Ostermalms Saluhall

Food & Beverages are top of the wish list for many people when spending their free time. City destinations are not complete anymore without a food hall. The Swedish capital Stockholm, nicknamed as the Paris of the North has a long tradition of market halls and food halls. Ostermalms Saluhall, Hötorgshallen and Söderhallarna just to mention some of the main ones. Stockholm’s market halls were built in the end of the 1800s, mainly to provide food to the past growing urban population. Also, the market halls were regulated to improve the control over food quality and hygiene to prevent bacteria induced diseases. Several of the late 19th century markets were closed down and disappeared. Market halls like Söderhallarna and Hötorghallen were redeveloped and rebuilt as modern market and food halls.

However, the market hall on Östermalm, inaugurated in 1888, stands in its old glory: a very large building with a facade of red clinker bricks, cement and cast ironwork with quite a few Jugendstil architectural elements. With it’s very impressive brick building front and tower, the building project an impression of a real old market hall. For decades it is being said that the food in the Östermalms Saluhall is better than in many quality restaurants in Stockholm and it is no surprise that the market hall is regarded to be among the best market and food halls in the world.

Inside the food stalls in classic wood design. Many have been upgraded and renovated over the years and the hall underwent a gradual transition from market hall to food hall in which on site consumption is more prominent. However, people still go for their daily meat, fish, and vegetables to the market hall.