Nordstan

Nordstan

Location	Gothenburg, Sweden
Coordinates	57°42′30″N 11°58′9″E / 57.70833°N 11.96917°E / 57.70833; 11.96917
Owner	AMF Pension Nordstans Samfällighetsförening Vasakronan Hufvudstaden Eklandia F O Peterson Söner Byggnads
No. of stores and services	189
Total retail floor area	70 000 m²
Parking	2,700
No. of floors	4
Website	Nordstan.se

Nordstan (English: North town) is a shopping centre in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is one of the largest shopping centres in Scandinavia, with approximately 180 shops and 150 offices, (Ideapark and Itäkeskus in Finland are by comparison bigger since they consist of a single building). The shopping centre's total area is about 320,000 square metres divided into nine interconnected buildings, where retail and restaurant floor space makes up around 70,000 square metres. The covered streets and squares comprise 8,000 square metres. The companies housed in Nordstan employ in total six thousand people and their total annual turnover is in excess of 3,5 billion kronor.

History

The construction of Nordstan began in 1967, over a part of the city previously neglected. Most of the current Nordstan was finished by 1972. At its time, the construction of the shopping centre was Sweden's largest ever city renovation project. In the last few years Nordstan has gone through a major renovation to make it more attractive.

Location and transportation

Nordstan is located in Gothenburg's city centre, connected to the Gothenburg Central Station and the Nils Ericson Terminal by an underground pedestrian tunnel, and to the Lilla Bommen marina and the Gothenburg Opera house by sheltered walkways. The shopping centre also offers parking space to 2,700 cars. Just outside Nordstan are three different tram stops on three sides of the shopping center, making it easy to reach Nordstan by public transportation. A majority of the visitors use public transportation. If almost all of the visitors had used cars (as it is for many shopping centres outside city centres), around 8,000 parking places would be needed and this would need more parking space area than shop area.

Panorama of Nordstan's interior

External links

• Nordstan.se — Official website