Tullgränd (

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: "Customs Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of

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, connecting

Skeppsbron Skeppsbron (Swedish: "The Ship's Bridge") is both a street and a quay in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, capital of Sweden, stretching from the bridge Strömbron in front of the Royal Palace southward to Slussen. The quay Skeppsbrokajen ...

Österlånggatan Österlånggatan () is a street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching southward from Slottsbacken to Järntorget, it forms a parallel street to Baggensgatan and Skeppsbron. Major sights include the statue of Saint George ...

. It forms a parallel street to

Packhusgränd Packhusgränd ( sv, Warehouse Alley) is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching west from Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan, it forms a parallel street to Johannesgränd and Tullgränd. In 1686, the city bought a site ...

and

Norra Bankogränd Norra Bankogränd (Swedish: "Northern Bank Alley") is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Connecting Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan and Järntorget, it forms a parallel street to Tullgränd and Södra Bankogränd. The a ...

. The alley appears in historical records as ''Tollhuus grenden'' in 1626, ''stora Tullhus gränden'' in 1693, ''Store Siötullsgränden'' in 1704, ''Stora Tull gr'' 'änd''in 1733, and finally as ''Tullgränd'' in 1885. The name is derived from Tullhuset ("the Customs Building") located in the block north of the alley in 1686, and the

warehouse A warehouse is a building for storing goods. Warehouses are used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport businesses, customs, etc. They are usually large plain buildings in industrial parks on the outskirts of cities ...

built in the 1780s. By the early 18th century, the alley was known as ''Solgränden'' ("The Sun Alley") after the tavern ''Lilla Solen'' ("The Small Sun") which was located there (see also

and Solgränd.)

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