Guided tour of Old Town
This is grade 5 preparing a guided tour in old Town for the participants in our Comeniusproject, in February 2013.
At Stortorget
The statue of Evert Taube.
Evert Taube was a famous troubadur. He used to eat at the restaurant Gyldene freden, which means the golden peace. He even had his own table there.
Stortorget
People fetched water from the pump. In 1520 there was a bloodbath on the square. Kristian the second was supposed to be king. All those he considered to be traitors and heretics were executed on the square.
The cannonball is said to have been shot on Kristian when he was eating, but that is not true. There was no house here in those days. A man put the cannonball on the wall when it was built later on. No one knows where it came from.
Evert Taube was a famous troubadur. He used to eat at the restaurant Gyldene freden, which means the golden peace. He even had his own table there.
Stortorget
People fetched water from the pump. In 1520 there was a bloodbath on the square. Kristian the second was supposed to be king. All those he considered to be traitors and heretics were executed on the square.
The cannonball is said to have been shot on Kristian when he was eating, but that is not true. There was no house here in those days. A man put the cannonball on the wall when it was built later on. No one knows where it came from.
In Köpmangatan
Köpmangatan
The street is from 1323 and was a trade route that led straight down to the water. It was the widest street in old town. Here you could get around by horse and carriage.
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Mårten Trotzig alley
Many streets and places in Old Town are named after German merchants, for instance Mårten Trotzig´s alley, the narrowest street in Old Town.