Barnhusviken
Barnhusviken (
Together with
The northern shore, entirely occupied by the Klarastrandsleden motorway and eight rows of railway tracks, is not accessible to pedestrians, but, in contrast, the southern shore offers a section of the walk stretching some 2 km from the City Hall and all the way along the northern shore of Kungsholmen.[1]
About the name
Just like the bridge Barnhusbron spanning across it and several other local structures, the former bay was named in the 1860s after an orphanage (barnhus, literally "children-house") relocated from Riddarholmen to the neighbourhood on its northern shore in the 1630s.[2]
It is called a bay simply because it used to be a bay before continuous land filling transformed it into the narrow canal it is today. On maps from the early 19th century it is labelled Rörstrandssjön ("Lake of Rörstrand") after the vicinity to the porcelain factory of Rörstrand.[3]
Notable buildings
Several prominent buildings line-up along the shores of Barnhusviken:
- On the northern shore is the Bonnier Tower, the skyscraper of the headquarters of Bonnier media group, designed be architects Anders and Ivar Tengbom and during the period 1949-1958 the tallest building in Stockholm.[4] Next to it is the Bonniers Konsthall, designed by Johan Celsing and inaugurated in 2006.[5][6]
- On the southern shore is the Solna in the mid-1980s, are giving the area a reputation.[8]
- Between the St Erik Area and the bridge is the headquarters of the insurance company Trygg Hansa, built 1967–76, and on the opposite side of the bridge Tekniska nämndhuset, a huge brick complex built 1962–65 to house some 1.200 white-collar workers of the Stockholm City Planning Administration and various city committees. A matching addition facing the continuation of the bridge was made for the Stockholm District Court in 1984–86.[9]
See also
Notes
- ^ Vattenprogram, p 20.2
- ^ Stockholms gatunamn, p 149
- ^ Guide till Stockholms arkitektur, map supplements
- ^ Guide till Stockholms arkitektur, p 84
- ^ Bonniers Konsthall: About
- ^ Bonniers Konsthall: Architecture
- ^ Guide till Stockholms arkitektur, p 111
- ^ Hallgren, Magnus, Innerstaden översvämmas av kaniner, Dagens Nyheter
- ^ Guide till Stockholms arkitektur, p 95
References
- "Norrmalm". Stockholms gatunamn (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning. 1992. p. 149. ISBN 91-7031-042-4.
- Guide till Stockholms arkitektur (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Arkitektur förlag. 1999. ISBN 91-86050-41-9.
- "Bonniers Konsthall - About: Profile". Bonniers Konsthall. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- "Bonniers Konsthall - Architecture: Glass, steel and concrete". Bonniers Konsthall. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- Hallgren, Magnus (2003-11-20). "Innerstaden översvämmas av kaniner". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2011-05-15. Retrieved 2008-01-04.