Nedre Elvehavn is a neighborhood in the
city of Trondheim
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in
Trøndelag county,
Norway
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. It is situated the borough of
Østbyen in
Trondheim Municipality
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. The neighborhood is on the east side of the river
Nidelva
Nidelva is a river in Trondheim in Trøndelag county, Norway. The name of the long river translates to "the River Nid" since the suffix ''elva'' is the Norwegian language, Norwegian word for "the river".
Location
The Nidelva starts at the Hytt ...
(across the river from the borough of
Midtbyen, but Nedre Elvehavn is generally considered to be part of the city center). Nedre Elvehavn is within walking distance of the
Midtbyen and
Trondheim Central Station. The area is located north of the neighborhood of
Bakklandet, west of
Møllenberg, and south of
Nyhavna. In the late 1990s, the borough went through a major renovation, resulting in a new and expensive area close to the city centre with
business
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,
shopping
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,
restaurant
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s,
pubs, and
housing
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. Almost all
buses running from the east into town stop at Nedre Elvehavn, as does the
commuter train service
Trønderbanen at
Lademoen Station.
The area has developed on the site of
Ørens Mekaniske Verksted and
Trondheims Mekaniske Verksted, a mechanical workshop that was once the largest
employer
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in Trondheim. The industrial site became disused in the late 1990s and turned into a new high-end area, though some of the original buildings and artifacts have been kept, including a
dry dock and a
crane. The area includes the
shopping centre
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Solsiden, a hotel,
marina
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, and the Trondheim offices of many companies, including
DnB NOR,
Vital,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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It is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is one of the Big Four accounting firms, alon ...
,
Cap Gemini,
Deloitte,
Petrojarl, the
British Consulate, the
Mexican Consulate, the
Polish Consulate,
Google
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,
NextGenTel,
Radio 1,
Scandinavian Airlines, and
InCreo Interactive Creations AS. Across the street from Nedre Elvehavn is
Trondheim Art Academy, part of the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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.
References
External links
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Website on Nedre Elvehavn
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Geography of Trondheim
Neighbourhoods of Trondheim
Redeveloped ports and waterfronts in Norway