Öster in Söderhamn

This is Östra Storgatan in Söderhamn, which is in the old fishermens parts of the town. This area has kept it's old time curved streets and most of the old buildings from the 1800's. On the Mountain ist the tower Oskarsborg.

This is the view of the block called Torsken (cod fish). Most blocks in this part of town is named after fishes, since it was mainly here the fishermen in Söderhamn lived. This building is one of the biggest in this part of town.

View of Strandgatan. It is the same building as above to the right, in the block Torsken. Söderhamn in May 2004.

View of Gäddan 4 at Hamraeusgatan in eastern Söderhamn. This house is a museum showing how a fishermans family lived in the early 1900's.

Outhouse in the block Gäddan 4. In the background is the magazines at the river Söderhamnsån. In 1886 they replaced the old boathouses that earlier was located at the riverside.

Part of Östra Storgatan at the crossing with Skeppargatan in Söderhamn.

Part of Östra Storgatan 43 at the crossing with Stuvaregatan in Söderhamn.

View of Stuvargatan 6 in the block Sillen (the herring) in Söderhamn.

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