Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #12 in Stockholm Municipality, Sweden
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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 MunicipalitySight 1: Luxparken
Luxparken is a park on the island of Lilla Essingen in Stockholm. The park was named in 1931 and is located next to Lake Mälaren on the island's eastern cape.
Sight 2: Mariebergsstenen
The Marieberg Stone is a sculpture and memorial stone in Marieberg Park on Kungsholmen in Stockholm. The stone was designed by architect Ragnar Hjorth and Rest in 1953 to commemorate past centuries' activities at Marieberg (inscription).
Sight 3: Mariebergsparken
Mariebergsparken is a park on Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. The park is located in the Marieberg area just west of Västerbron and Smedsudden. It got its name in 1938. On May 30, 2022, the Stockholm City Planning Committee changed the name of part of the park to Free Ukraine's Place after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Sight 4: Fiskfossil
Fish Fossil is a sculpture on Smedsudden on Kungsholmen in Stockholm. The sculpture in stainless steel was created in 1985 by Ebba Hedqvist.
Sight 5: Smalspårig växel
Narrow-gauge switchboard is a sculpture on Smedsudden on Kungsholmen in Stockholm. The sculpture was created in 1989 by Inga Bagge.
Sight 6: Västerbroplan
Västerbroplan is a traffic intersection in Kungsholmen, Stockholm. It lies just west of Västerbron and just south of Fridhemsplan. It is also the location of DN-Skrapan, the offices of several newspapers and associated agencies.
Sight 7: Rålambshovsparken
Rålambshovsparken is a park in the Marieberg district on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden.
Sight 8: Pontonjärparken
Pontonjärparken is a park in central Kungsholmen in Stockholm, whose name can be derived from the Pontonjärbataljonen (Pontoon Battalion), which was stationed in the area from 1856 to 1922.
Sight 9: Kronobergsparken
Kronobergsparken is a park on Kungsholmen in central Stockholm. It is located between Polhemsgatan, Bergsgatan, Kruunuvuorenkatu and Parkgatan. The park is one of Stockholm's mountain parks that was established according to Albert Lindhagen's master plan from 1866. There were two alternatives to the design of the park, one with a round shape and one with an oval basic shape.
Sight 10: Kungsholms baptistkyrka
Kungsholm Baptist Church is the church building for Kungsholm's Baptist congregation. The church is located at Bergsgatan 59, south of Kronobergsparken, on Kungsholmen in central Stockholm. The parish belongs to the Uniting Church.
Sight 11: Kollektivhuset
The collective house is called an apartment building in the Fågelbärsträdet block at John Ericssonsgatan 6 on Kungsholmen in Stockholm, built in 1935 according to drawings by Sven Markelius, in collaboration with Alva Myrdal. The main idea of the collective house idea was that there should be trained staff to take care of the children and staff should also be on site at night, when the parents were away. A large central kitchen would save space in the apartment and make cooking easier for the residents. The property Fågelbärsträdet 13 has been a legally protected listed building since 1992.
Sight 12: Vesslan
Vesslan is a fountain sculpture on Kungsholmstorg, Kungsholmen, Stockholm. The sculpture was erected in 1912 and was created by the artist Otto Strandman.
Sight 13: Rådhusparken
Rådhusparken is located on Kungsholmen in Stockholm, between the City Hall and the Police Station. Where the park is now, there used to be parts of the Piper Garden. The current park, which was established in connection with the construction of the Town Hall in 1915, is framed by a stone wall. The park is laid out in a strict style with straight paths, hedges and plantings that resemble medieval monastery gardens. The park has several valuable trees, including a red-flowered horse chestnut. At the northern walls of the town hall is the fountain Justitiabrunnen.
Sight 14: Justitia
Justitiabrunnen is a fountain sculpture in the City Hall Park outside Stockholm City Hall on Kungsholmen in Stockholm.
Sight 15: Piperska trädgården
Piperska Muren is an ore farm built on Kungsholmen in Stockholm during the 1600s and in 1694 purchased for 9,000 daler copper coins by the courtier Count Carl Piper. His wife Christina Piper had a high wall of Roslag sandstone built in 1702, which popularly came to be known as the Piper Wall. The property has been owned since 1807 by the Stockholm Lodge of the Order of Coldinu. The Svea Order and a number of other societies also have their offices here. In addition to the organisers' own gatherings, the premises are now used for conference and banquet hall activities.
