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Ekerö

urban area in Ekerö Municipality, Sweden

29km

59.28317.8

Uppsala

city in Uppsala County, Sweden

55km

59.858117.6446

Stockholm archipelago

archipelago north of Stockholm, Sweden

74km

59.38718.735

Visby

urban area in Gotland Municipality, Sweden

101km

57.633318.2833

High Coast

coastal area in Sweden

193km

62.9418.19

Linköping

urban area in Linköping Municipality, Sweden

277km

58.415.6167

Turku

city in the region of Finland Proper, Finland

471km

60.4522.2667
Sights (56)

Norrmalm

urban district in Stockholm, Sweden

0m

59.3333333318.06666667

Stockholm City Theatre

theatre in Stockholm, Sweden

153m

59.332818.06530556

Storkyrkan

Church of Sweden cathedral in Stockholm, Sweden

606m

59.3258333318.07055556

Gamla stan

urban district in Stockholm, Sweden

662m

59.32518.07083333

Stockholm Palace

the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch

664m

59.3269444418.07166667

Södermalm

island and urban district in Stockholm, Sweden

945m

59.3166666718.06666667

Royal Dramatic Theatre

theater in Stockholm, Sweden

1.1km

59.3333333318.07694444

Stockholm City Hall

building of the Municipal Council for the City of Stockholm with the luxury restaurant Stadshuskällaren inside, wherein is the venue of the Nobel Prize banquet

1.3km

59.327518.055

Royal Institute of Art

art school in Stockholm, Sweden

1.9km

59.3244555618.083

Moderna Museet

modern and contemporary art museum in Stockholm, Sweden

1.9km

59.3263888918.08361111

Eriksdalsbadet

1.9km

59.3044444418.07583333

Skeppsholmen

island of Stockholm, Sweden

2.0km

59.3258333318.08416667

Fotografiska

photographic art gallery in Stockholm, Sweden

2.2km

59.3177861118.08472222

Junibacken

museum in Stockholm, Sweden

2.5km

59.3294444418.08888889

Östermalm

urban district in central Stockholm

2.5km

59.337518.08888889

Swedish History Museum

museum with collections of objects from Sweden's antiquity, medieval times and ecclesiastical art

2.6km

59.3347222218.09027778

Hovet

indoor ice hockey venue in Stockholm, Sweden

2.8km

59.2948611118.08194444

Vasa Museum

museum in Stockholm, Sweden

2.8km

59.3279418.09139

Ericsson Globe

indoor ice hockey venue in Stockholm, Sweden

2.9km

59.2935555618.08323611

Gröna Lund

amusement park in Stockholm, Sweden

3.4km

59.3233333318.09666667

Kungsholmen

island in the Lake Mälaren in Stockholm, Sweden

3.7km

59.3333333318.03333333

Söderort

all urban districts south of Årstaviken, Stockholm, Sweden

5.1km

59.2677777818.03472222

Djurgården

island and urban district in Stockholm, Sweden

5.6km

59.32518.11666667

Stockholm International Fairs

building in Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden

6.5km

59.27777818.015278

Friends Arena

Association football stadium in Solna, Sweden

7.7km

59.372518

Lidingö

urban area in Lidingö Municipality, Sweden

9.5km

59.3666666718.15

Nacka

part of Stockholm, Sweden

10km

59.3118.16388889

Nackareservatet

nature reserve in Sweden

11km

59.2822222218.16527778

Västerort

all urban districts west of Tranebergssund, Stockholm, Sweden

17km

59.3563888917.91277778

Drottningholm

urban area in Ekerö Municipality, Sweden

19km

59.3247222217.88888889

Drottningholm Palace

royal palace in Stockholm

20km

59.3216666717.88611111

Rosersberg

urban area in Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden

24km

59.5833333317.88333333

Södertörn

peninsula in Sweden

26km

59.0169917.88637

Ekebyhov Castle

Present Karolian-style main building was built in the late 17th century for Carl Gustav Wrangel and is possibly Sweden's and Europe's largest preserved wooden castle.

28km

59.2827777817.81472222

Ytterby

mine on Resarö, Vaxholm municipality, Stockholm archipelago, Sweden

32km

59.426518.353525

Bornsjön

lake in Salem Municipality, Sweden

34km

59.2417.7565

Roslagen

area in Sweden

39km

59.5248818.4082

Stones of Mora

The place where Swedish kings were elected from the 13th to the 15th centuries, comparable to the more known Scottish Stone of Scone. The stones can be seen in a small inconspicuous hut by the road side.

41km

59.7977777817.78083333

Sigtuna

urban area and former city in Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden

42km

59.6166666717.71666667

Ingarö

island in Värmdö Municipality and the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden

44km

59.2666666718.46666667

Södertälje

urban area in Södertälje Municipality, Sweden

49km

59.1958333317.62805556

Skokloster Castle

Swedish Baroque castle on a peninsula of Lake Mälaren between Stockholm and Uppsala, built in the 17th century by Carl Gustaf Wrangel

53km

59.7030555617.62138889

Upsala-Lenna Jernväg

A heritage railway which stretches from Uppsala Central Station and 33 km (21 mi) east into the Uppsala countryside.

