Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Stockholm Municipality, Sweden

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Number of sights 48 sights
Distance 11.6 km
Ascend 266 m
Descend 272 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: Oscar's Church

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Oscar's Church is one of the major churches in Stockholm, Sweden. The three-aisled hall church, which holds 1,200 people, has an 80-metre-high (260 ft) tower in the south-western part of the building. Oscar's Church is located in the south-eastern part of Östermalm, where Storgatan and Narvavägen meet, near the Swedish History Museum. Narvavägen is together with the nearby Strandvägen—from which the church is also visible—one of the city's main boulevards, lined with several residential palaces.

Wikipedia: Oscar's Church (EN), Website, Heritage Website

596 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Berwaldhallen

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The Berwald Hall is a concert hall situated in a park landscape at Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3 in the Östermalm district of Stockholm, Sweden. Construction on the building began in 1976 based on a design by architects Erik Ahnborg and Sune Lindström. The hall is shaped as a hexagon.

Wikipedia: Berwald Hall (EN), Website

648 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Gustav Adolfs kyrka

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The Gustaf Adolf Church is a church building in the Gustav Adolf Park at Östermalm in Stockholm, Sweden. Belonging to the Oscar Parish of the Church of Sweden, the church was inaugurated on 6 November 1892 by bishop Gottfrid Billing.

Wikipedia: Gustaf Adolf Church (EN)

518 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Flygarmonumentet

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Flygarmonumentet

The Aviator Monument is a statue that stands at Karlaplan in central Stockholm, Sweden. The statue was a gift from the Swedish Aeronautical Society in memory of different Swedish aviation pioneers who fell in both the North Pole expedition of 1898 and in the Swedish aviator era in 1917. The task to build the monument was given to the famous sculptor Carl Milles. The Aviator Monument was finished in 1931.

Wikipedia: Aviator Monument (Stockholm) (EN)

105 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Karlaplan

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Karlaplan

Karlaplan is an open park-plaza area in Östermalm in central Stockholm, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Karlaplan (EN)

296 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Curt Moses

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Curt Moses (25 August 1886 – probably July 1941) was a German businessman.

Wikipedia: Curt Moses (SV)

319 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Elimkyrkan

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Elimkyrkan

Elimkyrkan was a free church on Storgatan 26 in Östermalm in Stockholm, belonging to the Evangelical Free Church and the Uniting Church.

Wikipedia: Elimkyrkan, Stockholm (SV)

432 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Hedvig Eleonora kyrka

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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.

Wikipedia: Hedvig Eleonora Church (EN), Heritage Website

202 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Swedish Army Museum

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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.

Wikipedia: Swedish Army Museum (EN)

282 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Swedish Museum of Performing Arts

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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.

Wikipedia: Swedish Museum of Performing Arts (EN), Website

138 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Royal Stables

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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.

Wikipedia: Hovstallet, Väpnargatan (SV), Website

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Royal Dramatic Theatre

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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

210 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Adat Jeschurun

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Adat Jeschurun

Adat Jeschurun is a traditional, Orthodox synagogue in Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Adat Jeschurun (SV)

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Birger Jarlspassagen

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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.

Wikipedia: Birger Jarlspassagen (SV)

370 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Sverigeväggen

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The Sweden Wall is a wall relief made by the artist Siri Derkert in the years 1967-1969. The work occupies part of the façade of the Sweden House facing Kungsträdgården in Stockholm and was unveiled in June 1969 with a two-week delay due to a protest action by Derkert.

Wikipedia: Sverigeväggen (SV)

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Dianafontänen I

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The Diana Fountain, or Diana Fountain, is a bronze and marble sculpture by Carl Milles. The Diana Fountain is available in two designs, the Diana Fountain I was created in 1927–1928 and can be found in the courtyard of the Match Palace in Stockholm, the Diana Fountain II was created in 1929–1930 and can be found as a copy at Skytteholm, Ekerö municipality. On the square in Tomelilla there is a Diana fountain that was donated by Milles to the town when he learned that the town was going to name a street after him as a memory after the Tomelilla exhibition in 1927. In Tomelilla, the sculpture is called Artemis after Diana's Greek counterpart. "Diana" also exists as a solitary figure in bronze, fitted with a skirt.

