Gamla Stan
District of Stockholm
Stockholm - Sweden

Stockholm Palace

The Stockholm Palace or the Royal Palace (Swedish: Stockholms slott or Kungliga slottet) is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish Monarch. Stockholm Palace is located on Stadsholmen ("city island"), in Gamla Stan (the old town) in the capital, Stockholm. It neighbours the Riksdag building and Stockholm Cathedral. The offices of the King, the other members of the Swedish Royal Family, and the offices of the Royal Court of Sweden are located here.

Located at 59.3267, 18.0717 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Geography of Stockholm

The City of Stockholm is situated on fourteen islands and on the banks to the archipelago where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea. The city centre is virtually situated on the water.

Located at 59.3264, 18.0725 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Tre Kronor (castle)

Tre Kronor or Three Crowns was a castle located in Stockholm, Sweden, on the site where Stockholm Palace is today. It is believed to have been a citadel that Birger Jarl built into a royal castle in the middle of the 13th century. The name "Tre Kronor" is believed to have been given to the castle during the reign of King Magnus IV in the middle of the 14th century.

Located at 59.3267, 18.0717 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Tessin Palace

The Tessin Palace is a baroque town house located in Gamla Stan, the old town in central Stockholm. Located next to the Royal Palace, it is facing Slottsbacken, the major approach to the Stockholm Palace, and flanked by two alleys, Finska Kyrkogränd and Bollhusgränd. The mansion was constructed between 1694 and 1700 by architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. The building was inherited by Tessin's son Carl Gustaf Tessin who had to sell it in 1750 for financial reasons.

Located at 59.3258, 18.0731 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Trädgårdsgatan

Trädgårdsgatan is a small street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. It stretches west from Skeppar Olofs Gränd to Källargränd, just south of the Royal Palace and north of the square Stortorget. Forming a parallel to Slottsbacken and Köpmangatan, it is intercepted by Trädgårdstvärgränd. On the northern side of the street are gates leading to Bollhustäppan. It is named after the royal gardens once located along its northern side.

Located at 59.3254, 18.0719 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Köpmangatan

Köpmangatan is a street in Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. A parallel street to Trädgårdsgatan, it is stretching from the central square Stortorget to Köpmantorget, intercepted by Trädgårdstvärgränd, Skeppar Olofs Gränd, Peder Fredags Gränd, Själagårdsgatan, Staffan Sasses Gränd, Baggensgatan, and Bollhusgränd.

Located at 59.3251, 18.0723 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Brända Tomten

Brända Tomten (Swedish: The Burnt Lot) is a small, triangular public square in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. A few benches under a chestnut tree, the ivy hanging from the surrounding façades makes the space a lush, relaxed spot. During summers, a network of storytellers gather around the benches to tell their stories both to enthusiasts and passers-by.

Located at 59.3248, 18.0729 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Kindstugatan

Kindstugatan (Swedish: The Box on the Ear Street) is a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching west from Brända Tomten to become Tyska Brinken in its western end, it is crossed by Svartmangatan and Skomakargatan.

Located at 59.3245, 18.0721 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Finska Kyrkogränd

Finska Kyrkogränd is a blind alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Leading south from Slottsbacken, the alley separates the Finnish Church from the Tessin Palace, and was named after the vicinity to the former. It forms a parallel street to Bollhusgränd and Källargränd. The alley, for long the property of the Crown, used to lead to Trädgårdsgatan.

Located at 59.3256, 18.0726 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Slottsbacken

Slottsbacken is a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. It stretches east from the Stockholm Cathedral and the Royal Palace down to the street Skeppsbron which passes along the eastern waterfront of the old town. In the western end, the alley Källargränd leads south to the square Stortorget, while Storkyrkobrinken extends Slottsbacken west beyond the cathedral and Högvaktsterrassen, down to the square Riddarhustorget.

Located at 59.3261, 18.0728 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bollhusgränd

Bollhusgränd is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Named after Bollhuset, a historical theatre, it connects Slottsbacken to Köpmantorget, and as Baggensgatan extends the alley further south beyond Köpmangatan, together they form a parallel street to Österlånggatan and Själagårdsgatan.

Located at 59.3257, 18.0732 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bollhustäppan

Bollhustäppan (Swedish: The Ball House Patch) is a small public space in Gamla stan, which is the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Named after Bollhuset, a historical theatre, it is located south of Slottsbacken just behind the Finnish Church, while two gates connects it to Trädgårdsgatan.

