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The Bornholm Railway Museum ( da, De Bornholmske Jernbaner Museum) is a museum in
Nexø Nexø, sometimes spelled Neksø ( sv, Nexö), is a town on the east coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. With a population of 3,668 (as of 1 January 2022), it is the second largest town, as well as the largest fishing port on the is ...
on the
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island of
Bornholm Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by ...
documenting the island's railways which operated from 1900 to 1968. Located in the harbour area of the town, it has put together an exhibition representing the look of an old Bornholm station. Of particular interest is DBJ No. 26, a mail car and the only remaining Bornholm railway carriage. The museum is housed in a large wooden building on the harbour side, once the premises of the boat building company, Nexø Både. In 1999, Nexø Museum and Foreningen De Bornholmske Jernbaner (Bornholm Railway Association) completed comprehensive renovation of the site in order to create an exhibition on ''Toget og Havnen'' (Train and Harbour). The museum is open from June to mid-September: 10 am to 4 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 10 am to 2 pm on Saturdays."Åbningstider"
, DBJ De Bornholmske Jernbaner. Retrieved 12 November 2012.


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DBJ Museum website
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