Stora torget (Sundsvall) | square, interesting place, historic city center, historic town square

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Main square.
To west - Hirschska huset (named after business man Isaak Hirsch who actually never even visited Sundsvall). Architect: Johan Laurentz from Stockholm. Constructed in 1890. Look for the dragon at the main tower which is guarding Sundsvall from future fires and devastation. The dragon later served as inspiration when the municipality of Sundsvall crated the new logo for Sundsvall, the S-shaped like this dragon, (or S like for Socialism, as the critics said).
To south - new City Hall, which was built of stone in 1889-1891 and whose basic structure has survived after the great fire in 1888
To north - Holmströmska huset completed in 1891. Granska huset completed in 1893. It may look like one single building but it is actually two seperate houses merged in to one. In the corner to the east it Rahmska house. Completed in 1891.
To east - Esplanade.