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Nexø is the greatest fishing town on Bornholm. The harbor is not nearly
as big as Rønne harbor,
but many fishing vessels come here with their catch, not only Danish but from
all the Baltic
nations. Many fisher’s from abroad have their ships repaired here, because the
yard is very good.
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The ships yard have a smart system for taking the ships on land. It works on air
pressure, and on land the ships are moved on air cushions.
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It is not all the foreign ships that looks as nice as this. The Russian and
Polish ships
that are not owned by the crew, often look rather rusty and poor.
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This is my good friend Fritz and his Ship “Marlene”. He is one of the locals,
and as so many others he have had a hard time the last 3 or 4 years because of
quota’s and low
prices on the fish. But now it seems to be better.
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There are many small houses in Nexø. It goes well with the modern
lifestyle where
young people marry late and the many elderly people who is single.
Rønne and Nexø
was heavily bombed in the last days of W.W 2. The rebuilding of the town
followed
the street-plans of old times. It has resulted in a somewhat crowded and narrow
town.
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This is a former machine shop that I have taken part in the rebuilding of. Both
the
yellow and the red house belong to the project. It is separated into 6
independent
apartments.
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The courtyard is joined. Now it looks a bit naked, but in a couple of years it
will be a
nice garden with trees and flowers. By this project the whole street has become
a nicer
place to live and a plain spot removed.
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This sight looks like somewhere in Sweden. No place in Denmark is like this,
apart
from Rønne. This is thanks to our god neighbors the Swedish people.
After the great
bombardment in 1945 when a great part of Nexø and Rønne was
damaged, the
Swedish state donated 300 god houses to be build on Bornholm.
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It is unusual to see wooden houses in Denmark. The people who owns them are very
pleased with them. 75 of the houses are in Nexø and 225 in Rønne.
This was a fine
gift from a nation that in history has been taken extort contributions from the
town.
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Stenbrudsgården is also rebuild recently. It was the managers residence
of the Kgl.
Frederics Stenbrud. (Royal Frederics Stone quarry). Today it is the place of
Bornholms Science Center.
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Baltic Bridge is an organization for developing god relations to the 3 former
Soviet
provinces known as the Baltic states. Lithuania is 1 of them and a sign of our
restarted
relations can be seen here. This is a result of the visit of 6 wood artist in
1997. It is an
example of a half heathen and half Christian art of making woodpoles.
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The 6 beautiful artworks is placed on the area by the coast where all the
rubble from
the bombardment in 45 were placed. It is as if they were coming up from the
sea and
greeting us.
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