The history of Ry Park Hotel. The town’s first house was the old Inn. In 1870, farmer Thomas Nielsen from Siim sold the first building site to Soren Sorensen and wife Sofie Sorensen. The price was 240 Rigsdalere, the Danish currency at the time. Sorensen immediately put up a building, opened a grocery store and applied for a license to keep an inn. But the license was a long time coming, and when train workers poured in, Sorensen decided to start business without it. After some time he had to close, for the innkeeper in Gl. Rye, who had also applied, reported his competitor to the authorities. The license was badly missed when the day of Ry Market rolled around, and Sorensen had to turn down many guests during the morning hours. But when evening came Sorensen plucked up courage and decide...