Located at 59.3255, 18.0722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Lejonbacken

Lejonbacken is a system of ramps leading up to the northern entrance of the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. They were built during the 1780s named after the pair of sculpted Medici lions prominently exposed on the stone railings of the ramps.

Located at 59.3273, 18.0711 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Källargränd

Källargränd is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden, connecting Slottsbacken, the slope south of the Royal Palace, to the square Stortorget. It forms a parallel street to Trångsund and is intercepted by Trädgårdsgatan. The alley is named after the former tavern Storkällaren ("Great basement"), in its turn named after the vicinity to the cathedral Storkyrkan. The tavern was located under the town house, where the present Stock Exchange Building is found.

Located at 59.3253, 18.0712 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Köpmanbrinken

Köpmanbrinken is a street composed of two slopes, in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Both slopes connects the street Österlånggatan west up to the small Köpmantorget and the street Köpmangatan. Since the foundation of the city the slopes reflects the original inclination treadled by the city's first inhabitants.

Located at 59.3253, 18.0737 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Köpmantorget

Köpmantorget is a small public square in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden, located between the street Köpmangatan and to slopes collectively named Köpmanbrinken, both of who leads down to the street Österlånggatan. Two streets are leading north and south; Bollhusgränd and Baggensgatan respectively.

Located at 59.3251, 18.0736 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Skeppar Olofs Gränd

Skeppar Olofs Gränd is an alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching from Köpmangatan to Trädgårdsgatan, it forms a parallel street to Peder Fredags Gränd and Trädgårdstvärgränd.

Located at 59.3253, 18.0726 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Staffan Sasses Gränd

Staffan Sasses Gränd (Swedish: Alley of Staffan Sasse) is a blind alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching north from Köpmangatan, it forms a parallel street to Bollhusgränd and Peder Fredags Gränd.

Located at 59.3253, 18.0733 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Trädgårdstvärgränd

Trädgårdstvärgränd (Swedish: "Garden's Cross-Alley") is a small alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching north from Köpmangatan to Trädgårdsgatan, it forms a parallel street to Skeppar Olofs Gränd and Källargränd. It is located just south of Slottsbacken and Bollhustäppan, not far from Stortorget.

Located at 59.3253, 18.0722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Peder Fredags Gränd

Peder Fredags Gränd is a small blind alley in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching north from Köpmangatan, it is located between Skeppar Olofs Gränd and Staffan Sasses Gränd, just south of the Tessin Palace. The inconspicuous alley remained nameless until the 20th century; it is included on a map from 1700, but completely left out on another dated 1733.

Located at 59.3252, 18.0728 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Tyska Stallplan

Tyska Stallplan is a street in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Stretching south from Svartmangatan to Prästgatan, it is connected to Baggensgatan and Mårten Trotzigs Gränd, while forming a (somewhat) parallel street to Österlånggatan and Tyska Brinken. By the street are the public library and the major school (Storkyrkoskolan, "School of the Great Church") of the told town.

Located at 59.3248, 18.073 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Nobel Library

The Nobel Library (Swedish: Nobelbiblioteket or, officially, Swedish: Svenska Akademiens Nobelbibliotek, e.g. "Nobel Library of the Swedish Academy") is the public library of the Swedish academy instituted to assist the evaluation of Nobel laureates to the Prize in Literature and other awards granted by the academy.

Located at 59.3254, 18.0711 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Bollhuset

Bollhuset, also called Stora Bollhuset, Bollhusteatern, and Lejonkulan at various times, was the name of the first theater in Stockholm, Sweden; it was the first Swedish theater and the first real theater building in the whole of Scandinavia. The name "Bollhuset" means "The Ball House", and it was built in 1627 for ball sports and used in this way for forty years.

Located at 59.3258, 18.0722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Obelisk at Slottsbacken

The Obelisk at Slottsbacken adjacent to the southern entrances of the Royal Palace in Stockholm Old Town is considered to be the very centre point of the Swedish capital Stockholm. The granite Obelisk is 22 m high, including the pedestal of 5 m. From the Obelisk all street numbers in Stockholm have their common origin - there are only a handful of exceptions, only some small streets originating from the street Birger Jarlsgatan.

Located at 59.3259, 18.0715 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Royal Coin Cabinet

The Royal Coin Cabinet is a museum located on Slottsbacken, Gamla Stan, in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the history of money. It is an institution with a national responsibility for the conservation and the historical studies of coins, medals, and finance in general.

Located at 59.3262, 18.0729 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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