Bakklandet is a neighborhood in the city of

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, and ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denma ...

county,

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. It lies in the borough of

Østbyen Østbyen is a borough of the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. The borough was established on 1 January 2005 in a municipal borough reform that reduced the number of boroughs in the city. The borough of Lerkendal lies to the southw ...

on the east side of the

Nidelva Nidelva is a river in Trondheim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The name of the long river translates to "the River Nid" since the suffix ''elva'' or ''elven'' is the Norwegian word for "the river". Location The Nidelva starts at th ...

river between the Bakke Bridge (''Bakke bru'') and the

Old Town Bridge Old Town Bridge (Norwegian: Gamle Bybro or Bybroa) is located in Trondheim, Trøndelag County, Norway. History Gamle Bybro crosses the Nidelva River from the south end of the main street Kjøpmannsgata connecting to the Trondheim neighbor ...

(''Gamle Bybro''). The neighborhood is dominated by small, wooden houses and narrow streets. It is among the major tourist attractions in the city. In 1965, the road plan for Trondheim proposed that a large area in Bakklandet be demolished to make way for a four-lane

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which would connect the road "Elgeseter gate" with the road "Innherredsveien". The plans were met by opposition from locals, and by the early 1980s the plan was shelved, even though the city's environmental council had approved depopulating the neighborhood in 1974.

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%C3%98vre_Bakklandet.jpg, Old houses at Bakklandet Bakklandet in Trondheim 4.jpg, Bakklandet Old town trondheim.jpg, View of the Old town from the old bridge

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* {{authority control Geography of Trondheim Neighbourhoods of Trondheim