Bankplassen - Oslo, Norway
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N 59° 54.532 E 010° 44.487
32V E 597393 N 6642543
This square is close to the entrance to the Akershus Fortress.
Waymark Code: WMFXZJ
Location: Oslo, Norway
Date Posted: 12/15/2012
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Bounded by Museums and Oslo's oldest restaurant, this plaza has a large fountain at its center.
Wikipedia (
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"Bankplassen ('The Bank Square') is a square in the neighborhood Kvadraturen in Oslo, bounded by Kongens gate, Myntgata and Kirkegata. Before 1953 Agnes Thorsens plass was also part of Bankplassen. The square takes its name after the building of the Christiania Department's Norges Bank, Bankplassen 3, built in 1830 as a division office after designs by architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. It is now used by the Norwegian Museum of Architecture and received in 2008 an addition designed by architect Sverre Fehn.
When Norges Bank's headquarters were moved from Trondheim to Oslo, the Bank's new building at Bankplassen 4 was completed in 1906 after drawings by architect Ingvar Hjorth. On 1 September 1986, Norges Bank was moved to a new continuous block building with address at Bankplassen 2, designed by architect Kjell Lund and Nils Slaatto. Several older apartment buildings were then integrated into the new building. The Norges Bank's old offices are located by the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. Other well-known institutions on Bankplassen are the Engebret Café with address at 1 Bankplassen."