Victoria Terrasse (name written in Norwegian) was built between 1884 and 1890, as the largest and best residential building in the country. Its length is 180 meters and consists of 124 ten rooms apartments, which originally were supplied with electricity and water. At that time such living conditions were like dream. The complex was named...
House was built for merchant Frederick Sundt in 1877. At that time he was the largest paraffin importer, which was widely used for lighting. Pretty soon, based on Sundt’s business, the house was nicknamed “Villa Parafina”. Frederick Sundt died in 1885 and 11 years later state bought the villa from Sundt’s widow. Royal couple king...
Engebret Christophersen started as a waiter at the town’s first theater cafe “Sumpen”. He bought the former ministers Aimar Soerenssens childhood home at Bank square. Later on Engebret has opened his own restaurant in 1857. From the beginning the place became very popular among actors from Cristiania Theater, which until 1899 was located across the...
The halls were built 1840 – 59 to improve conditions for a food sales. The architect of the project was Christian Henrik Grosch. Bazaars has repeatedly been threatened with demolition. First time it happened in 1901, when one would construct a new stock exchange building on the site. Collapsing of a real estate market and...
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