Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Stockholm, Sweden
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Experience Stockholm in Sweden in a whole new way with our free 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 StockholmSight 1: Uggleviksreservoaren
Uggleviksreservoaren is a water reservoir located in the forest Lilljansskogen near Uggleviken, a fen at Norra Djurgården in north-eastern central Stockholm, Sweden.
Sight 2: Triangelparken
Triangelparken is a park on KTH's campus on Stockholm Royal Seaport. The park is triangular in shape and is bounded by Brinellvägen to the east, Drottning Kristina's road to the southwest and the Land Surveying Department's building to the north. It is not only the shape of the park that has given it its name, but also that the triangle is a symbol of surveying. The park is crossed by a walkway that runs from Teknikringen and continues north of the Swedish Defence University on the other side of Drottning Kristinas väg. In 2013, Triangelparken was renovated under the leadership of the Tengbom Group. After the renovation, the walkway has been paved and the park has been given concrete benches shaped like an amphitheatre on the slope down to Brinellvägen. In the western corner of the park is a collection of steel tables with stainless steel house models.
Sight 3: Gasqueparken
Gasqueparken, a park belonging to the Student Union of the Technical University of Technology's student union building Nymble next to Östra Station in Stockholm.
Sight 4: Millespottan
The Industrial Monument is a fountain sculpture by Carl Milles that was erected in 1926 outside the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.
Sight 5: Engelska parken
The English Park on Stockholm Djurgården is one of Stockholm's most secluded parks. It is located behind the Royal Institute of Technology's largest lecture hall F1 (Alfvénsalen) on a terrace above the adjacent Lill-Jansskogen. The park is accessed from the south via a hole in the wall from Lindstedtsvägen, from the north via a terrace behind the building at Teknikringen 24, or from the west via a staircase from the open space Övre Borggården.
Sight 6: Lill-Jans Plan
Lill-Jan's Plan is an open space in Östermalm in Stockholm's inner city, at the intersection of Valhallavägen and Engelbrektsgatan.
Sight 7: Balders Hage
Balder's Hage is a park in Lärkstaden in Östermalm in central Stockholm. The park was part of the town plan for a new residential town in the area around Lärkstaden that was presented in 1902 by the architect Per-Olof Hallman. Hallman was influenced by the Austrian architect Camillo Sitte's ideas about artistic urban planning. The buildings had to be adapted to the formations of the terrain and the scale was smaller than traditional, with quiet streets, terraces, small squares and parks. The park was named in 1925.
Sight 8: Engelbrekt Church
Engelbrekt Church is a protected church located in the Lärkstaden area of Stockholm, Sweden. Its located at Östermalm and belongs to the Church of Sweden and is parish church for Engelbrekt Parish in the Diocese of Stockholm. It was designed by architect Lars Israel Wahlman in the National Romantic style and completed in 1914. It is one of the largest churches in Stockholm, with 1,400 seats.
Sight 9: Ellen Keys Park
Ellen Keys Park is a park near Jarlaplan in Östermalm in central Stockholm. The park has an area of 0.5 hectares and stretches between Karlavägen and Birger Jarlsgatan and is bounded to the north by a new residential block and to the south by Borgarskolan.
Sight 10: Jarlaplan
Jarlaplan is an open space and smaller street in Vasastan in central Stockholm where Birger Jarlsgatan meets Roslagsgatan.
Sight 11: Sankt Georgios kyrka
St. George's Church, Stockholm Church of St. George, Istanbul
Sight 12: Kristi förklarings ortodoxa kyrka
The Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of Christ is a Bulgarian Orthodox church building and parish located at Birger Jarlsgatan 98, in the district of Östermalm, in central Stockholm.
Wikipedia: Kristi förklarings ortodoxa kyrka, Stockholm (SV)
Sight 13: Monica Zetterlunds Park
Monica Zetterlund's park. or Zetterlunden, a park in Vasastaden, Stockholm.
Sight 14: Teaterverket
Teater Pero is a theatre in Stockholm focused on children's theatre. Teater Pero was founded in 1983 by Peter Engkvist and Roger Westberg. In 1993, Teater Pero took over the premises at Sveavägen 114 that had previously been used by the venerable cinema Rialto, and which was one of Sweden's first cinemas.