Sight 16: Kungsholms kyrka
Kungsholm Church or Ulrika Eleonora Church is a church building at Bergsgatan on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. Belonging to the Västermalm Parish of the Church of Sweden, the church was inaugurated on 2 December 1688.
Sight 17: Kungsklippan
Kungsklippan is a street and residential area on Kungsholmen in Stockholm.
Sight 18: Kungsbroplan
Kungsbroplan is an open space in Stockholm that connects Kungsgatan with Kungsbron on the Kungsholm side. The site consists of a one-way traffic route between the two lanes of Kungsbron. Here, Kungsholmen's part of Kungsgatan meets Kungsgatan and Fleminggatan.
Sight 19: Oscarsteatern
Oscarsteatern, also known simply as Oscars, is one of Stockholm's private theatres and is the best-known musical theatre in Sweden. It is located at Kungsgatan 63 in central Stockholm.
Sight 20: Vasa Teatern
Vasateatern or "Vasan" is a private theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located at Vasagatan 19–21 in central Stockholm.
Sight 21: Anna Sterkys minne
Anna Sterky's Memory is a sculpture on Norra Bantorget in Stockholm. The double-sided bronze relief in memory of Anna Sterky was erected in 1988 and was made by sculptor Christina Rundqvist Andersson.
Sight 22: Brantingmonumentet
The Branting Monument is a monument in Stockholm, Sweden, with a statue of the Swedish Social Democratic leader Hjalmar Branting. The monument is 5 meters tall and 6 meters wide.
Sight 23: Norra Bantorget
Norra Bantorget is an area in central Stockholm, named after the location where the first Stockholm North Station was built. It is the traditional Social Democratic grounds of the Swedish capital. It is the location of the LO headquarters, the Swedish Trade Union Confederation.
Sight 24: Strindbergs Intima Teater
Strindberg's Intimate Theater, is a theatre stage in Stockholm, Sweden.
Sight 25: Centralbadsparken
Centralbadsparken is one of Stockholm's smallest parks and is located inside the Islandet block on Norrmalm in Stockholm. The block is bounded by Drottninggatan, Adolf Fredriks Kyrkogata, Holländargatan and Olof Palmes gata.
Sight 26: Orpheusgruppen
The Orpheus Group is a fountain sculpture made in 1926-1936 by Carl Milles and cast at Herman Bergman Art Foundry. It stands in front of the Concert Hall on Hötorget in Stockholm. Orpheus is the one who has been allowed to represent the art of music and the lyre in Greek mythology.
Sight 27: Konserthuset
The Stockholm Concert Hall is the main hall for orchestral music in Stockholm, Sweden.
Sight 28: Kristallvertikalaccent
Crystal vertical accent, officially "Crystal, vertical accent in glass and steel", is Edvin Öhrström's 37.5-metre-high glass pillar at Sergels torg in Stockholm. It is also called "The Cube", "The Stick" or "The Glass Obelisk".
Sight 29: Sergelfontänen
Sergelfontänen is the name of the fountain that is located in the middle of Sergels torg in Stockholm. The name is not official but is often used in everyday speech. The fountain was completed in 1968, long before the Norrmalm regulation was completed. It is considered one of Stockholm's most famous fountains. Since 2000, Sergels torg with its fountain has been part of an environment of national interest for cultural heritage conservation.
Sight 30: Culture Centre
House of Culture is a cultural center situated to the south of Sergels torg in central Stockholm, Sweden. The House of Culture has been described as a symbol for Stockholm as well as of the growth of modernism in Sweden.
Sight 31: Stockholms Stadsteater
Stockholm City Theatre was founded in 1956. On 1 July 2013, Stockholm City Theatre merged with Kulturhuset to form Kulturhuset Stadsteatern. The theatre building is located in the Skansen block with an entrance from Drottninggatan. The building, which was designed by architect Peter Celsing, has been blue-marked by the Stockholm City Museum, which means "that the buildings are considered to have particularly high cultural-historical values".
Sight 32: Åhléns
Åhléns City is a department store in the Norrmalm district in central Stockholm, Sweden. The building is located at Klarabergsgatan 50 and takes up the entirety of the Gripen block. Åhléns City is the largest singular store of the Åhléns chain and amounts to almost 20% of the chain's total revenue. The building was designed by the architectural bureau Backström & Reinius Arkitekter AB, was opened on 9 September 1964 and was awarded the Kasper Salin Prize in 1966. The building is noted by the Stockholm City Museum for "having an obviously high cultural historical value".
