06/04/2024
Bankplassen, or the Bank Square, is a place in Oslo's historic Kvadraturen district named after the building depicted in this photo. Located at Bankplassen 3, it housed Norway's Central Bank from 1906 to 1986. Though, it is curious that the building is much older than that and dates back to the 1830s — the country's central bank was headquartered in Trondheim back then.
In 1986, the institution was relocated to the newly constructed building nearby, at Bankplassen 2. Nowadays, this historic edifice is nowadays used by the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design.