Bakklandet Explained

Official Name:Bakklandet
Settlement Type:Neighborhood in Trondheim
Pushpin Map:Trøndelag#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the neighborhood
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Central Norway
Subdivision Name2:Trøndelag
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Trondheim
Subdivision Type4:Borough
Subdivision Name4:Østbyen
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Coordinates:63.4282°N 10.4037°W
Elevation M:10
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Bakklandet is a neighborhood in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. It lies in the borough of Østbyen on the east side of the Nidelva river between the Bakke Bridge (Bakke bru) and the Old Town Bridge (Gamle Bybro).[2] [3] [4]

The neighborhood is dominated by small, wooden houses and narrow streets. It is among the major tourist attractions in the city.[5]

In 1965, the road plan for Trondheim proposed that a large area in Bakklandet be demolished to make way for a four-lane motorway which would connect the road "Elgeseter gate" with the road "Innherredsveien". The plans were met by opposition from locals, and by the early 1980s the plan was shelved, even though the city's environmental council had approved depopulating the neighborhood in 1974.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bakklandet, Trondheim (Trøndelag). yr.no. 2018-03-19.
  2. Encyclopedia: Bakklandet. Knut A. . Rosvold. 2018-03-19. 2014-06-04. Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Norwegian.
  3. Encyclopedia: Bakke bru – Trondheim. Knut A. . Rosvold. 2018-03-19. 2012-10-22. Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Norwegian.
  4. Encyclopedia: Gamle Bybro. Knut A. . Rosvold. 2018-03-19. 2014-01-28. Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Norwegian.
  5. Web site: Her skulle en firefelts motorvei gå . Vikan . Jonas Alsaker . . 2011-08-10 . 2011-08-10 . 2011-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111112050702/http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/trondheim/article1664145.ece . Norwegian . live .