Sight 33: The Ring
The ring at Stockholm Central Station, is the round opening in the floor of Stockholm Central Station's central hall to the underlying connecting corridor to the metro station T-centralen. The ring was inaugurated in 1959 and its railing is a wrought iron work of art created by sculptor Stig Blomberg.
Sight 34: Stockholms Centrals gamla klocka
Stockholm Central Station's old clock is called the clock, which since October 2013 has stood on Centralplan outside Stockholm Central Station. The "old clock" – as the owner Jernhusen calls it – was purchased around 1910 by the Swedish State Railways, probably from F.W. Tornberg urfabrik & urhandel and has since been in at least six different places.
Sight 35: Klara kyrka
The Church of Saint Clare or Klara Church is a church in central Stockholm. Since 1989, the Swedish Evangelical Mission is responsible for its activities.
Sight 36: Dance Museum
Dansmuseet is a museum for the performing and visual arts located in Stockholm, Sweden. Opened in 1953 in the basement of the Royal Swedish Opera, it originally displayed a large collection of dance-related art that belonged to Rolf de Maré, a leader of the Ballets suédois in Paris from 1920 to 1925. In 1969, a library named after the Swedish dancer, Carina Ari was endowed by Ari and attached to the museum, with Bengt Hägar as its curator. The library contains the most comprehensive archive of literature on dance in Northern Europe. The museum is currently located at Drottninggatan 17. The library receives no state funds, as it is privately endowed. The majority of its collection consists of materials from Western Europe dating between 1500 and 1850, a journal collection dating from the turn of the 20th century, and a video library of thousands of films. There is also a large collection of books on Russian dance. As of 2023, the director of the museum is Hans Öjmyr.
Sight 37: Berzelii park
Berzelii Park is a small park in central Stockholm, Sweden. The park is the location of the China Theater (Chinateatern), and the Berns Salonger Restaurant and Theater.
Sight 38: Royal Dramatic Theatre
The Royal Dramatic Theatre is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages.
Wikipedia: Royal Dramatic Theatre (EN), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 39: Birger Jarlspassagen
Birger Jarlspassagen is Stockholm's smallest and oldest shopping mall, stretching diagonally from Smålandsgatan 10 to Birger Jarlsgatan 9. The passage was inaugurated in 1897 by King Oscar II.
Sight 40: Höken och duvan
The Hawk and the Dove is a fountain sculpture by Torsten Fridh. The bronze sculpture was placed on a high granite pillar in front of the Daneliuska house at Stureplan in Stockholm in 1990.
Sight 41: Adat Jeschurun
Adat Jeschurun is a traditional, Orthodox synagogue in Stockholm.
Sight 42: Royal Stables
The Royal Stables is called H.M. The King's Royal Stables, located in the Kusen block at Väpnargatan 1 and Riddargatan 22, next to the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Östermalm in Stockholm. The building was inaugurated in 1894 by King Oscar II. The Royal Stables are a national listed building.
Sight 43: Swedish Museum of Performing Arts
The Swedish Museum of Performing Arts, from 2010 to 2014 known as the Music and Theater Museum, is a museum in Stockholm, Sweden. The museum is dedicated to dance, music and theatre.
Sight 44: Swedish Army Museum
The Swedish Army Museum is a museum of military history located in the district of Östermalm in Stockholm. It reopened in 2002 after a long period of closure, and was awarded the title of the best museum of Stockholm in 2005. Its displays illustrate the military history of Sweden, including its modern policy of neutrality, and of the Swedish Army.
Sight 45: Hedvig Eleonora kyrka
Hedvig Eleonora Church is a church in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is located at Östermalm and belongs to the Church of Sweden and is parish church for Hedvig Eleonora Parish in the Diocese of Stockholm.
Sight 46: Elimkyrkan
Elimkyrkan was a free church on Storgatan 26 in Östermalm in Stockholm, belonging to the Evangelical Free Church and the Uniting Church.
Sight 47: Maxim
Maximteatern, called "Maxim" in English or The Maxim Theatre, has been a popular private theatre at Karlaplan in central Stockholm, Sweden since the 1960s.
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