Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #10 in Stockholm Municipality, Sweden

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Number of sights 21 sights
Distance 5.9 km
Ascend 155 m
Descend 129 m

Experience Stockholm Municipality in Sweden in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Stockholm Municipality

Sight 1: Bågspännaren

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The bow tensioner is a sculpture by Christian Eriksson, which shows a man cocking a crossbow.

Wikipedia: Bågspännaren (SV)

475 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Katarina Elevator

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The Katarina Elevator or Katarina Lift is a passenger elevator in Stockholm that connects Slussen to the heights of Södermalm. The lift was a shortcut between Katarinavägen, Slussen and Mosebacke torg. The original lift was constructed in 1881, but the current structure dates from the rebuilding of the Slussen transport interchange in 1936. The lift was closed for a lengthy renovation in 2010 and reopened in October 2023.

Wikipedia: Katarina Elevator (EN)

447 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Södra Teatern

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Södra Teatern is a theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located at Mosebacke torg on Södermalm in Stockholm. The venue is the oldest theatre in Stockholm and is situated in the heart of the city.

Wikipedia: Södra Teatern (EN), Website

82 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Mosebacke Torg

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Mosebacke is a square and park situated on Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Mosebacke (EN)

20 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: Systrarna

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Systrarna

The Sisters is a sculpture in Ekeberg marble by Nils Sjögren at Mosebacke square in Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Systrarna (SV)

352 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Katarina kyrka

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Katarina kyrka is one of the major churches in central Stockholm, Sweden. The original building was constructed 1656–1695. It has been rebuilt twice after being destroyed by fires, the second time during the 1990s. The Katarina-Sofia borough is named after Katarina Parish and the neighbouring parish of Sofia.

Wikipedia: Katarina Church (EN), Heritage Website

364 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Andreaskyrkan

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Andreaskyrkan is a free church located in the Pelarbacken block at Högbergsgatan 31 on Södermalm in Stockholm. Andreaskyrkan belongs to the Uniting Church, a denomination with about 65,000 members in Sweden.

Wikipedia: Andreaskyrkan, Stockholm (SV), Website

242 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Torggumman

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Torggumman, or Mother and Child, is a sculpture by Lena Lervik, partly in Stockholm and partly in Lund.

Wikipedia: Torggumman (SV)

160 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Avselad kamp

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Avselad kamp

Avselad kamp is a sculpture that stands on Repslagargatan on Södermalm in Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Avselad kamp (SV)

392 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Södra stadshuset

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Södra Stadshuset is a building at Ryssgården in the Södermalm district of Stockholm, which was built in the 1660s according to drawings by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and since 1937 has housed the Stockholm City Museum.

Wikipedia: Södra stadshuset (SV)

25 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 11: Stockholm City Museum

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The Stockholm City Museum is a museum documenting, preserving and exhibiting the history of Stockholm. The museum is housed in Södra Stadshuset at Slussen on Södermalm.

Wikipedia: Stockholm City Museum (EN), Website

379 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Mary Magdalene Church

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The Church of Saint Mary Magdalene is a church on Södermalm in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to and named for Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene.

Wikipedia: Maria Magdalena Church (EN), Heritage Website

183 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Dårarnas båt

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The Boat of Fools is a sculpture created by Sture Collin in 1990. The sculpture can be found in three places around Sweden: Metro station Sockenplan in Stockholm, Hornsgatspuckeln, also in Stockholm and in Vasaparken in Västerås.

Wikipedia: Dårarnas båt (SV)

173 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Söderhöjdskyrkan

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Söderhöjdskyrkan, formerly Ebeneserkyrkan, is a free church connected to the Evangelical Free Church located on the corner of Brännkyrkagatan 31 and Blecktornsgränd in the Ormen mindre block on Södermalm in Stockholm. The building has been green-labelled by the Stockholm City Museum, which means "particularly valuable from a historical, cultural-historical, environmental or artistic point of view".

Wikipedia: Söderhöjdskyrkan (SV)

221 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: Snöklockan

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Snöklockan

Snowdrop is a standing female nude in plaster, sculpted by Per Hasselberg in 1881. It is named after the snowdrop flower at the woman's feet, although the title also refers to its young, innocent subject stepping out of childhood and into womanhood - Hasselberg used a sixteen-year-old Italian girl as a model for the work

Wikipedia: Snowdrop (sculpture) (EN)

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Sight 16: Tjusningen

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Tjusningen

The Charm is a sculpture of a standing boy with wings and a bird at his left hand, originally executed in plaster by Per Hasselberg in 1880 - later cast in bronze.

Wikipedia: Tjusningen (SV)

37 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 17: Tors fiske

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Tors fiske

Tors fiske is a sculpture group and fountain in bronze by Anders Wissler, executed and erected in 1903 on Mariatorget on Södermalm in Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Tors fiske (SV)

323 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: Folkoperan

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Folkoperan

Folkoperan is an opera house in Stockholm, Sweden, at Hornsgatan 72 in the southern district of Södermalm. It is one of Stockholm's most successful opera houses in terms of audience attendance, and is considered Sweden's most important stage for freelance opera singers and musicians.

Wikipedia: Folkoperan (EN), Website

747 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 19: Bergsgruvan

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Bergsgruvan is located in the Södra station area on Södermalm in Stockholm. Bergsgruvan is partly a mountainous area north of Södra station and partly the name of the park that is located there. The park borders on Rosenlundsgatan with its western part.

Wikipedia: Bergsgruvan (SV)

316 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: Ånghästparken

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Ånghästparken is a park on Södermalm in Stockholm, it is located south of Maria Bangata and stretches like a park from the Ring Road in the west to Rosenlundsgatan in the east. The park is named after an old steam locomotive called "Ånghästen Stockholm".

Wikipedia: Ånghästparken (SV)

960 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 21: Skinnarviksparken

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Skinnarviksparken is a park in central Stockholm in Södermalm. It is located on the hill south of Söder Mälarstrand next to Skinnarviksberget. From the park you have a grandiose view of Riddarfjärden.

Wikipedia: Skinnarviksparken (SV)

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