8. Bagerpladsen

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8. Walk down Stormgade and Myregade to the square Bagerpladsen.
This is part of Rønne’s old district with cobbled streets and half-timbered and brick-built houses, primarily from the 1800s.
The detached, yellow-washed building on the square was built in 1870 to house fire pumps and hearses.
The houses around Bagerpladsen and in Vimmelskaftet feature the characteristic development of local architectural traditions from the 1700s to the early 1900s,
i.e. from traditional timber-framed buildings to brick-built houses made in local, marbled bricks.
Note the small dormers in the wing of Vimmelskaftet 32, a common type of dormer window from before the advent of cast-iron windows in the mid 1800s.
Vimmelskaftet is one of the best-preserved street settings with its winding, meandering course, clearly marked by the paving stones.
The carriageway tracks are carried through in wider, worn paving stones.
Also note the fine pavement connections where the side streets meet Vimmelskaftet, the most important street.

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8. Bagerpladsen