Norrmalmstorg
Norrmalmstorg is a square in the Norrmalm district of Stockholm . He is often associated with the Norrmalmstorg hostage drama in 1973, which resulted in Stockholm Syndrome . However, the place has a much longer history.
Before Nybroviken was filled in in the 17th century, the square was located directly on one of two ports that existed at the time. At that time the square was called Packartorget , named after the Packarhuset , a building on the square where the incoming fish was examined and reloaded. Because of the fish trade it was sometimes called Fiskartorget in the 16th century , but since there was already a place with this name in Gamla stan , this name was no longer used later.
In 1853 the square was finally named Norrmalmstorg , which had previously been used for the Gustav Adolfs Torg . The name change happened in connection with the redesign of the Berzelii Park . At that time, the place was a dirty and smelly place, where the smell of fish mixed with the stench of latrines and garbage.
Today the square is used as a marketplace. In addition to the Palmhuset with a café and a newspaper kiosk, this is also one of the terminus of the Djurgårdslinie tram line .
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Norrmalmstorg is the most expensive street in the Swedish edition of Monopoly .
Coordinates: 59 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ N , 18 ° 4 ′ 22 ″ E