Sight 15: Betlehemskyrkan
Bethlehem Church is the Swedish Evangelical Mission's church in Stockholm, Sweden. The old church building was consecrated in October 1840 as Sweden's first free church building, under the name Engelska kapellet. It was located near Hötorget in Norrmalm, where the second and third Hötorget buildings are now located and was taken over by the Swedish Evangelical Mission in connection with the founding of the organization in 1856. The church was demolished in 1953 in conjunction with the redevelopment of Norrmalm. The new church was consecrated in 1956 at Luntmakargatan in Vasastan.
Sight 16: Spökparken
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).
Sight 17: Observatorium
The Stockholm Observatory is an astronomical observatory and institution in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in the 18th century and today part of Stockholm University. In 1931, the new Stockholm Observatory, nicknamed "Saltis", was inaugurated on the Karlsbaderberget at Saltsjöbaden, near Stockholm, and operated until 2001.
Sight 18: Observatorielunden
Observatorielunden is a park in the Vasastaden district of Stockholm, Sweden.
Sight 19: Intiman
Intiman, formerly Wallmans Intiman, is a private theatre located at Odenplan in Stockholm. The theatre was opened in 1950 by Lorens Marmstedt and Alf Jörgensen and was taken over in 1966 by Sandrews. In 1997, Hasse Wallman became the theatre director of Intiman, and the theatre was named Wallmans Intiman. In 2010, the Wallmans Group was bought by 2Entertain, which reintroduced the original name.
Sight 20: Gustaf Vasa Church
Gustaf Vasa Church is a church located in the Vasastaden district of Stockholm, Sweden. Inaugurated in 1906 and named after 16th century King Gustav Vasa, it was designed by architect Agi Lindegren in the Baroque Revival style. Situated between two busy avenues partially lined with trees, its dome rises 60 metres (200 ft) above the nearby Odenplan plaza. The floor plan is in the shape of a Greek cross and seats 1,200 people, making it one of the largest churches in Stockholm.
Sight 21: Norrmalmskyrkan
Norrmalmskyrkan in Vasastaden in Stockholm, with the address Norrtullsgatan 37, is the church of Norrmalm Baptist congregation. The congregation belongs to the Uniting Church. The congregation welcomes everyone, regardless of faith, to its services and other public gatherings and activities.
Sight 22: Enkehusparken
Enkehusparken is a park in Vasastan in central Stockholm that was founded in the 1870s. The Heimdall 22 property with the Widow's House and the park is considered to have very high cultural-historical values according to the City Museum's cultural-historical classification map. The park is one of the few parks in Stockholm that is located inside a block, namely in the Heimdall block. It is surrounded by Norrtullsgatan, Vanadisvägen, Upplandsgatan and Frejgatan. Facing Frejgatan and Upplandsgatan, the park is surrounded by early 1900s houses mixed with a few functionalist houses from the time around World War II. Facing Vanadisvägen there is a large modern residential complex in brick. The main part of the side facing Norrtullsgatan is taken up by the old Widow's House, which gives the park its name and which now houses artists' studios. Entrances to the park are from Norrtullsgatan on both sides of the Widow's House and from Vanadisvägen. In the only courtyard house in the block there is a school.
Sight 23: Sankt Matteus kyrka
St. Matthew's Church is a protected church located in the Vasastaden district of Stockholm, Sweden. Originally intended to be used as a chapel in the Adolf Fredrik Parish, it was designed by Erik Lallerstedt and built in 1901–1903, at an intersection in Vasastaden.
Sight 24: Sven-Harrys konstmuseum
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.
Sight 25: Vasaparken
Vasaparken is a park in the Vasastaden district of Stockholm, Sweden.
Sight 26: Sankt Eriksplan
Sankt Eriksplan is a square in the district of Vasastaden in Stockholm, Sweden.
Sight 27: Filadelfiakyrkan
Filadelfiakyrkan is a Pentecostal church building at Rörstrandsgatan 7 in Stockholm, Sweden; it was dedicated on 2 November 1930. The building is owned by the Filadelfia Stockholm congregation, the largest congregation in the Swedish Pentecostal movement with about 5,400 members as of 2015. It is also the largest Pentecostal congregation in Europe.
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