Tollboden

You are now standing in front of Tollboden and here there has been constant activity for several 100 years. The very first customs building was built in 1561 and was considered one of the most important architectural buildings of the 18th century. Unfortunately, it burned down during the dramatic town fire from 1756, which took almost all the buildings from here to the fish market. The building you see today was erected after the city fire, but was badly damaged in 1944, after the Dutch ammunition ship, "Voorbode", exploded at the Fortress Quay on the other side of the fjord. The building was rebuilt more or less in its original form, but parts were later converted into more offices and is today a protected cultural monument.