Köpmangatan (
Swedish
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: "The Merchant Street") is a
street
A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, ...
in
Gamla stan, the old town of
Stockholm
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,
Sweden
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. A parallel street to
Trädgårdsgatan
Trädgårdsgatan (Swedish: "Garden Street") is a small street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. It stretches west from Skeppar Olofs Gränd to Källargränd, just south of the Royal Palace and north of the square Stortorget. Fo ...
, it stretches from the central square
Stortorget
Stortorget (, "the Grand Square") is a public square in Gamla Stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is the oldest square in Stockholm, the historical centre on which the medieval urban conglomeration gradually came into being. To ...
to
Köpmantorget
Köpmantorget (Swedish: "Merchant's Square") is a small public square in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is located between the street Köpmangatan to the west and between two slopes collectively named Köpmanbrinken, bo ...
, intercepted by
Trädgårdstvärgränd
Trädgårdstvärgränd () is a small alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching north from Köpmangatan to Trädgårdsgatan, it forms a parallel street to Skeppar Olofs Gränd and Källargränd. It is located j ...
,
Skeppar Olofs Gränd
Skeppar Olofs Gränd (Swedish: "Alley of Skipper Olof") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching from Köpmangatan to Trädgårdsgatan, it forms a parallel street to Peder Fredags Gränd and Trädgårdstvà ...
,
Peder Fredags Gränd
Peder Fredags Gränd is a small blind alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching north from Köpmangatan, it is located between Skeppar Olofs Gränd and Staffan Sasses Gränd, just south of the Tessin Palace.
T ...
,
Själagårdsgatan
Själagårdsgatan (Swedish: "The Charitable Institution Street") is a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching south from Köpmangatan to Tyska Brunnsplan, it forms a parallel street to Baggensgatan. It cro ...
,
Staffan Sasses Gränd
Staffan Sasses Gränd is a blind alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching north from Köpmangatan, it forms a parallel street to Bollhusgränd and Peder Fredags Gränd.
History
The alley is named after Staffan Sas ...
,
Baggensgatan
Baggensgatan is a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Forming a southern extension to the street Bollhusgränd near the square Köpmantorget, it stretches to the southern end of Svartmangatan. It forms a parallel s ...
, and
Bollhusgränd
Bollhusgränd (Swedish: "Ball House Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Named after Bollhuset, a historical theatre, it connects Slottsbacken to Köpmantorget, and as Baggensgatan extends the alley furthe ...
.
History
First mentioned in Latin in 1323 as ''in medio vici dicti køpmannagatu'' ("on the street called ''køpmannagatu''"), the street served the merchants of Stockholm during the Middle Ages, and was the main connection between Stortorget and the fish market outside the eastern wall. One of the city's medieval gates, ''Köpmanporten'' ("The Merchant's Gate"), was once found in the eastern end of the street, until it was demolished in 1685. Sometimes called ''Köpmanvalvet'' ("The Merchant's Vault"), the gate
vault stretched across the street, thus connecting the blocks south and north of it and supported a two-story building.
See also
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List of streets and squares in Gamla stan
References
External links
Stockholmskällan - historical photoshitta.se - Location map and virtual walk
Streets in Stockholm
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