Torvestræde – i.e the street at the square - has existed all the way back to Stege’s earliest times as a connection between the square and the church. At the end of the street lies Morten

Reenbergs house, Stege’s old rectory and pastoral building. It now functions as a parish community centre and church office and was thoroughly renovated in 2014. The wing towards Langgade, which had been

a ruin for years, was furnished with 3 smaller but very nice refuge and pilgrimage apartments. These are also available to rent for general use to people who want to visit Stege.

For many years, the Fog’s house and courtyard belonged to the merchant Carøe. Here, a grocery store was situated, and these buildings belonged to the big yellow Kammerådsgård on the other side of the town square where the merchant lived with his family. In the yard behind the house you would find piles of coal and iron. Next to the shop, the grocer had an office. Here, during the early 1900s, by-passers could observe an older gentleman wearing black sleeve protectors and a green sunshade, standing up at a writing desk, writing in a very large book.

Here at the corner of Storegade and Sct. Knudsstræde, a large merchant’s house was built. In 1784, however, it was demolished when Møn’s Bank of

Discount was built in 1915. In 1968, the lower storey was rebuilt as the house

became the administrative building for the former Municipality of Møn and (after the municipal merging of 2007) for the new municipality of Vordingborg.

Now, from Gåsetorvet you have to walk back along with the equal house numbers of Storegade. The first building on the southern side of Storegade is the first out of three wings situated down towards the cove at Stege Nor. It contains fine, new homes with either a balcony or a small front yard. The buildings are built in yellow stone and the front house has an accentuated frieze.

If you have chosen the short walking route, you have not yet seen Mølleporten and the old gate for the horseback guardsmen. So, before returning to Storegade, you can walk about 15 metres to the left and see the old town gate, Mølleporten. Just before this you will notice an old gate on the left side of the street, which is the oldest building in Stege (from the 1200s). Behind this gate, the peasants and farmers would put in their wagons and carts before they went to Gåsetorvet – ‘the geese square’ – where they would sell their ducks, geese and chickens.

The stately house on the corner of Rådhusgade and the town square was designed by one of Denmark’s most famous architects M.G. Bindesbøll, and as such built as Stege’s Town Hall in 1854. It functioned for many years as a courtroom as well as a police station, in the times that all market towns still had their own police station. Now, the premises have been purchased by a local fund, the ‘Liselund Fountain’ leading to its restoration in its original colours. It functions on a daily basis as offices for small businesses.

In the early Middle Ages, this street only led from the town’s main square and halfway towards the ramparts. Due to its short stretch, Skammestræde was made an interesting partner to the long street of Langestræde.

This herring is located at Dragestræde no. 6, but before continuing right on to Rådhusgade, just take a look left and notice Dragestræde no. 7, which was built in 1912 as a power station. Together with a power station at Carøe’s, these two stations supplied Stege with electricity until the electricity company SEAS took over the town’s power supply in 1953.

Now, you are standing in one of Stege’s most significant merchant houses, which has spread over the entire ground plot around the town square and Dragestræde since the 18th century. Here, large coal stocks and iron of all sorts were stored in the numerous buildings which also included stables, barns, space for carts and grain storage. To complete the glory of this magnificent building, the eastern warehouse behind the big chestnut tree was built in 1840 and adapted to a distillery and brewery.

Farverstræde emerged as a narrow passage between the former Langestræde and the Stege main square after the block of houses between the church and the square was built in the late Middle Ages. The name was given after Farvergården – the dye works house - which from 1758-83 belonged to the prison and draper’s house in Langestræde. The dye works house was located on the corner of Farverstræde and the square, and the half-timbered house that led up to here functioned as a horse stable and stamping workshop for the dye works.