Wikipedia: Dianafontänen (SV)

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Wetterling

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Wetterling Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located at Kungsträdgården 3 in Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Wetterling Gallery (SV)

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Karl XIII

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Karl XIII

Karl XIII's statue stands in Kungsträdgården in Stockholm. It was made by Erik Gustaf Göthe and erected on 5 November 1821 as a monument to King Karl XIII. It was commissioned by Karl XIV Johan, and at his expense. Karl XIV Johan was Karl XIII's adopted child and it was precisely on the anniversary of the adoption that the statue was unveiled. The statue is managed by the National Property Board of Sweden.

Wikipedia: Karl XIII:s staty (SV)

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Molins fontän

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Molin's Fountain is a bronze fountain sculpture that stands in Kungsträdgården in Stockholm. The fountain was designed by Johan Peter Molin (1814–1873) and was unveiled on 25 September 1873 after Molin's death.

Wikipedia: Molins fontän (SV)

37 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 20: King's Garden

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Kungsträdgården is a park in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is colloquially known as Kungsan.

Wikipedia: Kungsträdgården (EN)

127 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 21: Sankta Eugeniakyrkan

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Saint Eugenia's Church is a Roman Catholic church in the center of Stockholm (Sweden). It was built in 1982 on plans of the Danish architect Jørgen Kjaergaard and is situated next to the former Royal Gardens, Kungsträdgården in Norrmalm. The Church is consecrated to Saint Eugenia, an abbess (700-735) of the monastery Mont Sainte-Odile in Alsace (France).

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

28 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 22: The Great Synagogue

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The Great Synagogue of Stockholm is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 3A Wahrendorffsgatan, close to the park Kungsträdgården on Norrmalm, in Stockholm, Sweden. The synagogue was designed by Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander in the Moorish Revival style and completed in 1870.

Wikipedia: Great Synagogue of Stockholm (EN), Website, Heritage Website

159 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 23: China Theatre

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Chinateatern or commonly known as "China" is a private theatre in Stockholm, Sweden, located at Berzelii Park in Stockholm city. Originally built 1928 as a movie theatre but has over the years simultaneously been used as a theatre stage for revues, comedies and musical shows. It was very popular in the 1980s and the stage has during various periods been used by different established Swedish theatres, one being the Royal Dramatic Theatre.

Wikipedia: Chinateatern (EN), Website

68 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 24: Berzelii park

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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.

Wikipedia: Berzelii Park (EN)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 25: The Road

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The Road Frankie Fouganthin / CC BY-SA 3.0

The road is a Holocaust monument on Raoul Wallenberg's square at Nybroplan in Stockholm. It has been designed by architect Gabriel Herdevall, who also created the older Holocaust monument that can be found in the courtyard in front of the Great Synagogue, and architect Aleksander Wolodarski, urban planner at the City of Stockholm. It was inaugurated on 14 June 2006.

Wikipedia: Vägen (förintelsemonument) (SV), Url Kozterkep

8 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 26: Till Raoul Wallenberg

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To Raoul Wallenberg is a memorial on Raoul Wallenberg's square in Stockholm, made by Kirsten Ortwed.

Wikipedia: Till Raoul Wallenberg (SV), Url Kozterkep

379 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 27: Old Customs House

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The Customs House on Blasieholmen is a customs building on Nybrokajen / Hovslagargatan on Blasieholmen in central Stockholm, built in 1874. Customs operations ceased in the 1940s and today the building is used as an office. The Customs House building was green-labelled by the City Museum in Stockholm, which means that the cultural-historical value is considered to be particularly high from a historical, cultural-historical, environmental or artistic point of view.

Wikipedia: Tullhuset, Blasieholmen (SV)

488 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 28: Karl XII

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160 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 29: Jakobs kyrka

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Jakobs kyrka

Saint James's Church is a church in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to apostle Saint James the Greater, patron saint of travellers. It is often mistakenly called St Jacob's. The confusion arises because Swedish, like many other languages, uses the same name for both James and Jacob.

