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Rønne () is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,675 (1 January 2025). It was a municipality in its own right from 1970 until 2002, when Bornholm was a county (Danish: Bornholms Amt). It has an area of 29.11 square kilometres (11.24 square miles) and is the administrative centre of the Bornholm municipality. , 11,539 inhabitants live in Rønne Parish (number 16 on the map of parishes), which is a narrow piece of land on the westernmost of the island and stretching north and southward comprising around a third of the area of the former mu

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Rønne is a city in Denmark, situated on the island of Bornholm and adjacent to the Baltic Sea. It serves as the capital of the Bornholm regional municipality, as well as the former Rønne Municipality and Bornholm County. The city was established in 1327 and has an elevation of 15 meters above sea level. Danish is the official language, and the local postal code is 3700.

The population of Rønne is recorded as 15,343, with another source listing it as 13,807. The city operates in the UTC+01:00 and UTC+02:00 time zones. Rønne maintains twinned relationships with San Marino, Carrara, Høyanger Municipality, and Neustadt in Holstein.

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Place details

Locality
Rønne
Region
Region Hovedstaden
Country
Danmark
Population
13,807
Timezone
Europe/Copenhagen

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

29US AQIGood
PM2.5
3.2 µg/m³
PM10
13.4 µg/m³
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Key facts

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Rønne
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Town
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Rønne aerial view from north asv2024-07 img2.jpg
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Aerial view, 2024
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Denmark Bornholm#Denmark
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above
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Location on Bornholm
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Country
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Region
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Municipality
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Bornholm
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Founded
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1327
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Metric
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8.12
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13675

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Travel guide

Get in

thumb|St. Nicolai Kirke seen from the harbour

As Bornholm's capital and the only town with airport and major ferry harbour, Rønne is the only entry point for Bornholm from the rest of Denmark, Sweden or Germany (except the small passenger ferry from Kołobrzeg in Poland to Nexø at the east coast). For details, see Bornholm.

Get around

By foot - the old town is not far away from the harbour.

By car - parking is possible nearly everywhere in the old town, good places are Snellemarket, Store Torv or Ellekongstræde.

See

thumb|Ericsens hus The town has some quaint cobbled streets and low-timbered houses. Two streets of particular interest are the Laksegade and the Storegade, which contain many historic houses which were once the homes and trade buildings of merchants and noblemen. Several notable buildings lie in the heart of the town, including the , the and old merchant/noble warehouses and residences. The neo-classical Kommandantgården was built in 1846 and now a ceramics museum. The is located at Storegade 36. Another sightworthy building in the centre of Rønne is the which was built in 1888

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Climate
  • Economy and infrastructure
  • Local heat and electricity production
  • Grandfather clocks
  • Demographics
  • Landmarks
  • Transportation
  • Twin towns – sister cities
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Rønne () is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,675 (1 January 2025). It was a municipality in its own right from 1970 until 2002, when Bornholm was a county (Danish: Bornholms Amt). It has an area of 29.11 square kilometres (11.24 square miles) and is the administrative centre of the Bornholm municipality. , 11,539 inhabitants live in Rønne Parish (number 16 on the map of parishes), which is a narrow piece of land on the westernmost of the island and stretching north and southward comprising around a third of the area of the former municipality. Knudsker Parish (number 11 on the map) made up the rest of the former municipality. Not all inhabitants of either Rønne (statistikbanken.dk/(table) KM1: number 400-7552) or Knudsker (400–7553) parishes live in the city (contiguous built-up area) of Rønne.

Owing to its natural harbour and its strategic position in the Baltic Sea, Rønne has an interesting history coming under German and Swedish influence during its development as a herring fishing port. Today, with its cobbled streets, half-timbered houses and interesting museums, it attracts visitors mainly from Denmark, Germany, Sweden and Poland.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rønne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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