Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #14 in Stockholm Municipality, Sweden

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Number of sights 31 sights
Distance 10.1 km
Ascend 202 m
Descend 198 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: Tessinparken

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Tessinparken is a park in Gärdet in Stockholm. The park is T-shaped and starts in the south at Valhallavägen and stretches to Askrikegatan in the north. It is located within the Royal National City Park.

Wikipedia: Tessinparken (SV)

560 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Olaus Petri kyrka

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Olaus Petri Church is a church building in Oscar parish. It is located at Armfeltsgatan 2 in the district of Ladugårdsgärdet, Stockholm. The architect is Peter Celsing. The church was consecrated in 1959.

Wikipedia: Olaus Petri kyrka, Stockholm (SV)

858 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 3: Stureparken

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Stureparken is a small park in the borough of Östermalm in Stockholm, Sweden. The park is situated at the corner of Östermalmsgatan / Sturegatan. The park began construction in 1906. Stureparken is surrounded by several architecturally interesting buildings. Included are the residential buildings Björken 18 which was designed by architect Fredrik Dahlberg and built between 1885 and 1886 and Rosenborgshuset which was designed by Ferdinand Boberg and built between 1883 and 1884.

Wikipedia: Stureparken (EN)

424 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Lill-Jans Plan

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Lill-Jan's Plan is an open space in Östermalm in Stockholm's inner city, at the intersection of Valhallavägen and Engelbrektsgatan.

Wikipedia: Lill-Jans plan (SV)

454 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Balders Hage

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Balder's Hage is a park in Lärkstaden in Östermalm in central Stockholm. The park was part of the town plan for a new residential town in the area around Lärkstaden that was presented in 1902 by the architect Per-Olof Hallman. Hallman was influenced by the Austrian architect Camillo Sitte's ideas about artistic urban planning. The buildings had to be adapted to the formations of the terrain and the scale was smaller than traditional, with quiet streets, terraces, small squares and parks. The park was named in 1925.

Wikipedia: Balders hage, Stockholm (SV)

289 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Engelbrekt Church

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Engelbrekt Church Bengt A Lundberg / CC BY 2.5

Engelbrekt Church is a protected church located in the Lärkstaden area of Stockholm, Sweden. Its located at Östermalm and belongs to the Church of Sweden and is parish church for Engelbrekt Parish in the Diocese of Stockholm. It was designed by architect Lars Israel Wahlman in the National Romantic style and completed in 1914. It is one of the largest churches in Stockholm, with 1,400 seats.

Wikipedia: Engelbrekt Church (EN), Heritage Website

376 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Timmermansorden

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The Carpenter's Order (TO) is a closed order on a Protestant Christian basis, according to legend founded in England, and based at Eriksberg in Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Timmermansorden (SV)

528 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Humlegården

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Humlegården is a major park in the district of Östermalm in Stockholm, Sweden. The park borders on Karlavägen in the north, Sturegatan in the east, Humlegårdsgatan in the south and Engelbrektsgatan in the west. It is the location of the Swedish Royal Library.

Wikipedia: Humlegården (EN)

690 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 9: St. John's Church

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St. John's Church is a church located in the Norrmalm district of Stockholm, Sweden. It was designed by Carl Möller in the Gothic Revival style and completed in 1890.

Wikipedia: St. John's Church, Stockholm (EN), Heritage Website

231 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Karl Staaffs Park

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Karl Staaff's Park is a park in Norrmalm in central Stockholm, located at the intersection of Birger Jarlsgatan and Regeringsgatan. The place where the square and Eriksbergsplan on the other side of Birger Jarlsgatan are located was previously known as Träsktorget where the pillory for public punishment was placed for a time. The small park was originally named Spårvägsparken after a replacement kiosk for tram staff located on the site and AB Stockholms Spårvägar's head office nearby. A smaller building designed by Nils Cronholm housed John A. Bergendahl's cinema Birger Jarl from 1912.

Wikipedia: Karl Staaffs park (SV)

106 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Fordon

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Vehicles is a sculpture by Karl Göte Bejemark at Eriksbergsplan in Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Fordon (skulptur) (SV)

133 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Eriksbergsparken

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Eriksbergsparken is a park in Östermalm in the informal area of Eriksberg in central Stockholm. The park was established in 1920 under the city gardener Mauritz Hammarberg and is adjacent to Eriksbergsplan, formerly Träsktorget. The park is designed as a staircase up to a terrace with plantings and a fountain. Above the park, the Order of the Carpenters has its building. On the other side of Birger Jarlsgatan is Karl Staaff's park.

Wikipedia: Eriksbergsparken, Stockholm (SV)

218 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Två myror

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Two Ants is a sculpture group by the artist Torgny Larsson at the intersection of Birger Jarlsgatan and Rådmansgatan in Östermalm in Stockholm. The artwork is a project of the Society of Culture and Vision.

Wikipedia: Två myror (SV)

43 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Korskyrkan

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Korskyrkan

Korskyrkan, Stockholm, which was actually called "Stockholm's Free Baptist Church", was the first "Korskyrkan" in Sweden. The church is now located at Birger Jarlsgatan 66 in central Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Korskyrkan, Stockholm (SV)

187 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Ellen Keys Park

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Ellen Keys ParkBoberger. Photo: Bengt Oberger / CC BY-SA 3.0

Ellen Keys Park is a park near Jarlaplan in Östermalm in central Stockholm. The park has an area of 0.5 hectares and stretches between Karlavägen and Birger Jarlsgatan and is bounded to the north by a new residential block and to the south by Borgarskolan.

