Norrmalm

Norrmalm is the district, north of Mälaren (norr=north), there the city center is situated. It is the most shopping oriented and commercial district with
many department stores and companies and many of the most famous buildings and squares are situated here. The central station there we arrived is
also on Norrmalm. The western part of Norrmalm is called Vasastaden and have a more residential feeling.

The gate to Norrmalm and Drottninggatan that goes through Riksdagshuset.

Towards Gustav Adolfs Torg with Jakobskyrkan, Kungliga Operan (the Royal Opera) with the famous Operakällaren.

Sagerska Palatset (The Sager House) in the middle is the residence of the prime minister. One of several beautiful exteriors near Gustav Adolfs Torg.

Drottninggatan is one of Stockholm’s main streets. It has some nice buildings and stores, but feels a bit stiff. To the left is Rosenbad (the prime minister’s residence).

Rosenbad. The Swedish Government house (Regeringshuset), that houses the prime minister's
office. It was completed in 1902 and was drawn by Ferdinand Broberg and is inspired by
late gothic venetian palaces.

A store to go before the concert!

Sergel Plaza, a huge mixed-use building complex in silver at Drottninggatan.

Sergels Torg, perhaps the most famous square in Sweden. It looks cool in some way, when TV is broadcasting modern views from Stockholm, they often show Sergels Torg.

Sergels Torg has many problems with drug addicts. And many people dislike the way the square were rebuilt in the 60s, so there are serious plans to redevelop it.

“Plattan”, is what this problematic place at Sergels Torg is called. The building with the clock is the large department store Åhléns City. Many TV shows take place here.

The glass pillar by Edvin Öhrström is 37m high and was erected in 1974. Hötorgsskraporna is the name of the 5 so called “skyscrapers” situated between Sergels Torg
and Hötorget. They are not really tall though, just 61m tall each.

Hötorgsskraporna are the most significant highrises downtown. They were built in 1962. Despite having just 19 floors, many people still think they are too tall for downtown
Stockholm. May be it is the modernist design they don’t like.

Sergels torg from above. What surprised me was that it looks much smaller in reality than on photos like this.
This is an old photo from 2003.'

Sankta Klara Kyrka (S:ta Clara Church) seen from Sergels Torg with Kulturhuset (a cultural complex) to the left. Klara Kyrka is 116m tall and was completed in 1590.
It is Sweden’s tallest church since 1888.

Klarakyrkan(Sankta Klara Church).
Today it is hidden behind an ugly Scandic Hotel to the right and another ugly building, so it is unfortunately
hard to see the whole church . This was the first photo on our2003 trip, taken from Vasagatan, that also
was the first street we walked on.

Hamngatan with one of the new tram lines. NK to the left and Gallerian shopping center to the right.

NK on Hamngatan is Sweden’s largest and most exclusive department store. I visited it in 2003. The politican Anna Lindh was stabbed to death here in 2001.

Norrmalmstorg. Famous for the bank robbery “Norrmalmstorg drama” in the 1960s that lead to the new expression “Stockholm syndrome”.

Hötorget. Hötorgsskarporna are situated between Hötorget and Sergels torg. To the left is the light blue
concert hall in classic style and to the right is central Stockholm´s largest cinema. To the far right(not visible)
is the famous department store PUB.


The crossing Olof Palmes gata/Sveavägen. This is
where Sweden´s prime minister Olof Palmes got
murdered in 1986. It is very close to Sergels torg.

World Trade Center. When you come to the central station, it is hard to avoid walking through WTC:s light
and modern atrium with glass enclosed elevators. That is because WTC is integrated with the central station,
the buss terminal and T-centralen(the hub of the subways lines). You can enter or exit this hugh complex on
different street levels.

VASASTADEN:

In Vasastaden two of Stockholm´s very few parks are situated: Vasaparken and Observatorielunden.

Odensplan. The church is Vasakyrkan.

Stadsbiblioteket, Stockholm´s municipal library, was drawn by Gunnar Asplund,
a relative to my girlfriend. It is not very large, but its exterior is classic and elegant.

Sveavägen. In the distance you can see Wenner-Gren Center in the north end
of Norrmalm.

Wenner Gren Center (84m, 25 floors, built 1961) to the left seen from the highway, approaching from the north.