55km

59.8583333317.64861111

Linnaean Garden

The botanical garden was first planted by Olof Rudbeck in 1655, making it the oldest in Sweden. After a period of decline, it was restored and maintained by Carl von Linné and became a major attraction during Linnaeus' own lifetime. In the garden orangery, you can find exhibitions about Linnaeus' successors and disciples. The building in the southern corner of the garden served as the residence of the Linnaeus family between 1743 and 1778. Today, it is a personal museum dedicated to Linnaeus' professional and personal life. Is part of the proposed Linnaean UNESCO World Heritage.

56km

59.8622222217.63388889

University of Uppsala Botanical Garden

The main garden at the university consists of the Baroque garden, the Orangery and the Tropical Greenhouse. It was planted in 1664 as a castle garden, but, in 1787, it was donated to the university.

56km

59.852517.62916667

University Hall (Uppsala University)

Constructed in Italian renaissance Beaux-Arts style and was completed in 1887. Here major university events and occasional public concerts take place. In the hall you will find a café, a shop and a small exhibition about the history of Uppsala University. In the main hall you can also find Uppsala University's comprehensive coin cabinet, but it is only open to the public on special occasions. The controversial aphorism "Tänka fritt är stort men tänka rätt är större" (which translates into "Thinking free is great, but thinking right is greater"), attributed to the 18th century philosophy professor Thomas Thorild, are engraved at the auditorium entrance. The phrase "think right" has been misunderstood as "think as the authorities do". Thorild was however a radical for his time; his aphorism should be read as "think reasonably".

56km

59.8575583317.62944444

Uppsala University

research university in Uppsala, Sweden

56km

59.857517.62888889

Museum of Evolution of Uppsala University

A natural history museum containing the largest fossil collection in Scandinavia. The museum is divided into a paleontological and a zoological section, housed in separate buildings on the same block. Many of the exhibited objects were collected by Linnaeus' apprentices as they traveled around the world. It also exhibits the largest collection of Chinese dinosaurs outside of China.

56km

59.8517.62583333

Uppsala old cemetery

The largest cemetery in Uppsala is a beautiful place for a walk. Notable burials include the national romantic poet and historian Erik Gustaf Geijer; the poet Gustaf Fröding; artists Olof Thunman and Bruno Liljefors; Nobel laureates Kai Siegbahn, Arne Tiselius, Svante Arrhenius and the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dag Hammarskjöld, who died under mysterious circumstances during his tenure as secretary general of the UN.

57km

59.8541666717.62222222

Birka

archaeological site on the island of Björkö in Sweden

57km

59.3361111117.54527778

Valsgärde

At the bank of Fyris River, there is a small moraine hill which does not look like much to the eye. However, it covers one of the most important Viking-era archaeological sites ever excavated. Between the 5th and 11th centuries AD, this site was used as a burial site. Archaeologists have discovered some 90 graves, including 15 lavish boat burials. Since the same site was used continuously for such a long time period, archaeologists use its findings to compare how the same culture developed over time. Today, there are no noticeable remnants at the site. These can be found at the University museum Gustavianum, in central Uppsala. However, you can still visit Valsgärde to appreciate its beautiful landscape and historical atmosphere.

59km

59.9260833317.62633333

Ljusterö

An island in the Stockholm archipelago

62km

59.5258333318.62361111

Adelsö

island in the middle of Lake Mälaren in Sweden

63km

59.3808333317.49611111

Finnhamn

settlement and island in Österåker Municipality and the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden

83km

59.477518.81555556

Mariefred

urban area in Strängnäs Municipality, Sweden

94km

59.2666666717.21666667

Almedalen

urban park

101km

57.6405555618.29083333
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Stockholm

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Stockholm

Stockholm is Sweden's capital and largest city, with nearly a million inhabitants in the city proper, and 2.3 million within Stockholm County. The inner city is made up of 14 islands across Lake Mälaren and three streams into the brackish Baltic Sea, with the Stockholm archipelago with some 24,000 islands, islets and skerries. Over 30% of the city area is made up of waterways, and another 30% is made up of green areas. Air and water are said to be the freshest of any European capital.

Apart from being Sweden's capital, Stockholm houses many national cultural institutions. The Stockholm region is home to three of Sweden's World Heritage Sites – spots judged as invaluable places that belong to all of humanity: The Drottningholm Palace, Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery) and Birka. In 1998, Stockholm was named European Capital of Culture.

After the Ice Age, around 8,000 BC, there were already many people living in what is today the Stockholm area, but as temperatures dropped, inhabitants moved south. Thousands of years later, as the ground thawed, the climate became tolerable and the lands became fertile, people began to migrate back to the North. At the intersection of the Baltic Sea and lake Mälaren is an archipelago site where the Old Town of Stockholm was first built from about 1000 CE by Vikings. They had a positive trade impact on the area because of the trade routes they created.

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