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A 90-Minute Walk around the City Centre

This walk will take you right through the heart of Stockholm,
giving you a chance to browse in the city’s best shops or to
enjoy a coffee and pastry in one of the many cafés you’ll pass.
It also provides a chance to see some of the imposing buildings
that Stockholm has to offer, such as the magnificent Konserthuset
or the architecturally interesting Stadsbiblioteket. The route also
includes a park or two where you can take a break and escape
the bustling streets. 5 Plaque in memory of Olof Palme

ODENGATAN TULEGATAN KARLAVÄGEN

ODENGATAN w MARKVARDSGATAN BIRGER JARLSGATAN
HAGAGATAN
Odenplan S V E A V Ä G E N
ODEN- 0 GYIDÉN- REHNSGATAN
PLAN GATAN
q KUNGSTENSGATAN
OBSERVATORIE- Rådmans-
LUNDEN gatan
RÅDMANSGATAN
9 e DÖBELNSGATAN ERIKSBERGS-
VEGAGATAN
NORRTULLSGATAN
PARKEN
OBSERVATORIEGATAN LUNTMAKARGATAN R U N EBERGS GATAN
UPPLANDSGATAN
7 Strindberg’s study at Strindbergsmuseet KUNGSTENSGATAN TEGNÉRGATAN ERIKSBERGS-
PLAN
Blå Tornet (The Blue Tower), Drottninggatan HOLLÄNDARGATAN Rådmans-
gatan
SALTMÄTARGATAN
Sergels Torg to r IVERSONSG.
TEGNÉRGATAN
Adolf Fredriks Kyrka RÅDMANSGATAN 8 JUTAS BACKE
This walk begins at Sergels Torg HUMLEGÅRDEN
(see p69) 1, a split-level square TEGNÉR- 7
widely regarded as the very LUNDEN 6 S V E A V LUNTMAKARGATAN REGERINGSGATAN
centre of the modern city. It is DROTTNINGGATAN ENGELBREKTS-
PLAN
marked by a tall glass obelisk KAMMAKARGATAN ADOLF DAVID BAGARES GATA GREV TUREGATAN
which is illuminated at night. WALLINGATAN FREDRIKS KYRKOGATA Ä G E N 5 HUMLEGÅRDSGATAN
From this point, take Hötorget BRUNNSGATAN
pedestrianised Sergelgatan to her by the ground OLOF PALMES GATA t KUNGSGATAN y
OLOFSGATAN
north to reach the city’s main floor entrance. STURE-
PLAN
market square, Hötorget (see On the opposite side APELBERGSGATAN
p70) 2, full of vegetables and of Hötorget is the grand 4 Hötorget OXTORGSG. LÄSTMAKARGATAN Östermalms-
torg
flowers for sale. It was in the Konserthuset (see p70) 3, KUNGSGATAN 2 3 JAKOBSBERGSGATAN
PUB department store here in home to the Swedish Royal BIBLIOTEKSGATAN RIDDARDGATAN
the square that film legend Philharmonic Orchestra. In front SERGELGATAN Hötorget MÄSTER SAMUELSGATAN NORRLANDSGATAN
Greta Garbo sold hats in the of Konserthuset stands Carl NYBROGATAN
millinery department; there Mille’s sculpture, Orpheus. Across SMÅLANDSGATAN
is a small exhibition devoted Kungsgatan you will see the Kungshallen
MÄSTER
shopping mall SAMUELSGATAN REGERINGS GATAN NYBRO-
PLAN
4, which also 1 HAMNGATAN KUNGSTRÄD- BERZELI
PARK
contains several T-Centralen GÅRDEN
cafés and
restaurants. From
Kungsgatan turn left
into Sveavägen. At the
junction with Olof
Palmes Gata you will find a
plaque in the pavement that
marks the spot where the
former Swedish Prime Minister,
Olof Palme, was gunned down
in 1986 as he left a nearby
3 The colourful Hötorget market, outside Konserthuset cinema with his wife 5.
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