Kungsgatan
The Kungsgatan (German: The Königsstraße ) is a centrally located main street in Stockholm in the districts of Norrmalm and Kungsholmen . It runs in an east-west direction and is about 1,500 meters long.
history
In 1887 the city of Stockholm decided to build a new road through the Ice Age wall mountain , Brunkebergsåsen , which crosses the northern districts of Stockholm in a north-south direction. Before that, a street called Lutternsgatan ran over the steep wall. It was a shabby, shabby compound with old wooden houses and sheds on either side. In 1905, work began on the new Kungsgatan . It took six years to build the route through the Wallberg, some bridges had to be built to catch the cross streets. The remains of a Viking village were found during construction .
Development and importance
The opening took place on November 21, 1911, but at that time the new main street was still barren and hardly built on. During the 1920s, modern urban development was built on the North American model. The dominant feature are the two royal towers (Kungstornen), which were designed by the architects Sven Wallander and Ivar Callmander in the mid-1920s. In the 1930s and 1940s, Kungsgatan was Stockholm's Broadway , and this is where the confetti parade to celebrate the end of World War II took place. For the introduction of right-hand traffic in Sweden on September 3, 1967, the Kungsgatan went through the world press again when the vehicles switched from the left to the right side of the road.
When Stockholm city center was rebuilt around Sergels torg in the 1960s, Kungsgatan lost its importance as the main shopping street. In the 1990s the street was renovated and given a more uniform appearance, which resulted in Kungsgatan being Stockholm's “fine street” again today.
Historical pictures
Brunkebergsåsen almost defeated in 1909
After the inauguration,
on November 24, 1911
Confetti parade,
May 7, 1945
Dagen "H", right-hand traffic on September 3, 1967
Web links
Coordinates: 59 ° 20 ′ 7 ″ N , 18 ° 3 ′ 46 ″ E