Hötorget (''Haymarket'') is a

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in the center of

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, Sweden that has been transitioning since the

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Description

To its east lies the Royal Concert Hall, to its south lies Filmstaden Sergel, one of the largest multiscreen cinemas in inner-city Stockholm, and the adjacent Hötorgshallen food market hall, and to the west lies the Haymarket by

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. Southeast of the square are the five high-rise office buildings '' Hötorgsskraporna''. To the north is the Kungshallen food court. During the daytime it is the site of a fruit and vegetable market, except on Sundays, when flea markets are arranged. Hötorget station, on the Green line of the

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, was opened in 1952 and is decorated with light blue

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s. The station kept its vintage style, in contrast to other more modern stations on the same line, retaining its original construction arrangements and materials such as tiles, signs, illumination, etc. There is an illuminated art installation on the ceiling of the station. The platforms of Hötorget station make a brief appearance in Madonna's "

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" music video. The term ''Hötorget art'' () is a derogatory term for

kitschy Kitsch ( ; loanword from German) is a term applied to art and design that is perceived as naïve imitation, overly-eccentric, gratuitous, or of banal taste. The avant-garde opposed kitsch as melodramatic and superficial affiliation with ...

Swedish 20th century art lacking artistic value. The artist does not follow elite principles for sellable art, such as making multiple copies of each painting. Hötorget art is art which established art experts do not sell or assign a value. Such art was sold at Hötorget by artists to the common people, bypassing art galleries.

Gallery

Filmstaden Sergel 2008.jpg, Filmstaden Sergel. 2008 Hotorget 2008a.jpg, Hotorget adjacent to Filmstaden Sergel. 2008 Kungshallen 2010.jpg, Kungshallen 2010

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hotorget Squares in Stockholm no:Hötorget tunnelbanestasjon