Stenbastugränd is a small

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Gamla stan Gamla stan (, "The Old Town"), until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna ("The Town between the Bridges"), is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Officially, but not colloquially, Gamla st ...

, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Connecting

Västerlånggatan Västerlånggatan ("the Western Long Street") is a street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching southward between the squares Mynttorget and Järntorget, it follows the course of the city's now demolished 13th-century defe ...

to the square

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, it forms a parallel street to

Kolmätargränd Kolmätargränd is a small alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Passing under a low vault it connects the street Västerlånggatan to the square and courtyard Brantingtorget forming a parallel street to Klockgjutargr� ...

and Storkyrkobrinken. The present name of the alley first appears in historical records in 1440 as ''stenbadzstufwo grændinne'', thus referring to the city's stone

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located in the alley. As early as 1515, however, the alley was called ''Wruaders gränd'' in references to Nils Månsson Urväder who bought a brewery there in 1485. The latter name was used until 1925, when the alley was given back its old name in order to avoid confusion with the street on

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also called Urvädergränd. The alley used to stretch through the present block all the way to Myntgatan on the opposite side. As a consequence of the enlargement of Kanslihuset ("The Chancellery House") during

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, which resulted in Kanslihusannexet ("The Chancellery Annex") and its circular courtyard (

), the alley was transformed into the short tunnel it is today.

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A photo of Stenbastugränd
Streets in Stockholm {{Stockholm-road-stub

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