Nordstan

Nordstan

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Location	Gothenburg, Sweden
Coordinates
Owner	AMF Pension Nordstans Samfällighetsförening Vasakronan Hufvudstaden Eklandia F O Peterson Söner Byggnads
No. of stores and services	180
Total retail floor area	70,000 m2 (750,000 sq ft)
No. of floors	4
Parking	2,700
Public transit access	Gothenburg Central Station Nils Ericson Terminal
Website	nordstan.se

Nordstan is a shopping centre in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is the largest shopping centre in Gothenburg with approximately 180 shops and 150 offices. The shopping centre's total area is about 320,000 m² (3,400,000 sq ft) divided into nine interconnected buildings, where retail and restaurant floor space makes up around 70,000 m² (750,000 sq ft). The covered streets and squares comprise 8,000 m² (86,000 sq ft). The companies housed in Nordstan employ approximately six thousand people and the total annual turnover was SEK 4.1 billion in 2013.

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

See also

• List of shopping centres in Sweden