Guided tour of Kerteminde
A town walk in Kerteminde
Every Thursday July 1 – August 12.
Charge DKK 30.- Children under 16 free.
Tickets from the tourist office (Kerteminde Turistbureau).
Leaving at 4 p.m. from the tourist office (Kerteminde Turistbureau)
Duration approximately 90 minutes.
Listen to accounts of the town, the merchant houses, the churches, the picturesque fishing environment and the well preserved houses.
Every Thursday July 1 – August 12.
Charge DKK 30.- Children under 16 free.
Tickets from the tourist office (Kerteminde Turistbureau).
Leaving at 4 p.m. from the tourist office (Kerteminde Turistbureau)
Duration approximately 90 minutes.
Listen to accounts of the town, the merchant houses, the churches, the picturesque fishing environment and the well preserved houses.
Kerteminde roseTown Walk
Starting point for the tour: Tornøes Hotel, Strandgade.
The corner of Langegade / Hindsholmvej: Statue of Frederik Paludan-Müller (1809-1876), a Danish poet. A memorial tablet on the wall of the house at Langegade 2.
Langegade 5-7: Andresen's Merchant Yard, comprises buildings dating from the 16th century right on up to the present day.
Kerteminde Parish Church is situated in the middle of the town square. Rebuilt in its present form in 1476 (late Gothic period), tripple-naved in the manner of a basilica and under one roof. Informational brochures are to be found in the porch, where the Skipper's Pallbearer Society's biers are also on display.
The corner of Langegade / Hindsholmvej: Statue of Frederik Paludan-Müller (1809-1876), a Danish poet. A memorial tablet on the wall of the house at Langegade 2.
Langegade 5-7: Andresen's Merchant Yard, comprises buildings dating from the 16th century right on up to the present day.
Kerteminde Parish Church is situated in the middle of the town square. Rebuilt in its present form in 1476 (late Gothic period), tripple-naved in the manner of a basilica and under one roof. Informational brochures are to be found in the porch, where the Skipper's Pallbearer Society's biers are also on display.
Strand stemningLillestranden or "Little Beach" is an old fishing neighbourhood. Here reticent fishermen still ply their trade.
Fiskergade 83. The merchant E.B. Muus founded the Sailor's Foundation in 1880, ensuring that free lodgings were made available to indigent sailors and their families.
AttraktionerRebslagergade. This lane's name derives from the fact that ropes were made here.
Vestergade 25. Built in 1694. Originally a merchant's yard, it later became a parsonage and then a brewery. From 1950 onwards, it was the regional headquarters of the Home Guard. In 1730, the parson was poisoned to death by his wife and her lover. The murderers were put to death and their bodies were then broken to the wheel.
SolsikkerLangegade 8. "Farvergården", a half-timbered house, was - as the inscription reads - built in 1630. Used to be a dye works. Nowadays, the building houses the regional museum.
Høkeren (The Peddlar) in Trollegade is a museum shop. On crossing the treshold, one is transported back in time to the beginning of the 20. century.
Huse på stribeOn the opposite side of the street, the town well beckons.
Langegade 37. The building is raised as a school in 1805, but has served as the chemist's since 1920.
The inscription reads: Learning, dedication, medicine.
Cross the road and take a look at Langegade 44C from 1780
Badning i havnenLangegade 54. Note the antique door, dating back to 1796.
The gap in the row of houses at the end of Langegade was caused by the railroad, which ceased operation in 1966.
Statue of John Christmas Møller, a Danish conservative politician, who fled to England in 1942.
Skibe i havnenThe Fjord- and Beltcenter in the middle of the harbour houses underwaterobservatory and exhibitions. The porpoises and the seals are fed several times a day.
Gult husDosseringen. Varmestuen Restaurant was formerly a smokehouse.
Next to the restaurant Rudolf Mathis, serving fish specialities, there is a wharf, where old sailboats are moored, among them "Rylen", a restored belt boat used by the painter Johannes Larsen and author Achton Friis for their expeditions to "The Islands of the Danes".
Red stonesStrandgade 3. Toldboden (Customs House) is a quaint stone house from 1590. Alterations were made in 1735. Art and museum exhibits are held there. No charge for admission.
Strandgade 2. Tornøes Hotel, in business as a hotel since 1860, marks the end of the tour.
