place

Tullgränd

Stockholm road stubsStreets in Stockholm
Tullgränd 070404
Tullgränd 070404

Tullgränd (Swedish: "Customs Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden, connecting Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan. It forms a parallel street to Packhusgränd and Norra Bankogränd. The alley appears in historical records as Tollhuus grenden in 1626, stora Tullhus gränden in 1693, Store Siötullsgränden in 1704, Stora Tull gr[änd] in 1733, and finally as Tullgränd in 1885. The name is derived from Tullhuset ("the Customs Building") located in the block north of the alley in 1686, and the warehouse built in the 1780s. By the early 18th century, the alley was known as Solgränden ("The Sun Alley") after the tavern Lilla Solen ("The Small Sun") which was located there (see also Packhusgränd and Solgränd.)

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Tullgränd (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Tullgränd
Tullgränd, Stockholm Gamla stan (Södermalms stadsdelsområde)

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address External links Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: TullgrändContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 59.323055555556 ° E 18.073888888889 °
placeShow on map

Address

Tullgränd

Tullgränd
111 31 Stockholm, Gamla stan (Södermalms stadsdelsområde)
Sweden
mapOpen on Google Maps

linkWikiData (Q7852167)
linkOpenStreetMap (1881738)

Tullgränd 070404
Tullgränd 070404
Share experience

Nearby Places

Södra Bankohuset
Södra Bankohuset

Södra Bankohuset (Swedish: "The Southern [National] Bank Building"[1]) or Gamla Riksbanken ("The Old National Bank") is a building in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden, together with Norra Bankohuset the location of the Bank of Sweden until 1906. Since December 2018, the building is housing Embark Studios, a Stockholm-based games studio.It is facing the square Järntorget on its west side and Skeppsbron on its east, while two alleys passes north and south of it, Norra Bankogränd and Södra Bankogränd. The western quarter of the building including the façade, built in 1675-1682, was designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615–1684); the western court and its two wings were built in 1694-1712 under the son of the latter, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654–1728); while the eastern half and façade were designed by Carl Hårleman (1700–1753) and built during the period 1733-1737.Coherently designed as elongated block-size palace, Södra Bankohuset unites the prestigious line-up along Skeppsbron with the narrow urban conglomeration of the old town. The plain architraves and original Renaissance design of the western façade is repeated around the building, and is in the eastern façade supplemented with pediments, channelled rustication up to the mezzanine, and a rocaille over the entrance pouring out bank notes and coins. The western portal is a quotation of Vignola's portal at Villa Farnese in Caprarola.