Stege town

Events

Stege's history:
Stege is what is called a medieval town. It means one of Denmark's old market towns. As you walk around the city, you can still see it on the church, the mill gate and the city ramparts.

It is believed that the city originated around 1200, and a castle was built south of the city there. At that time, there was an extensive trade in herring near Scania, which made Stege very wealthy. Around the 15th century, moats, city walls and gate towers were built. However, the lucrative herring fishery came to an end in the 16th century, whereby the city's heyday disappeared.

The white gold:
Later, Stege became an important industrial city, as the sugar factory was established in 1883 and ran production until 1989, when it closed.

Trade and Tourism.
In the meantime, it had become an important trading town, because Queen Alexandrine's Bridge was built in the 1930s, so Møn became landlocked with Zealand. This has since meant that Møn has become an important tourist magnet, not least because they have managed to get acquainted with e.g. Camønoen, Dark Sky og Unesco Biosfære.

Since then, the Farø Bridge has been added and has brought even more tourists to the island, which uses holiday homes, B & Bs, shelters and hotels.

Tuesday market in Stege starts the first Tuesday in July and lasts until mid-August. All the streets are filled with stalls, activities and people, so it is possible to do a good deal or just have fun at one of the many cafes.

The Møn public meeting has been held since 2015 and has been a great success, where local, regional and national organizations can enter into dialogue with the citizens. It started in Askeby, but has later been moved to Stege By, because there is better space for the growing participants.

The herring market, the first weekend in September, is always a big attraction, where people come year after year to take part in the good atmosphere, and to taste the special black herring. There are plenty of other activities over the weekend, including artisans with stalls and musical elements.

Silderuten (the herring route) in Stege is a city walk that takes you through 30 entries, which are marked with a herring! You will find the first herring on the yellow building that today serves as a tourist office

Download the app "Stege VR" and take a self-guided historical city walk. Hold the phone or tablet up in front of you and look out through a time window as you move around. With Virtual Reality, the story will unfold right before your eyes.