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8 Fotografiska
Stadsgårdshamnen 22. Map 4 C5. Tel
08-509 005 00. @ 2, 3, 53, 76. 
Slussen. Open 9am–11pm daily (Thu–
Sat: to 1am). 8 & 7 = - 0
∑ fotografiska.eu
Housed in a former industrial
Art Nouveau-style building
dating from 1906, Fotografiska
has 5,500 sq m (59,200 sq ft) of
exhibition space and is one the
world’s largest hubs of contem-
po rary photography. World-
renowned names such as Annie
Leibovitz and David LaChapelle Sofia Kyrka and Vita Bergen park with its 18th-century cottages
are represented, alongside
unestablished photographers. 0 Spårvägsmuseet altar fresco by Hilding Linnqvist
Fotografiska also curates four Tegelviksgatan 22. Map 9 F3. with themes from the Old
major exhibitions and 20 smaller Tel 08-686 17 60. @ 53, 55, 66. and New Testaments. The
exhibitions per year. There is an Open 10am–5pm Mon–Fri, interior acquired its present
innovative experiential restau- 11am–4pm Sat & Sun. 8 by appt. & appear ance as part of a major
rant by Paul Svensson, and 7 = - ∑ sparvagsmuseet.sl.se renovation in the early 1980s,
the top-floor café offers one of when the layout of the church
Stockholm’s best viewing points. The Tram Museum, Spårvägs- was radically altered.
museet, covers the develop-
ment of the Stockholm public
9 Fåfängan transport system, SL, from the w Vita Bergen
Map 6 A5. @ 53. - J horse-drawn buses of the 19th Map 9 F3. @ 2, 3, 66, 76.
century to today’s high-tech
Fåfängan, at Södermalm’s underground trains. Visitors can Vita Bergen (White Moun tains)
most easterly point, provides a try out old and new trams and is best known as a park, largely
grand stand view of the boats buses for comfort and can because of Swedish TV
using Stockholm’s harbour. experience a driver’s-eye view broadcasts from its open-air
The hill and its park were of the city traffic on film. theatre. But it is more than
given the name Fåfängan in the just a park. Houses for workers
1770s. The wholesale merchant at Söder’s harbours and
Fredrik Lundin owned the area q Sofia Kyrka factories were built on and
at that time, and he built a Vitabergsparken. Map 9 F3. Tel 08- around the hill top in the 18th
pavilion, which still stands on 615 31 00. @ 3, 4, 76. Open 11am– century. They were simple
the hilltop in a square garden 5pm daily. 5 6:30pm Thu, 11am Sun. homes, often with a small
filled with flowerbeds. The word 8 by appt. 7 = Concerts 3pm Sat. garden and surrounded by a
“Fåfängan” (“Vanity”) origin ally ∑ svenskakyrkan.se fence. In 1736 the building of
denoted an area of land that new wooden houses was
was not worth using. But in High up on Vita Bergen, forbid den because of the fire
Stockholm it has a special surrounded by a leafy green park, risk, but the slum districts were
meaning: “The pavilion on the is Sofia Kyrka, named after Oscar exempted. As a result, areas
hilltop with a marvellous view.” II’s consort and built in 1902–6. such as Bergsprängargränd still
It is a delightful place for a coffee The 35-year-old architect have houses that have retained
break while exploring Söder. Gustaf Hermansson, who had their original character and give
already designed several a good idea of life in bygone days.
churches, including Around 1900, when Sofia
Oscars kyrkan at Kyrka was built, the area was
Östermalm, created a turned into a leafy hillside park.
monumental design This was complemented to the
with both National east by an area of allotment-
Romantic and Gothic garden cottages. Towards
influences and tall spires. Malmgårdsvägen is the 300- year-
Three windows by old Werner Groen Malmgård
Olle Hjortzberg are all (suburban mansion). The park
that remain of the has a bronze statue, Elsa Borg
original decorations. The (1972), by Astri Bergman Taube,
Horse-drawn tram from the 1890s on early 1950s saw the wife of the great troubadour
display in Spårvägsmuseet addition of the large Evert Taube (see p59).

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