JeffReuben
Münchenbryggeriet (almost) squeezed into the picture frame
The Münchenbryggeriet (Munich Brewery) started operating on this site in Stockholm facing the waterfront in the 1850s. After an 1893 destroyed the brewery, the current buildings were constructed in phases during the 1890s and early 1900s. There is a story, which I haven’t been able to corroborate but which I find fascinating, that brewery workers were put to work after the fire on the first phase of rebuilding so that they would remain employed.
The architect Hjalmar Kumlien blended Renaissance and Neo-Gothic elements which make the main building, over 250 meters long, look more like a palace or a fortress than a factory. Beer production ended in 1971. After narrowly avoiding demolition in the mid 1970s, it now contains offices, a conference center, hosts various cultural events, and the Royal Swedish Ballet School.
For more information, please see my article for Scandinavia Standard about this and other hidden gems of Stockholm:
www.scandinaviastandard.com/find-these-hidden-architectur...
Münchenbryggeriet (almost) squeezed into the picture frame
The Münchenbryggeriet (Munich Brewery) started operating on this site in Stockholm facing the waterfront in the 1850s. After an 1893 destroyed the brewery, the current buildings were constructed in phases during the 1890s and early 1900s. There is a story, which I haven’t been able to corroborate but which I find fascinating, that brewery workers were put to work after the fire on the first phase of rebuilding so that they would remain employed.
The architect Hjalmar Kumlien blended Renaissance and Neo-Gothic elements which make the main building, over 250 meters long, look more like a palace or a fortress than a factory. Beer production ended in 1971. After narrowly avoiding demolition in the mid 1970s, it now contains offices, a conference center, hosts various cultural events, and the Royal Swedish Ballet School.
For more information, please see my article for Scandinavia Standard about this and other hidden gems of Stockholm:
www.scandinaviastandard.com/find-these-hidden-architectur...