Nørre Stenbro is a small neighborhood in the city of
Aarhus
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,
Denmark
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home to some 3,000 residents. The neighborhood is part of the Aarhus C district and borders the neighborhoods of
Indre By
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south and west,
Aarhus Docklands
Aarhus Docklands (Danish: Aarhus Ø) is a redeveloped neighbourhood in Aarhus, Denmark.
Construction of Aarhus Docklands began in 2008 and most buildings and construction was finished by 2018. The project converted the former container port, Nord ...
in the east and
Trøjborg north. The residential area of Nørre Stenbro is delimited by the streets ''Nørre Boulevard'', ''Østboulevarden'', ''Østbanetorvet'', ''Kystvejen'', ''Nørreport'' and ''Nørrebrogade'', but the large
Nordre Cemetery and the smaller residential quarter of ''Skovvejskvarteret'' is also part of the same registration.
The
School of Architecture
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and the train station
Østbanetorvet station, part of
Aarhus light rail line, are both located at Nørre Stenbro.
The name
The name Nørre Stenbro is a recent invention from 1971 when the local residents organization was established and adopted it. The name is believed to be a reference to the colloquial term "Stentoften" previously used to reference the area beyond ''Nørreport''.
History

Nørre Stenbro is located at the inner northern edge of the 1850s Aarhus city limits. Aarhus was at the time walled as
octroi
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Antiquity
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was in effect and taxes were collected on products brought to market. In 1851 the tax was abolished in Denmark and the walls were no longer necessary and could be removed. Until then
Mejlgade had a city gate where it now intersects ''Molsgade'' making it one of the main thoroughfares into Aarhus; home to taverns and
medieval
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merchant mansions catering to travellers and traders. The listed
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building (''Raas Gaard'') is one of the few remaining such mansions.
The city walls coming down coincided with the
Industrial Revolution
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and strong population growth. Between 1870 and 1900 Aarhus grew from 15.000 to 50.000 inhabitants and several new neighborhoods were developed. In 1896 the open lands formerly outside and north of the walls were developed into
Trøjborg but since the area of Nørre Stenbro was already settled and parcelled, it developed more organically over time into a small, dense working-class neighborhood. The architecture is distinct from the larger planned neighborhoods in
Vesterbro and Trøjborg; the streets are narrower and buildings of different styles, colors and heights mix.
Nørre Stenbro developed as a working-class neighborhood in the late 19th through early 20th centuries.
There are two
listed buildings
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in the neighborhood; the
medieval
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mansion ''Raas Gaard'' and the
functionalist apartment complex ''
Klintegaarden''.
Nørre Stenbro went through a redevelopment phase in the 1970s; housing density was reduced and apartments were changed to
condominium
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s and sold off. Today the neighborhood is mixed residential and commercial.
Gallery
;Nørre Stenbro
File:Bestseller Aarhus.jpg, ''Nørreport'', a major traffic gate to the Port of Aarhus and the new developing neighbourhood of Aarhus Docklands
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Construction of Aarhus Docklands began in 2008 and most buildings and construction was finished by 2018. The project converted the former container port, Nord ...
.
File:Le Basilic.JPG, Le Basilic, one of many restaurants in the long street of ''Mejlgade''.
File:Ã…lefangeren.jpg, ''Mejlborg Torvet'', a small cobbled square including the bronze fountain of ''Ã…lefangeren'' (The Eel-catcher).
File:Østbanetorvet.jpg, ''Østbanetorvet'', a small square and transport hub.
File:Østbanetorvet Station.JPG, ''Østbanetorvet Station'', a local train station at ''Østbanetorvet''.
File:ThoraPetersenGravsted.JPG, One of many extravagant grave monuments on the large Nordre Cemetery.
;Skovvejskvarteret
File:Skovvejen in Aarhus.jpg, The street of ''Skovvejen'' and the surrounding quarter of ''Skovvejskvarteret'' also forms part of the registration.
File:Klintegarden.PNG, ''Klintegaarden'', a modernist
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apartment complex overlooking the Bay of Aarhus (built in 1935).
File:Klintegaarden 4.jpg, The roadside facade of Klintegaarden.
File:Klintegaarden 5.jpg, From the atrium garden at Klintegaarden.
References
External links
KlintegaardenAarhus School of Architecture
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Aarhus C
Neighbourhoods in Aarhus