Wikipedia: Ellen Keys park (SV)

348 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Sankt Georgios kyrka

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St. George's Church, Stockholm Church of St. George, Istanbul

Wikipedia: Sankt Georgios kyrka (SV)

243 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Jarlaplan

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Jarlaplan

Jarlaplan is an open space and smaller street in Vasastan in central Stockholm where Birger Jarlsgatan meets Roslagsgatan.

Wikipedia: Jarlaplan (SV)

364 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: Betlehemskyrkan

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Betlehemskyrkan

Bethlehem Church is the Swedish Evangelical Mission's church in Stockholm, Sweden. The old church building was consecrated in October 1840 as Sweden's first free church building, under the name Engelska kapellet. It was located near Hötorget in Norrmalm, where the second and third Hötorget buildings are now located and was taken over by the Swedish Evangelical Mission in connection with the founding of the organization in 1856. The church was demolished in 1953 in conjunction with the redevelopment of Norrmalm. The new church was consecrated in 1956 at Luntmakargatan in Vasastan.

Wikipedia: Bethlehem Church (Stockholm) (EN), Website

499 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 19: Observatorielunden

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Observatorielunden is a park in the Vasastaden district of Stockholm, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Observatorielunden (EN)

54 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Observatorium

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The Stockholm Observatory is an astronomical observatory and institution in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in the 18th century and today part of Stockholm University. In 1931, the new Stockholm Observatory, nicknamed "Saltis", was inaugurated on the Karlsbaderberget at Saltsjöbaden, near Stockholm, and operated until 2001.

Wikipedia: Stockholm Observatory (EN)

325 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 21: Spökparken

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The Ghost Park is a park in Vasastan in central Stockholm. It is flanked to the north by Stockholm University's, later Stockholm University, former main building at Kungstensgatan 45, to the west of the Scheffler Palace at Drottninggatan 116, also known as the Ghost Castle, and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. To the east is the School's property the Luftspringaren block at Holländargatan 32 (formerly Stockholm University's student union building).

Wikipedia: Spökparken (SV)

347 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 22: Tegnérlunden

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Tegnérlunden is a park at the border of city districts Norrmalm and Vasastan in central Stockholm, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Tegnérlunden (EN)

177 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 23: Sankt Peters kyrka

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St. Peter's Church is church located in the Norrmalm district of Stockholm, Sweden. It was designed by Erik Lallerstedt and built in the Art Nouveau style 1900–1901.

Wikipedia: St. Peter's Church, Stockholm (EN)

723 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 24: Intiman

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Intiman, formerly Wallmans Intiman, is a private theatre located at Odenplan in Stockholm. The theatre was opened in 1950 by Lorens Marmstedt and Alf Jörgensen and was taken over in 1966 by Sandrews. In 1997, Hasse Wallman became the theatre director of Intiman, and the theatre was named Wallmans Intiman. In 2010, the Wallmans Group was bought by 2Entertain, which reintroduced the original name.

Wikipedia: Intiman (SV), Website

97 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 25: Gustaf Vasa Church

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Gustaf Vasa Church is a church located in the Vasastaden district of Stockholm, Sweden. Inaugurated in 1906 and named after 16th century King Gustav Vasa, it was designed by architect Agi Lindegren in the Baroque Revival style. Situated between two busy avenues partially lined with trees, its dome rises 60 metres (200 ft) above the nearby Odenplan plaza. The floor plan is in the shape of a Greek cross and seats 1,200 people, making it one of the largest churches in Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Gustaf Vasa Church (EN), Heritage Website

480 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 26: Sven-Harrys konstmuseum

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Sven-Harry's Art Museum is an art museum in Stockholm, Sweden, founded by builder Sven-Harry Karlsson. It is housed in a multi-purpose building alongside an art gallery, museum shop, apartments, and businesses.

Wikipedia: Sven-Harry's Art Museum (EN), Website

98 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 27: Vasaparken

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Vasaparken

Vasaparken is a park in the Vasastaden district of Stockholm, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Vasaparken, Stockholm (EN)

290 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 28: Sabbatsbergs kyrka

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Sabbatsberg Church is a church building in the Grötlunken block in Vasastan in central Stockholm. It belongs to Gustav Vasa parish in the diocese of Stockholm. Sabbatsberg's church is Stockholm's oldest preserved wooden church and an important part of the Sabbatsberg area's history. The property Grötlunken 4 has been owned by AB Stadsholmen since 2010. The property has been blue-labelled by the City Museum in Stockholm, which means "that the buildings are considered to have particularly high cultural-historical values".

Wikipedia: Sabbatsbergs kyrka (SV)

197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 29: Bonniers konsthall

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Bonniers konsthall is an art gallery on Torsgatan in Stockholm, opened in 2006.

Wikipedia: Bonniers Konsthall (SV), Website

361 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 30: Sankt Eriksplan

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Sankt Eriksplan is a square in the district of Vasastaden in Stockholm, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Sankt Eriksplan (EN)

423 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 31: Filadelfiakyrkan

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Filadelfiakyrkan is a Pentecostal church building at Rörstrandsgatan 7 in Stockholm, Sweden; it was dedicated on 2 November 1930. The building is owned by the Filadelfia Stockholm congregation, the largest congregation in the Swedish Pentecostal movement with about 5,400 members as of 2015. It is also the largest Pentecostal congregation in Europe.

Wikipedia: Filadelfiakyrkan (EN), Website

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