Norrmalmstorg is a town square in central Stockholm that links the shopping streets of Hamngatan and Biblioteksgatan. It is a compact, open space often marked by the rhythmic bell of the tram line that starts here, carrying passengers…
Östermalm Food Hall and Boulevards
Stroll through Stockholm's most elegant neighborhoods to admire grand 19th-century boulevards, upscale design boutiques, and a historic food hall filled with Swedish delicacies.
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1. Norrmalmstorg
2. The Hallwyl Museum
The Hallwyl Museum is housed in a palatial townhouse with an exterior that draws on medieval and Venetian Renaissance architectural styles. Built between eighteen ninety-three and eighteen ninety-eight for Count Walther and Countess…
3. The Royal Dramatic Theatre
The Royal Dramatic Theatre, known locally as Dramaten, occupies a prime waterfront position at Nybroplan. You can identify the building by its grand facade of Ekeberg marble and the gold-adorned Art Nouveau architecture that greets the…
4. Svenskt Tenn Design furniture
Svenskt Tenn, located at Strandvägen five, is marked by a storefront that has occupied this prestigious boulevard since nineteen twenty-seven. Founded in nineteen twenty-four by Estrid Ericson, the company originally focused on…
5. Strandvägen
Strandvägen is a broad, tree-lined boulevard stretching from Nybroplan to the Djurgården bridge. It is defined by its long, rhythmic row of ornate nineteenth-century apartment houses that overlook the water. These buildings were designed…
6. Hedvig Eleonora Church
Hedvig Eleonora Church is distinguished by its unique octagonal shape and a prominent central dome that defines the skyline above Östermalmstorg square. Consecrated on August twenty-first, seventeen thirty-seven, the church was named for…
7. Östermalms Food Hall
The Östermalms Food Hall is recognizable by its monumental red brick exterior and a corner tower crowned with a gilded statue of Hermes’ hat, the Greek symbol of commerce. Inaugurated by King Oscar the Second on November 30, 1888, the…
8. Stureplan
You can identify Stureplan by the squat, round concrete canopy rising from the center of the square. Known locally as Svampen, or the Mushroom, this structure has functioned as a rain shelter and primary meeting point for Stockholmers…
9. Biblioteksgatan
Biblioteksgatan is defined by its consistent scale and its rows of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century buildings that house Stockholm’s most prominent luxury retail. The street, whose name translates as Library Street, runs as a…