Nygränd

Nygränd in March 2007.
Number 2.
A medieval waste pipe next to the front door of Number 2.

Nygränd (Swedish: New Alley) is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden, connecting Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan.

Old names 
Niia grenden (1553), Nygrenden (1570)

Until the early 1520s, a fish market (Fisketorget, "The Fisherman's Square") was found between the location of the present alley and the alley south of it, Brunnsgränd, the square at the time forming a natural continuation to Köpmangatan ("The Merchant's Street"), the street leading east from the central square Stortorget.[1]

One of the old town's most elaborate portals are found on 2, Nygränd.[2]

Parallel streets 
Kråkgränd, Brunnsgränd
Crossing streets 
Skeppsbron, Österlånggatan

References

  1. ↑ "Innerstaden: Gamla stan". Stockholms gatunamn (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. 1992. p. 64. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
  2. ↑ Nordisk familjebok. Project Runeberg. 1917. Retrieved 2007-01-18.

See also

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Coordinates: 59°19′30.1″N 18°04′29.2″E / 59.325028°N 18.074778°E / 59.325028; 18.074778


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