Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Stockholm, Sweden

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Number of sights 16 sights
Distance 5.5 km
Ascend 78 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: Observatorielunden

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

Wikipedia: Observatorielunden (EN)

318 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Spökparken

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The Ghost Park is a park in Vasastan in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is flanked in the north by Stockholm University's, later Stockholm University, former main building at Kungstensgatan 45, to the west by 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 of Business, Economics and Law's Luftspringaren block at Holländargatan 32 (formerly Stockholm University's student union building.

Wikipedia: Spökparken (SV)

225 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Strindberg Museum

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The Strindberg Museum is a museum in Stockholm, Sweden. It is dedicated to the writer August Strindberg (1849-1912) and located in his last dwelling. The site is in the building he nicknamed "Blå tornet" at Drottninggatan 85 on the corner of Drottninggatan and Tegnérgatan in the borough of Norrmalm in central Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Strindberg Museum (EN), Website

722 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: Eriksbergsparken

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Eriksbergsparken is a park in Östermalm in the informal area of Eriksberg in central Stockholm. The park was laid out in 1920 under the authority of 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 is the building of the Order of Carpenters. On the other side of Birger Jarlsgatan is Karl Staaff's park.

Wikipedia: Eriksbergsparken, Stockholm (SV)

133 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Fordon

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

Wikipedia: Fordon (skulptur) (SV)

106 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Karl Staaffs Park

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Karl Staaffs park is a park in Norrmalm in central Stockholm, Sweden, 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 relief 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 Birger Jarl biographer from 1912.

Wikipedia: Karl Staaffs park (SV)

231 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: 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

600 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: National Library of Sweden

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National Library of Sweden Kungliga biblioteket (Designed by Lars Laurentii) / CC BY-SA 2.5

The National Library of Sweden is Sweden's national library. It collects and preserves all domestic printed and audio-visual materials in Swedish, as well as content with Swedish association published abroad. Being a research library, it also has major collections of literature in other languages.

Wikipedia: National Library of Sweden (EN), Website, Heritage Website

83 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Farfadern

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Farfadern

The Grandfather is a sculpture of a seated elderly man with a boy on his lap, made in plaster by Per Hasselberg in 1885–86.

Wikipedia: Farfadern (SV)

128 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Linnémonumentet

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The Linnaeus Monument is a group of statues in Humlegården in central Stockholm, depicting Carl Linnaeus. It was made by Frithiof Kjellberg and unveiled in 1885. Around the monument, the Linnaeus plantation was established with 21,000 plants.

Wikipedia: Linnémonumentet (SV)

37 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 11: 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)

676 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 12: Frälsningsarméns tempel

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The Temple is the Salvation Army's first corps (congregation) at Östermalmsgatan 69, in Östermalm in Stockholm. It was built in 1886–1887 as the first union building in Sweden, for Stockholm's 1st corps and is today the oldest union building in the world in continuous use.

Wikipedia: Templet, Stockholm (SV)

718 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 13: Olaus Petri kyrka

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Olaus Petri Church is a church in Oscar, Sweden. 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)

560 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 14: Tessinparken

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

Wikipedia: Tessinparken (SV)

360 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Mås

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Mås

Seagull is a bronze sculpture that stands on a granite plinth at Banérgatan in Stockholm, outside the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration and the Military Archives.

Wikipedia: Mås (skulptur) (SV)

589 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 16: Husmoderssemester

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Husmoderssemester

Housewives' holiday may refer to: Housewives' holiday, opportunity for overworked housewives to rest in holiday homes, 1946-1979 Housewife's Holiday (sculpture), a sculpture in Stockholm

Wikipedia: Husmoderssemester (SV)

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