Södermalm Crime and Noir

The Stockholm City Museum occupies the former Southern City Hall, a seventeenth-century building identifiable by its imposing Baroque facade that rises near the water at Slussen. Completed in sixteen eighty-five, the structure served for…

Götgatan eleven sits within the neighborhood of Södermalm on a thoroughfare that has existed since the twelfth century. Today, the street is defined by a modern structure built in nineteen sixty-two, yet this specific site carries the…

Mosebacke Torg is a square on Stockholm’s Södermalm island defined by a mix of terraced green slopes and a northern oval area enclosed by an ornate cast-iron railing. The square sits atop Katarinaberget, a hill that has functioned as a…

Fiskargatan number nine is a five-story residential building recognizable by its prominent green metal roof. Completed in nineteen oh eight, the structure was once nicknamed "the scandal house" because its height obscured the view of the…

Katarina kyrkogård sits atop a hill on Södermalm, centered around the distinctive, cross-shaped Katarina Church. You can identify the cemetery by the grave vaults dating back to the seventeen hundreds that line the western edge of the…

Mäster Mikaels gata is a quiet stretch on the eastern side of Södermalm, defined by its small, colorful wooden and stone houses that sit directly against the rocky landscape. The street takes its name from Michael Reissuer, a man who…

Stigbergsgatan is defined by its small, deep-red timber cottages that date back to the seventeen twenties and thirties. These houses, painted in the traditional Falu red pigment derived from copper mines, provide a window into the lives of…

Sista Styverns trappor is a wooden staircase of seventy-three steps that rises between Fjällgatan and Stigbergsgatan on Södermalm. You can pick it out by the way it tightly threads between old buildings and high wooden fences, a narrow,…