Nordstan
Sign in to saveNordstan is a shopping center in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is the largest shopping centre in Sweden in terms of revenue, and with approximately 180 shops and 150 offices. The shopping centre's total area is about divided into nine interconnected buildings, where retail and restaurant floor space makes up around . The covered streets and squares comprise . The companies housed in Nordstan employ approximately six thousand people and the total annual turnover was SEK 4.1 billion in 2013. The main passageways in the centre are public spaces and therefore are open for use after shops have closed. The
Key facts
- Shopping mall.name
- Nordstan
- Shopping mall.logo
- Nordstan.svg
- Shopping mall.logo_width
- 230
- Shopping mall.image
- Entrance to Nordstan from Brunnsparken in Gothenburg.jpg
- Shopping mall.image_width
- 200
- Shopping mall.caption
- The main entrance to Nordstan from Brunnsparken
- Shopping mall.location
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- Shopping mall.owner
- AMF Pension Nordstans Samfällighetsförening Vasakronan Hufvudstaden Eklandia F O Peterson Söner Byggnads
- Shopping mall.number_of_stores
- 179
- Shopping mall.parking
- 2,700
- Shopping mall.floors
- 4
- Shopping mall.publictransit
- Gothenburg Central StationNils Ericson Terminal
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Nordstan is a shopping center in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is the largest shopping centre in Sweden in terms of revenue, and with approximately 180 shops and 150 offices. The shopping centre's total area is about divided into nine interconnected buildings, where retail and restaurant floor space makes up around . The covered streets and squares comprise . The companies housed in Nordstan employ approximately six thousand people and the total annual turnover was SEK 4.1 billion in 2013. The main passageways in the centre are public spaces and therefore are open for use after shops have closed. The character of the centre changes after closing time of the shops. The presence of adults is drastically reduced and the premises become a hangout for youth.
==History== thumb|right|The department store Femman. During the emigration to America from the 1860s to the 1920s, the area of Nordstan was a lively part of city. Emigrants passed here between the Gothenburg Central Station and the ships waiting at the Port of Gothenburg to the west.