Wikipedia: Saint James's Church, Stockholm (EN), Heritage Website

222 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 30: Royal Swedish Opera

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Royal Swedish Opera

Royal Swedish Opera is an opera and ballet company based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Royal Swedish Opera (EN), Website

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 31: Kumlienska huset

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Kumlienska huset is a building in Kvarteret Lejonet at Fredsgatan 3 in Norrmalm in Stockholm. In Stockholm's women's fashion, the house was a well-known address, and between 1818 and until the beginning of the 1960s, the exclusive fabric company John V. Löfgren & Co. The property is green-labelled by the City Museum in Stockholm, which means that it is considered "particularly valuable from a historical, cultural-historical, environmental or artistic point of view". The building is owned and managed by the National Property Board of Sweden.

Wikipedia: Kumlienska huset (kvarteret Lejonet) (SV), Heritage Website

112 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 32: Hemlös räv

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Laura Ford in Cardiff, Wales, is a British sculptor. She is currently president of the Royal Society of Sculptors.

Wikipedia: Laura Ford (EN)

144 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 33: Rosenbadsparken

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Rosenbadsparken is a park in Norrmalm in Stockholm. The park is located in the triangle between Fredsgatan and Strömgatan on the west side of the Rosenbad block. The park was named after the Rosenbad building in 2000. The place has previously been called just Rosenbad and Röda Bodarna.

Wikipedia: Rosenbadsparken (SV)

10 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 34: Morgonbad

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Morgonbad

Morgonbad is a fountain sculpture by Anders Zorn. It was created in 1908-1909 and can be found in addition to Zorngården's garden, in Rosenbadsparken in Stockholm. Morning Bath was one of Zorn's last sculpture works.

Wikipedia: Morgonbad (SV)

225 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 35: Dance Museum

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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.

Wikipedia: Dansmuseet (EN), Website

277 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 36: Stockholms Stadsteater

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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".

Wikipedia: Stockholms Stadsteater (SV), Website, Facebook

60 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 37: Culture Centre

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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.

Wikipedia: The House of Culture (Stockholm) (EN)

156 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 38: Kristallvertikalaccent

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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".

Wikipedia: Kristallvertikalaccent (SV)

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Sight 39: Sergelfontänen

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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.

Wikipedia: Sergelfontänen (SV)

352 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 40: Åhléns

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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".

Wikipedia: Åhléns City (EN), Website

348 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 41: Klara kyrka

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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.

Wikipedia: Klara Church (EN), Heritage Website

203 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 42: Stockholms Centrals gamla klocka

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Stockholms Centrals gamla klocka Liberaler Humanist / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Stockholms Centrals gamla klocka (SV)

272 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 43: Vem är Mr. Walker?

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Who is Mr Walker? is a sculpture by Jan Håfström, produced by Stockholm konst, which is located in Järnvägsparken, Stockholm. The sculpture was inaugurated on 5 September 2014 by Mayor of Finance Sten Nordin and Mayor of Culture and Real Estate Madeleine Sjöstedt. The sculpture, which is 7 meters high and weighs almost 2,000 kg, is made of aluminum. The two painted silhouette boards provide a three-dimensional experience, inspired by the cartoon character The Phantom's alter ego Mr Walker, which varies depending on which direction they are viewed from.

Wikipedia: Vem är Mr Walker? (SV)

409 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 44: The Ring

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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.

Wikipedia: Ringen på Stockholms centralstation (SV)

768 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 45: Kungsholms kyrka

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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.

Wikipedia: Kungsholm Church (EN), Heritage Website

426 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 46: Vesslan

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Vesslan is a fountain sculpture on Kungsholmstorg, Kungsholmen, Stockholm. The sculpture was erected in 1912 and was created by the artist Otto Strandman.

Wikipedia: Vesslan (skulptur) (SV)

471 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 47: Kollektivhuset

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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.

Wikipedia: Kollektivhuset, John Ericssonsgatan (SV)

365 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 48: Pontonjärparken

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Pontonjärparken Photo by EsquiloMemorial stone by Oscar Franzén / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Pontonjärparken (SV)

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