Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Stockholm, Sweden

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 6.6 km
Ascend 135 m
Descend 133 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: 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 2: Flygarmonumentet

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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 3: Karlaplan

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Karlaplan

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

Wikipedia: Karlaplan (EN)

1130 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 4: 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)

372 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Höken och duvan

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The hawk and pigeon are a fountain sculpture by Torsten Fridh. The sculpture in bronze was placed on a high granite pillar in front of the Daneliuska house at Stureplan in Stockholm in 1990.

Wikipedia: Höken och duvan (SV)

327 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Birger Jarlspassagen

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Birger Jarlspassagen is Stockholm's smallest and oldest shopping mall that stretches in the Rännilen block diagonally from Smålandsgatan 10 to Birger Jarlsgatan 9. The passage was inaugurated in 1897 by King Oscar II.

Wikipedia: Birger Jarlspassagen (SV)

218 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Royal Drama Theatre

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Royal Drama 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

221 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Royal Mews

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The Royal Stables is the name of H.M. The King's Royal Stables building, 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 monument.

Wikipedia: Hovstallet, Väpnargatan (SV), Website

433 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: 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)

68 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: 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

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: 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 was erected on 5 November 1821 as a monument to King Karl XIII. It was commissioned by King Karl XIV Johan, and at his expense. Karl XIV Johan was Karl XIII's adopted child and it was precisely for 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)

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Dianafontänen I

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The Diana Fountain is a bronze and marble sculpture by Carl Milles. The Diana Fountain is available in two versions, the Diana Fountain I was created in 1927–1928 and is located 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 intended to name a street after him as a memory of the Tomelilla exhibition in 1927. In Tomelilla, the sculpture is called Artemis after Diana's Greek counterpart. "Diana" also exists as a single figure in bronze, fitted with a skirt.

Wikipedia: Dianafontänen (SV)

1075 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 13: Citykyrkan

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Citykyrkan is a Pentecostal church at Adolf Fredriks kyrkogata 10 in Stockholm, a few blocks from Hötorget. The congregation was founded in 1936 as Östermalms Fria Församling. It was for a time affiliated with the Philadelphia congregation. The building, which the congregation purchased in 1940, is an old entertainment venue formerly known as the Phoenix Palace.

Wikipedia: Citykyrkan, Stockholm (SV)

182 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Centralbadsparken

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Centralbadsparken is one of Stockholm's smallest parks and is located in the Islandet neighborhood on Norrmalm in Stockholm. The block is bounded by Drottninggatan, Adolf Fredriks Kyrkogata, Holländargatan and Olof Palmes gata.

Wikipedia: Centralbadsparken (SV)

389 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 15: Anna Sterkys minne

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Anna Sterky's Memory is a sculpture at Norra Bantorget in Stockholm, Sweden. The double-sided bronze relief in memory of Anna Sterky was erected in 1988 and was made by sculptor Christina Rundqvist Andersson.

Wikipedia: Anna Sterkys minne (SV)

46 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Brantingmonumentet

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The Branting Monument is a monument in Stockholm, Sweden, with a statue of the Swedish Social Democratic leader Hjalmar Branting. The monument is 5 meters tall and 6 meters wide.

Wikipedia: The Branting Monument (EN)

1036 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 17: Justitia

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The Justice well is a fountain sculpture in City Hall Park outside Stockholm City Hall at Kungsholmen in Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Justitiabrunnen (SV)

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