Gallerian
Gallerian is a term used in Swedish and Norwegian to refer to an indoor shopping arcade or enclosed shopping center, typically housing multiple retail units around a common concourse. The definite form gallerian is often used as the generic name for such centers, and in some cases as the official name of a particular mall. This usage is distinct from galleriet or galleri, which in these languages usually refer to an art gallery.
The term derives from the concept of a gallery, tracing back to the French galerie. It is
Shopping arcades began to appear across Europe in the 19th century as glass-roofed passages that connected
Usage varies by locale: in some areas, Gallerian serves as a generic descriptor for a mall, while