Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Stockholm, Sweden

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Number of sights 28 sights
Distance 7.9 km
Ascend 159 m
Descend 157 m

Experience Stockholm in Sweden in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in StockholmIndividual Sights in Stockholm

Sight 1: Sankt Eriksplan

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Sankt Eriksplan is a square in the district of Vasastaden in Stockholm, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Sankt Eriksplan (EN)

361 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Bonniers konsthall

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Bonniers konsthall is an art gallery on Torsgatan in Stockholm, opened in 2006.

Wikipedia: Bonniers Konsthall (SV), Website

197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Sabbatsbergs kyrka

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Sabbatsberg Church is a church building in the Grötlunken block in Vasastan in central Stockholm. It belongs to Gustav Vasa parish in the diocese of Stockholm. Sabbatsberg's church is Stockholm's oldest preserved wooden church and an important part of the Sabbatsberg area's history. The property Grötlunken 4 has been owned by AB Stadsholmen since 2010. The property has been blue-labelled by the City Museum in Stockholm, which means "that the buildings are considered to have particularly high cultural-historical values".

Wikipedia: Sabbatsbergs kyrka (SV)

290 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Vasaparken

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Vasaparken

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

Wikipedia: Vasaparken, Stockholm (EN)

98 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Sven-Harrys konstmuseum

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Sven-Harry's Art Museum is an art museum in Stockholm, Sweden, founded by builder Sven-Harry Karlsson. It is housed in a multi-purpose building alongside an art gallery, museum shop, apartments, and businesses.

Wikipedia: Sven-Harry's Art Museum (EN), Website

809 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Observatorielunden

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

Wikipedia: Observatorielunden (EN)

318 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Spökparken

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

Wikipedia: Spökparken (SV)

225 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: 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

103 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: August Strindberg

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August Strindberg

Carl Johan Eldh was a Swedish artist and sculptor.

Wikipedia: Carl Eldh (EN)

51 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Tegnérlunden

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Tegnérlunden is a park at the border of city districts Norrmalm and Vasastan in central Stockholm, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Tegnérlunden (EN)

186 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Swedenborgskyrkan

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Swedenborgs Minneskyrka is a church in Stockholm, Sweden.

Wikipedia: Swedenborgs Minneskyrka (SV)

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Sankt Peters kyrka

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St. Peter's Church is church located in the Norrmalm district of Stockholm, Sweden. It was designed by Erik Lallerstedt and built in the Art Nouveau style 1900–1901.

Wikipedia: St. Peter's Church, Stockholm (EN)

369 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Citykyrkan

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Citykyrkan is a Pentecostal congregation 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 Church. The building, which the congregation purchased in 1940, is an old entertainment venue formerly known as the Phoenix Palace.

Wikipedia: Citykyrkan, Stockholm (SV)

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Adolf Fredrik Church

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Adolf Fredrik Church is a church in central Stockholm, Sweden, named after Adolf Frederick. It was built in 1768–1774, replacing a wooden chapel from 1674, which was dedicated to Saint Olof. It was inaugurated on 27 November 1774.

Wikipedia: Adolf Fredrik Church (EN), Website, Heritage Website

622 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 15: 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

231 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Karl Staaffs Park

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Karl Staaff's Park is a park in Norrmalm in central Stockholm, 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 replacement 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 cinema Birger Jarl from 1912.

Wikipedia: Karl Staaffs park (SV)

106 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Fordon

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

Wikipedia: Fordon (skulptur) (SV)

185 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Korskyrkan

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Korskyrkan

Korskyrkan, Stockholm, which was actually called "Stockholm's Free Baptist Church", was the first "Korskyrkan" in Sweden. The church is now located at Birger Jarlsgatan 66 in central Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Korskyrkan, Stockholm (SV)

43 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Två myror

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Two Ants is a sculpture group by the artist Torgny Larsson at the intersection of Birger Jarlsgatan and Rådmansgatan in Östermalm in Stockholm. The artwork is a project of the Society of Culture and Vision.

Wikipedia: Två myror (SV)

218 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Eriksbergsparken

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

Wikipedia: Eriksbergsparken, Stockholm (SV)

327 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 21: Timmermansorden

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The Carpenter's Order (TO) is a closed order on a Protestant Christian basis, according to legend founded in England, and based at Eriksberg in Stockholm.

Wikipedia: Timmermansorden (SV)

584 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 22: 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 23: Farfadern

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Farfadern

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

Wikipedia: Farfadern (SV)

164 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 24: 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)

498 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 25: Stureparken

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Stureparken is a small park in the borough of Östermalm in Stockholm, Sweden. The park is situated at the corner of Östermalmsgatan / Sturegatan. The park began construction in 1906. Stureparken is surrounded by several architecturally interesting buildings. Included are the residential buildings Björken 18 which was designed by architect Fredrik Dahlberg and built between 1885 and 1886 and Rosenborgshuset which was designed by Ferdinand Boberg and built between 1883 and 1884.

Wikipedia: Stureparken (EN)

326 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 26: 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 27: Olaus Petri kyrka

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Olaus Petri Church is a church building in Oscar parish. 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 28: Tessinparken

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

Wikipedia: Tessinparken (SV)

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