate roughly lay where Algade ends at Mylius-Erichsensvej and Reberbanen. The yellow house Herningvej 1 is the first house built outside the town gate. The facade has later been c...

St. Blichersvej in Ringkøbing

Development with good buildungs from the time of the railway. A part of the east side, at the corner of Chr. Hustedsvej, belonged to Joh. P. Andresen´s organ factory 1896-1964. Ringkøbing Amts Dagblad...

The Habor in Ringkøbing

The pier and the old dock 1904-05 was built for the shipping of materials to the construction of Lyngvig Lighthouse 1906. In the older maritime days, there were often complains about the lack of a jet...