Nedre Elvehavn
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Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, Norway
Norway
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located east of Nidelven opposite Midtbyen (but generally considered as a part of the city center). The borough is located north of Bakklandet
Bakklandet
Bakklandet is a neighborhood of Trondheim, Norway. It lies on the east side of the river Nidelva between Bakke Bridge and the Old Town Bridge. The area is dominated by small, wooden houses and narrow streets...
, west of Møllenberg and south of Nyhavna. In the late 1990s the borough went through a major renovation, resulting in a new and expensive area close to the city centre with business
Business
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, shopping
Shopping
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, restaurant
Restaurant
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s, pubs and housing
House
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The area has developed on the site of Ørens Mekaniske Verksted and Trondheims Mekaniske Verksted, a mechanical workshop once the largest employer in Trondheim. The industrial site became disused in the late 1990s and turned into a new high-end area, though some of the original buildings and artifacts have been kept, including a canal
Canal
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and a crane
Crane (machine)
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. The area includes the shopping centre Solsiden, a hotel, marina
Marina
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and the Trondheim offices of many companies, including DnB NOR
DnB NOR
DNB ASA is Norway's largest financial services group with total combined assets of more than NOK 2.0 trillion and a market capitalisation NOK 102 billion as per December the 31st. The Group includes brands such as DNB, Vital, Nordlandsbanken, Cresco, Postbanken, DnB NORD and Carlson...
, Vital
Vital Forsikring
Vital Forsikring ASA, branded as Vital is Norway's largest life insurance and pension insurance company, and part of the DnB NOR Group. Though Vital has roots back to 1847, it was created in its present form by a merger between Vital and Gjensidige NOR's life insurance section after the mother...
, PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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, Cap Gemini, Deloitte, Petrojarl
Petrojarl
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, the British Consulate
British diplomatic missions
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, the Mexican Consulate
Foreign relations of Mexico
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, the Polish Consulate, Kjeldsberg, Google
Google
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, NextGenTel
NextGenTel
NextGenTel is a Norwegian telecommunications company located in Bergen , Trondheim, Oslo, Stavanger, and Kristiansand. They offer ADSL, SHDSL, ADSL2+, VDSL2, IP TV, IP Telephony, and are WiMax solutions...
, Radio 1
Radio 1 (Norway)
Radio 1 is a radio network in Norway. It is available in the towns and environs of Oslo, Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger....
, Scandinavian Airlines and InCreo Interactive Creations AS
InCreo Interactive Creations AS
InCreo Interactive Creations AS is a Norwegian software corporation founded in 2000 with headquarters in Trondheim and departments in Oslo and Bodø. InCreo primarily develops custom software for corporate or governmental websites. InCreo has developed their own CMS, the InCreo...
. Across the street from Nedre Elvehavn is Trondheim Art Academy, part of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology , commonly known as NTNU, is located in Trondheim. NTNU is the second largest of the eight universities in Norway, and, as its name suggests, has the main national responsibility for higher education in engineering and technology...
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Almost all buses
Team Trafikk
Team Trafikk is the bus company in Trondheim, Norway and is owned by Nettbuss. The company has 225 buses, 600 employees, a revenue of NOK 270 million and a daily ridership of ca 70,000 passengers. The company receives subsidies from the City of Trondheim for their operations...
running from the east into town stop at Nedre Elvehavn, as does the commuter train service Trønderbanen
Trønderbanen
The Trøndelag Commuter Rail is a commuter train service operating in Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. It is operated by Norwegian State Railways with Class 92 diesel multiple units. The service provides a commuter service connecting Trondheim to its suburbs, between towns in Innherred...
at Lademoen Station
Lademoen Station
Lademoen or Lademoen/Nedre Elvehavn is a railway station on Nordlandsbanen at Nedre Elvehavn in Trondheim, Norway. The station was opened on January 7, 2007 and is served by the local trains Trønderbanen by Norges Statsbaner . It is located 0.94 km from Trondheim Central Station and at 6 meters...
. Nedre Elvehavn is within walking distance of the city center and Trondheim Central Station
Trondheim Central Station
Trondheim Central Station or Trondheim S is the main railway station serving the city of Trondheim, Norway. Located at Brattøra in the north part of the city center, it is the terminus of the Dovre Line, running southwards, and the Nordland Line, which runs north...
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