Youngstorget and Torggata

Description:

• Torggata takes you from Karl Johan street (with Stortorvet and the Oslo Cathedral) to the area of Grünerløkka. A pedestrian street with a lot of cafes, restaurants (kebab shops and some Vietnamese restaurants), and cinema Eldorado, Torggata is divided into two by Youngstorget square with its small marketplace, bazaars and various street vendors. There is a fountain and also a monument dedicated to the memory of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Towards the end of Torggata will see Jakobs Church, which plays host many cultural activities and concerts. Then you have a choice: you can walk along the Akerselva river, or you can cross Eventyrbroen (the Fairy-Tale Bridge), with its sculptures from Norwegian fairy tales, in the direction of Markveien and Grünerløkka. It takes about ten minutes to walk from Oslo Cathedral to Eventyrbroen.
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