Grønland
59.912610.76319Koordinaten: 59 ° 55 ' N, 10 ° 46' O
Grønland is a district area in downtown Oslo, east of the center of Oslo, belonging to the district of Gamle Oslo. It is adjacent to the Oslo district fatherland with the river Akerselva the west by Tøyen and Enerhaugen in the north, and to the old town Gamlebyen the east and the railway line in the Oslo Sentralstasjon bordered to the South (but not the station itself ). Grønland is also the name of the town's main street in the area. On 1 January 2009 Grønland counted 8321 inhabitants.
The district Grønland has a large multicultural diversity. Together with the neighboring district Tøyen, it is a key area for immigrants and migrants in Oslo. The proportion of immigrants in Grønland is about 35-40 percent.
History
The coast of the territory was originally a part of the outlet to the east of the river Akerselva. The name means Grønland as at the North American island of Greenland, grassland and is derived from the grassy banks of the Oslo region. The same main road Grønland and Grønlandsleiret mark the old shoreline and is considered the historic northern border to the city district Bjørvika. Since Grønland recorded a large increase over the centuries, the boundaries of the adjacent Bjørvika have changed in favor of Grønland.
The most important and most used roads in the area is the same Grønland Street and Grønlandsleiret (formerly Leiret ). There was also formerly an important connection between the then suburb Grønland and the Norwegian capital Christiania (Oslo ) and led over the Fatherland bro ( Fatherland Bridge ) (the first bridge dates from the year 1654). The former suburb Grønland was to Christiania (now Oslo), incorporated in 1859. Many remarkable buildings of Greenland, as the local church, the Grønland kirke, the school and the fire station as well as the distributors near state prison Botsfengselet were all built in the 1860s.
The Grønlands torg ( Grønland Square) was once a simple cattle place, which was also used as a public livestock market and 1860 supplemented with livestock Hall " Kutørjet ". From 1911 to 1974, the Gartner halls of the place, the cattle house and the slaughterhouse where the slaughtering of local Grønland and the Oslo area were carried out. Similarly, the local meat and vegetable market was held there. In the period from 1970 up to the 1980s was located on the square, a central bus station. In 1988, in its place a new building with a central bus terminal ( Oslo Bussterminal ) and the Galleri Oslo ( Oslo gallery ), built a shopping center, opened in 1989. The complex Smalgangen was on the square also in the same year built, which was developed as a new residential and shopping center of the architects Anchor & Hølaas AS. The area in which there is also the headquarters of the Oslo police, is already affected by a significant gentrification, which radiates in particular the neighboring Bjørvika and there newly built Oslo Opera House.
Traffic
The Grønland Street is the main street in the district, at the end point is this further than Grønlandsleiret continued. Then she meets the Oslo Schweigaardsgate and then extends further than Oslo gate.
Transport
The Oslo Bus Station (Oslo Bussterminal ) is located at the westernmost tip of Grønland. Also a bus and tram stop is located there. In Grønland area is located at Grønland Street Metro Station Grønland stasjon with connection to the entire route network of the Oslo tunnel train
Known Structures
- Stepla - gården ( Grønland No. 4)
- Apoteket Hjorten in Oslo (now a café and restaurant Dattera til Hagen, Grønland No. 10)
- Goetheinstituttet ( Grønland No. 16)
- Asylet ( Grønland No. 28)
- Olympen restaurant on the Grønlandsleiret
- Grønland kirke
- Grønland Brannstasjon ( Grønlands Fire Department ) with the historical Brannmuseet (Fire Museum ) is located.
- Botsfengselet in Åkebergveien, with the Grønlands Park - Botsparken
- World Islamic Mission in the Åkebergveien
- Police station of the Oslo police district on the Grønlandsleiret
- Grønlandshagen on Grønlandsleiret