Vaasa Market Hall ( fi, Vaasan kauppahalli; sv, Vasa saluhall) is an
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*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
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market hall
A market hall is a covered space or a building where food and other articles are sold from stalls by independent vendors. A market hall is a type of indoor market and is especially common in many European countries. A food hall, the most usu ...
in the city center of
Vaasa
Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas), , Finland. The market hall includes seven different shops, such as the fish store Ruostsala Snickars and the café Wasa Konditori.
The building was designed by (1866–1952), the province architect of Vaasa, and is built in two parts.
The first part, the so-called lower hall, was completed in 1902, and the latter part, the so-called upper hall, which was also built according to Stenfors' drawings, was completed in 1927.
The access between the two was opened in 1963. The developer and owner of the market hall is Halli Oy, which was founded by Stenfors, court council Oskar Rewell and bank manager K. H. Majantie in 1900.
See also
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Oulu Market Hall
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Tampere Market Hall
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Turku Market Hall
References
External links
Vaasa Market Hall– Official Site
Vaasa
Buildings and structures in Ostrobothnia (region)
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