Rønnebergbua Warehouse

Rønnebergbua is a historic warehouse in the Norwegian city of Ålesund.It is located in the city center of Ålesund on the island of Nørvøy at Notenesgata 9. To the southwest of the house, Skansegata and Korsegat meet Notenesgata. A little further northwest runs the Ålesundet, which separates Nørvøy from Aspøy.The building was built in 1907 as part of the reconstruction of the city after the Ålesund fire of 1904. Karl Norum worked as an architect for the client, the company Carl E. Rønneberg & Sønner. It was built in solid gray granite and clad in light marble from Eide in Nordmøre. It served as a warehouse and stood directly on the water of the Ålesundet, so that cargo could be transshipped directly from ships. Later, new land was reclaimed in the area, so that it now stands about 30 meters from the water.On the south side of the building is the inscription R & S and below it the years 1845 1907. The R probably stands for Rønneberg, the S for Sønner (German: Söhne). The years probably refer to the renaming of the company from Rønneberg to Carl Esaias Rønneberg & Sønner (1845) and the year of construction (1907). However, there is speculation that the 1845 stands for the year in which the trade in klipfish began.[ Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B8nnebergbua ]