Saluhallen, Göteborg, Indoor market hall in central Göteborg, Sweden.
Saluhallen is a glass and iron market hall in central Göteborg containing around forty specialized shops and restaurants. The vendors offer international foods, spices, coffee, cheese, and regional Swedish products.
The hall was decided by the city council on 16 June 1887 on the initiative of editor S. A. Hedlund, built 1888–1889 by the firm A Krüger to drawings by architect Hans Hedlund, with Göteborgs Mek. Verkstadsaktiebolag as contractor. The Renströmska fund had contributed 75,000 kronor in 1871. The original cost was 250,000 kronor, raised by 60,000 in December of the same year. It opened for food sales on 1 February 1889, and in 1890 the council approved 44 additional stalls along the outer sides.
The hall's name, Stora Saluhallen ("Great Sale Hall"), comes from the Swedish word salu, meaning sale. Traders have sold food here since 1 February 1889, and several stalls carry long histories: Hugo Ericsons ost has sold cheese since 1888 and SO Larsson meat and charcuterie since 1906. Today vendors also sell game, turkey, fish and shellfish, alongside fruit, bread and cheese.
The market hall sits at Kungstorget in the city center and is easy to find. Wheelchair access is limited in some areas, so visitors with mobility needs should plan ahead.
The semicircular bazaar row that once stood along Kungstorget's canal side was demolished in November 1966, leaving the market hall as the square's surviving 19th-century market building. The hall became a listed building (byggnadsminne) on 22 April 1985 and has been owned and managed by Higab since 1991.
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