Centralsaluhallen, Indoor market building near Kungsbron, Stockholm, Sweden.
Centralsaluhallen is a market hall building in Stockholm that served as a central distribution point for food during the early 1900s. The structure features a distinctive red brick exterior with tall arched windows in its gables and four corner towers topped with granite animal head sculptures.
The city council of Stockholm established this market hall in 1912 to improve urban food distribution and meet growing hygiene standards. It lost its primary function in 1962 when trading operations shifted to the newly built Årsta wholesale market on the city's outskirts.
The market served as a gathering place where people from across Stockholm came to buy meat, fish, vegetables, and flowers, forming a central hub for the city's food trade. Local traditions around food shopping and daily provisioning revolved around this hall during its active years.
The building can be viewed from outside, with particularly good views of its red brick facade and towers from the nearby Kungsbron bridge. Its central location makes it easy to reach on foot, though the interior is not open to the public.
The interior was originally designed as a pillar-free space using curved iron trusses that spanned the entire hall, maximizing room for market stalls and activities. This engineering approach allowed natural light to flood the space through large windows, a relatively advanced feature for a market hall of that era.
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