Skräddargränd

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Skräddargränd (Swedish: "Tailor's Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching from Västerlånggatan to Stora Nygatan, it forms a parallel street to Bedoirsgränd and Tyska Brinken.

Named after the location of the tailor's guild on number 2 during the period 1627-1842, part of the building then serving as the tavern Förgylta Drufvan ("Gilded Grape") sanctioned by King Gustavus Adolphus, the alley was known as Bredgränd ("Wide Alley") in the end of the 15th century, a name shared by several others of the small alleys of the old town, and explained by its slightly larger width compared to the numerous small alleys north of it.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ (1992) "Innerstaden: Gamla stan", Stockholms gatunamn, 2nd ed. (in Swedish), Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning, 70. ISBN 91-7031-042-4. 

[edit] See also

• List of streets and squares in Gamla stan

[edit] External links

• hitta.se - Location map and virtual walk