Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Stockholm, Sweden
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2.9 km
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 StockholmSight 1: Gamla Auktionsverket
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.
Sight 2: Birger Jarls torn
Birger Jarls torn is a defensive tower on the northwest corner of Riddarholmen, an islet in Gamla Stan, the old town of Stockholm.
Sight 3: Old National Archives
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.
Sight 4: Birger Jarl
Book Free Tour*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.
Sight 5: Bonde Palace
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.
Sight 6: Axel Oxenstiernas palats
Axel Oxenstierna palace is a Mannerist architecture style building situated in the Old Town of Stockholm, Sweden.
Sight 7: Gamla stan
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.
Sight 8: 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
Sight 9: Flemingska palatset
The Fleming Palace is a building in the Aeolus district of Slottsbacken 8 in Stockholm's Old Town, Stockholm.
Sight 10: De fyra elementen
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.
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