Nordstaden is a central district of

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, to the north of Stora Hamnkanalen and a part of Gothenburg's original city area. The district is divided by Östra Hamngatan, previously Östra Hamnkanalen, into Östra Nordstaden and Västra Nordstaden. The district has an area of 42

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s. The last houses in Östra Nordstaden were torn down in May 1971 to give space for the shopping centre

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. Västra Nordstaden mostly consists of older buildings, such as

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, the Gothenburg City Hall, the Bourse, the German Church, Ostindiska huset and the former Sjöbefälsskolan. There are a couple of newer buildings, such as the Gothenburg opera house and Traktören which is one of Gothenburg's council buildings. There are also many residential areas in Västra Nordstaden, primarily on Kvarnberget. The

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stop ''Nordstan'' is located in the east, between the shopping centre Nordstan and the

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Listed buildings

There are eight

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in Nordstaden: * The Bourse * Gamla Tullen * The Gothenburg City Hall * Göteborgs stadshus *

* Ostindiska huset * Sahlgrenska huset * Wenngrenska huset

Block division in Nordstaden

Current blocks

Nordstaden consists of 30

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s. The names used come from 1923, when the original numbers of the blocks were replaced with a modern block name system. The blocks 37 and 38 were built later. The blocks are: 2 Hövågen, 8 Köpmannen, 10 Kronobageriet, 11 Rådhuset, 12 Ostindiska Kompaniet, 13 Gamla Tullen, 14 Lilla Berget, 15 Traktören, 16 Högvakten, 17 Borgaren, 18 Gamla Teatern, 19

, 20 Franska Tomten, 21 Kruthuset, 22 Vadman, 23 Enigheten, 24 Polismästaren, 25 Göta Kanal, 26 Vindragaren, 27 Stadskvarnen, 28 Navigationsskolan, 29 Kvarnberget, 30 Mjölnaren, 31 Mätaren, 32 Ljusstöparen, 33

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, 35 Magasinet, 36 Packhuset, 37 Dirigenten, 38 Kajkskjulet.

Former blocks

Until the 1970s there used to be additional block in Östra Nordstaden:''Stadsbor i gångna tider: släktforskaren och staden.'' Årsbok / Sveriges släktforskarförbund, 99-0786668-7 ; 1989 Släkthistoriskt forum, 0280-3984 ; 89:5. Bromma: Sveriges släktforskarförb. 1989.

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Olga Dahl: ''Göteborgs tomtägare 1637–1807'', Rote 7-8. as well as 7 Gästgivaren. The buildings in block 9 Nye Port (now known as Drottningtorget) remain, but the block name is no longer in use.

Sources

References

Online sources

*
Göteborg inom vallarna år 1807, 1872 och 1945
', edited by Joel Holger and published in ''Västanbladet'' 2004-2005, GöteborgsRegionens Släktforskare.

Bibliography

*Baum, Greta (2001).'' Göteborgs gatunamn 1621 t o m 2000.'' Göteborg: Tre böcker.

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*Kjellin, Maja; Bothén Anders (1973). ''Östra Nordstaden i Göteborg: en stadsdels historia från grundläggningen till nuvarande tid.'' Göteborg förr och nu, 0348-2189 ; 8. Göteborg.

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*Lönnroth Gudrun, ed. (2003). ''Hus för hus i Göteborgs stadskärna.'' Göteborg: Stadsbyggnadskontoret.

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