Gamla Stan (Old Town)
Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
Gamla Stan is one of the best-preserved medieval old towns in Europe — a compact island of narrow cobblestone alleys, ochre and rust-coloured buildings, and the royal palace that has been the political and spiritual centre of Sweden since the 13th century.
K.A. Almgren Silk Factory and Museum
15A Repslagargatan, Södermalm, Stockholm, 118 46, Sweden
In eighteen thirty-three, a man named Knut August Almgren had a problem.
Nobel Prize Museum
Stortorget 2, Gamla Stan, Stockholm
The Nobel Prize Museum occupies the former stock exchange building on Stortorget in Gamla Stan — the small square that is the oldest in Stockholm and the site where Alfred Nobel's legacy of honouring achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace has been celebrated since the first prizes were awarded in 1901.
Observatorielunden and the Old Observatory
120 Drottninggatan, Vasastan, Stockholm, 113 60, Sweden
There is a small, elegant building sitting on top of this hill, and it holds a world record that no other place on Earth can claim.
Riddarholmen Church
2 Birger Jarls torg, Södermalm, Stockholm, 111 28, Sweden
This is where Swedish kings come to rest, and it has been that way for nearly four hundred years.
Storkyrkan (Stockholm Cathedral)
1 Trångsund, Södermalm, Stockholm, 111 29, Sweden
Stockholm's oldest church has been standing here since at least twelve seventy-nine, when it first appears in the records, and it was consecrated to Saint Nicholas in thirteen oh six.
Stortorget
Stortorget, Södermalm, Stockholm, 111 29, Sweden
You are standing in the oldest square in Stockholm, and it looks absolutely gorgeous.
Swedish Army Museum
13 Riddargatan, Läderkanonen, Stockholm, 114 51, Sweden
Here is a fact that surprises almost everyone.
Tantolunden Allotment Gardens
24 Ringvägen, Södermalm, Stockholm, 118 67, Sweden
These tiny painted cottages scattered across the Sodermalm hillside exist because Stockholmers were starving.
Tyska Kyrkan (German Church)
16 Svartmangatan, Södermalm, Stockholm, 111 29, Sweden
The tallest building in Gamla Stan is not Swedish.
Vasa Museum
14 Galärvarvsvägen, Djurgården, Stockholm, 115 21, Sweden
So here is the story.
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