Bredgränd

Stretching from Skeppsbron to Österlånggatan, it forms a parallel street to Skeppar Karls Gränd and Kråkgränd.

Bredgränd appears in historical records as östan mur i bredha grandena ("east of the wall in the broad alley") in 1476 and as Östre Bredgränden ("East Broad-Alley") in 1570.

It was far from the only historical alley to be called 'wide' however; during 1400–1700, in the old town alone, Ferkens Gränd was called Breda gränden östantill ("The Wide Alley on the East"); Funckens Gränd Breda gränden vid Kornhamn ("The Wide Alley at Kornhamn"); and Skräddargränd Breda gränden västantill ("The Wide Alley on the West").

[1][2] Archaeological excavations in 1944 unveiled a part of the city wall from the late Middle Ages.

This section of the wall was built in stone, two metres at the base, and narrowing off towards the top.