Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Stockholm, Sweden

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 2.9 km
Ascend 115 m
Descend 100 m

Explore Stockholm in Sweden with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in StockholmIndividual Sights in Stockholm

Sight 1: Gamla Auktionsverket

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Gamla Auktionsverket consists of four houses built together on Riddarholmen in central Stockholm. The oldest building dates back to the 1750s. The Old Auction House is located on the waterfront in the western part of the island between Birger Jarl's tower and the Wrangel Palace, below Schering Rosenhane's Palace. The property is currently (2015) occupied by the Svea Court of Appeal and the Chancellor of Justice.

Wikipedia: Gamla Auktionsverket (SV), Heritage Website

58 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Birger Jarls torn

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Birger Jarls torn is a defensive tower on the northwest corner of Riddarholmen, an islet in Gamla Stan, the old town of Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Birger Jarls torn (EN), Heritage Website

207 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Old National Archives

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Gamla Riksarkivet is a building at Arkivgatan 3 on Riddarholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. Riksarkivet, the Swedish National Archives, were located in the building until 1968.

Wikipedia: Gamla Riksarkivet (EN), Heritage Website

97 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Birger Jarl

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The statue of Birger Jarl is a statue depicting the Earl of Sweden and the regent Earl of Birger. The statue stands on Birger Jarl's Square on Riddarholmen in Stockholm. The statue was created by sculptor Bengt Erland Fogelberg and was unveiled on 21 October 1854.

Wikipedia: Birger jarl (staty) (SV)

302 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: 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

277 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: 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

163 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: 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)

223 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: 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 9: Flemingska palatset

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The Fleming Palace is a building in the Aeolus district of Slottsbacken 8 in Stockholm's Old Town, Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Flemingska palatset (SV), Heritage Website

1427 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 10: De fyra elementen

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The Four Elements is a monumental mobile sculpture created by the American sculptor Alexander Calder in 1961. The sculpture is a motorized moving group of four metal sheets. The artwork is about 30 feet high. The sheets are painted in plain colours. This sculpture is made after a Calder model from 1938.

Wikipedia: The Four Elements (sculpture) (EN)

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