Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Stockholm Municipality, Sweden

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Number of sights 22 sights
Distance 4 km
Ascend 108 m
Descend 117 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: Olle Adolphsons park

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Olle Adolphson's Park is a park in Södermalm, Stockholm. The previously unnamed park was named on March 10, 2014 after the troubadour Olle Adolphson, who lived nearby at Bastugatan 32 during the 1950s.

Wikipedia: Olle Adolphsons park (SV)

137 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Ivar Los park

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Ivar Lo-Johansson is a park in Stockholm named in memory of the author Ivar Lo-Johansson. The park is located at Bastugatan 26 on Mariaberget, Södermalm and also has access to Monteliusvägen.

Wikipedia: Ivar Los park (SV)

889 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 3: 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)

475 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Bågspännaren

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

Wikipedia: Bågspännaren (SV)

180 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Mårten Trotzigs Gränd

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Mårten Trotzigs gränd is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Leading from Västerlånggatan and Järntorget up to Prästgatan and Tyska Stallplan, the width of its 37 steps tapers down to a mere 90 centimetres (35 in), making the alley the narrowest street in Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Mårten Trotzigs Gränd (EN)

119 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Küselska huset

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The Küsel's House, also known as the Eliaeson House, is a building in the Argus block at Skeppsbron 40 in the Old Town and is located next door to the Customs House in the same block.

Wikipedia: Küselska huset (SV), Heritage Website

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Jewish Museum

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The Jewish Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, is devoted to objects and environments related to Jewish religion, tradition, and history, particularly in connection to Judaism in Sweden.

Wikipedia: Jewish Museum of Sweden (EN), Website

226 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Bacchus 6

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Bacchus 6

The Bacchus block is a block in Stockholm's Old Town. The block is surrounded by Österlånggatan to the west, Brunnsgränd to the north, Skeppsbron to the east and Skottgränd to the south. The area for today's Bacchus block came into being after the 1640s when the Eastern City Wall was demolished and new buildable land was laid out on partially filled land along Skeppsbron. North of the block in today's Diana block was the medieval Fiskartorget.

Wikipedia: Kvarteret Bacchus (SV), Heritage Website

58 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Sankt Göran och draken

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Saint George and the Dragon is a late medieval wooden sculpture depicting the legend of Saint George and the Dragon, located in Storkyrkan in Stockholm, Sweden. It is attributed to Bernt Notke and was commissioned by the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Elder. It was inaugurated in 1489. It has been described as an artistic high point in the artistic production of Bernt Notke.

Wikipedia: Saint George and the Dragon (Notke) (EN)

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Iron Boy

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Järnpojke or Iron Boy is a sculpture in Gamla stan of Stockholm, Sweden by Liss Eriksson, which is only 15 centimetres (5.9 in) high and therefore is the smallest public monument of Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Järnpojke (EN)

139 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Gamla stan

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Gamla stan, until 1980 officially Staden mellan broarna, is the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Gamla stan consists primarily of the island Stadsholmen. Officially, but not colloquially, Gamla stan includes the surrounding islets Riddarholmen, Helgeandsholmen and Strömsborg. It has a population of approximately 3,000.

Wikipedia: Gamla stan (EN)

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Post Museum

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The Postal Museum is located in the Penelope block at Lilla Nygatan 6 in the Old Town, Stockholm. The museum depicts the history of the post office from its foundation in 1636 to the present day. In addition to the historical collection, which consists mainly of postal historical objects as well as photos and documents, the Postal Museum has an extensive stamp collection and other philatelic objects.

Wikipedia: Postmuseum (SV), Website

97 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Riddarholmsbroarna

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The Riddarholm Bridges is a sculpture on a refuge at Munkbron 7 in the Old Town, Stockholm. The sculpture tells the story of the Riddarholm Bridge. It was created by the artist Bengt Inge Lundkvist between 1970 and 1975 and erected in 1981.

Wikipedia: Riddarholmsbroarna (SV)

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Gustavo Erici

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Gustavo Erici

Gustav Vasa's statue is a sculpture by Pierre Hubert L'Archevêque in front of the House of Nobility in Stockholm, which was inaugurated on 24 June 1774.

Wikipedia: Gustav Vasa (staty) (SV)

52 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: House of Nobility

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The House of Nobility in Stockholm, Sweden, is a corporation and a building that maintains records and acts as an interest group on behalf of the Swedish nobility.

Wikipedia: House of Nobility (Sweden) (EN), Website

144 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Bonde Palace

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The Bonde Palace is a palace in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Located between the House of Knights (Riddarhuset) and the Chancellery House (Kanslihuset), it is, arguably, the most prominent monument of the era of the Swedish Empire (1611–1718), originally designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and Jean De la Vallée in 1662-1667 as the private residence of the Lord High Treasurer Gustaf Bonde (1620–1667) it still bears his name, while it accommodated the Stockholm Court House from the 18th century and since 1949 houses the Swedish Supreme Court. On the south side of the building is the street Myntgatan and the square Riddarhustorget, while the alleys Riddarhusgränd and Rådhusgränd are passing on its western and eastern sides.

Wikipedia: Bonde Palace (EN), Heritage Website

278 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Axel Oxenstiernas palats

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Axel Oxenstierna palace is a Mannerist architecture style building situated in the Old Town of Stockholm, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Axel Oxenstierna palace (EN), Heritage Website

141 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Nobel Museum

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The Nobel Prize Museum is located in the former Stock Exchange Building (Börshuset) on the north side of the square Stortorget in Gamla Stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. The Nobel Prize Museum showcases information about the Nobel Prize and Nobel laureates, as well as information about the founder of the prize, Alfred Nobel (1833–1896). The museum's permanent display includes many artifacts donated by Nobel Laureates, presented together with personal life stories.

Wikipedia: Nobel Prize Museum (EN)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Obelisken

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The Obelisk at Slottsbacken is an obelisk monument adjacent to the Royal Palace on Slottsbacken in Old Town, Stockholm, Sweden and is considered to be the very centre point of the Swedish capital city. Unveiled in 1800, it commemorates the deeds of Stockholm's citizenry during the Russo-Swedish War. In 2017, the original obelisk was dismantled due to age- and weather-related damage and was rebuilt, using newly quarried stone, in spring 2020.

Wikipedia: Obelisk at Slottsbacken (EN)

75 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 20: Karl XIV Johan

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Karl XIV Johan's statue is an equestrian statue of Karl XIV Johan, King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 to 1844. The King is depicted with a field marshal's staff in his hand, and the statue symbolises his entry into Stockholm as the newly elected Crown Prince in 1810. The statue was originally inaugurated in 1854 and has been placed since 2018 on Slottsbacken, outside the south arch of the Royal Palace of Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Karl XIV Johans staty (SV)

54 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: Finnish Church

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Finnish Church

The Finnish Church is a church building in Gamla stan in Stockholm, Sweden. Belonging to the Stockholm Finnish Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was opened in 1725 after the Lilla Bollhuset building had been rebuilt into a church.

Wikipedia: Finnish Church, Stockholm (EN), Website, Heritage Website

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 22: Flemingska palatset

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The Fleming Palace or Fleming's Palace is a building in the Aeolus block at Slottsbacken 8 in Stockholm's Old Town.

Wikipedia: Flemingska palatset (SV), Heritage Website

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