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As a project, we (Rebecca, Sofia and Beatrice at Stockholms Fria Gymnasium) have created a guidebook to Stockholm. So if you want to visit our capital, feel free to read our guide book where we have gathered some tips on fun things to do during your visit.

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- a guide to Stockholm

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The three of us are seniors at the school Stockholms Fria High School and this year, where we major in language. This year we have made a guidebook to Stockholm, one in Swedish and in English, as a school project. The aim was to provide young people with limited resources an opportunity to have access to a guidebook. Both our guidebooks are on the internet and is absolutely free. For simplicity, we chose to connect guide books to the Stockholm subway system. The reason is to make it easier to locate and get to everything that appears in ourour books. Our goal has been to spread our project to as many people as pos-sible through for instance Facebook and travel forums. This is our final product and we would feel much proud if you could use it in any way!

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Stockholm’s subway was ordained on October 1st in 1950 and it is the only subway you can find in Sweden and 75% of all the stations are located outside of the inner city.

TheThe subway is divided into three different lines: the red line, the green line and the blue line. Although they didn’t decide to do the division of the lines until the 1990s. The total length of the whole subway, with all the lines included, is about 110 kilmetres.about 110 kilmetres.

The subway in Stockholm has got 90 stations. Every station is in one way or another related to art which makes the metro in this town one of the longest art exhibi-tions in the whole world. At Råd-mansgatan you can find pictures on August Strindberg while Skan-stull offers art films. SL’s* art exhibi-tions has existed since the 1950s and there you can find art that is made of ceramics, steel, glass and concrete.

The subway is very frequent and you never have to wait long. That is because the travelers are sup-posed to go from one place to another in a very short amount of time. It always takes less than 10 minutes for the next train to arrive andand in the inner city the pass by even more often (about every other minute or every five min-utes). The whole idea with the subway is to connect the central parts of Stockholm with the sub-urbs.

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The station Sankt Eriksplan is located in Vasastaden. The green line pass by this sta-tion. The station got its name in 1885, and it is named after Stockholm’s patron saint, Erik the saint (he was the king of Sweden and died in 1160). The station was opened on the 26th of October 1952 as station number 20.

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In the nearby area of Sankt Eriksplan you can find many shops. And if you are in the mood there is a bowling alley, named Birka Bowling. The alley can be found on Birkagatan. Väster-malmsgallerian is a shoppingmall with direct connection to the under-ground. The doors was opened the 23 of august 2002 for the first time, and is the only shopping mall on Kungsholmen. The main entrance is located in the crossing of the streets St:Eriksgatan/Fleminggatan.

To get to Västermalmsgallerian from Sankt Eriksplan, walk on the street Sankt Eriksgatan, across the bridge and keep going on Sankt Eriksgatan until you get to street Fleminggatan.InIn direction to Odenplan is a park called Vasaparken, here the kids can play, there are nice lawns for picnics and in the crossing of streets Dalagatan and Odengatan you can find a miniature golf course and a small outside café which is open during the summer. during the summer.

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Officially Odenplan got its name in 1925. Oden was the head chief in the world of Gods in Scandinavian mythology. Between 1958-70 this station was the terminus for lines 11 and 19. the station was opened on 26 of October 1952 as station numbernumber 19. From april 1963 to 1989 the tramcar musem could be found here, but now it can be found in Danvikstull. The station is located in Vasastaden.

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Around Odenplan you can find som shops, for example an Åhléns store and a bookstore called Akademi-bokhandeln. In the streets around Odenplan there are quite a lot of small shops, street Upplandsgatan is an example on a street with som an-tique shop. From Odenplan you can just walk straight ahead along Odengatan where you can find more stores. This is another area with a few antique shops. In the crossing of Odengatan/Sveavägen you will find The Hard Rock Café.

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The station Rådmansgatan is the only station with a street name. The station was opened on the 26 of October 1952 as station number 18. the green line pass this station. The station is located in Vasastaden. Rådmansgatan is named after the citycity court judge Nils Nilsson Empor-agrius who lived between 1607 and 1681, he was the freeholder of number 70. the street name became official in 1885. Art in this station is enamel work with August Stringberg, the artist is Sture V Nilsson, 1983.

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From Rådmansgatan station you can go shopping in the stores along Sveavä-gen. You can choose to either walk towards Odengatan or towards Hötorget. At one of the entrances you can find Stockholms city library, the architect is Gunnar Asplund. He also planned the park next to the library, this park is called Observa-torielunden. Sveavägen is a street with quite a lot of traffic, so if you want to avoid heavy traffic, this is not the place for you.

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Hötorget is a station located in Nor-rmalm. The station was opened on the 26 of October 1952 as station number 17.

Until November 24th 1957 the sta-tion was called Kungsgatan. From 1952 this station was the terminus for line 11 to Vällingby. Art on this sta-tion is neon lights in the ceiling by the artist Gun Gordillo, 1998.

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Hötorget is supposed to have a geographic past from the days of Magnus III Barnlock, (Magnus Ladulås), who lived in the eleventh century. But it got its name first 1644 and a part from many other squares in Stockholm this one got to keep its name. name.

During the 1670’s Hötorget got stone coating. The haymarket remained at Hötorget until 1856 when it was moved to Norrmalm-storg.

The first Hötorgshallen – a market hall – was built between the years 1880 and 1884. this market hall was demolished in 1953 and the new market hall was built in the same place. In 1958 the new market hall was ready for inauguration.

Kungshallen was opened on De-cember 1st 1995. it contains 15 res-taurants and over 800 seats. The house where Kungshallen is located was inaugurated in 1937.

Sergelgatan is a shoppingstreet with many stores, perfect for a shopping-day.

Close to Sergelgatan is the depart-ment store PUB. PUB was created in 1882 by Paul U Bergström. PUB is the oldest department store in Stock-holm.

Another good shoppingstreet is Kungsgatan towards Stureplan. Down this street you can find many different types of stores, clothes, electronics, cafés. If you are in the mood for a movie there are two cin-emas on this street, the Saga and

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T-Centralen was ordained on No-vember 24th in 1957 by the king Gustaf VI Adolf. The station is counted as the largest and busiest subway station in Stockholm, which is not really that surprising given that this station is the "core" of the subwaysubway system. It is here that all subway lines meet. Approximately 161 000 passengers traveling from the T-Center each day proving how busy the station is.

From the beginning the terminal was named only Centralen (“The Central”) but you added a “t” (Subway is called “tunnelbana” in Swedish, therefore the “t”) because you didn’t want to confuse the subway station with the actually CentralCentral station that is located on the same spot.

The terminal has got three different floors and the top two floors are located about 8,5 metres and 14 metres underground. The lowest floor is placed somewhere between 26-32 metres underground and that is where you can find the blue line.

ThereThere are several different Swedish artists that have designed the inte-rior of T-Centralen. Jörgen Fogelquist, Vera Nilsson, Erland Mel-anton and Anders Österlin among others have contributed with their own artwork.

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Åhléns was created in Insjön in Dalarna in 1899 by Johan Petter Åhlén and Erik Holm. Since the be-ginning Åhléns has sold goods in fashion, beauty, interior decoration and media. And since the 1930’s to the 1990’s they also sell provisions.

1915 the business moved to Stock-holm. Åhléns city at T-centralen was inaugurated in 1964.

In the area around T-centralen you can do a lot of shopping. Why not take a walk on street Drottning-gatan. Here you can find all sorts of things, for example there are three H&M stores here. And if your wallet is a bit empty you can always go win-dowshopping. Along this street there are also many nice restau-rants and cafés.

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Both the green and the red line pass by this station. The station was opened on the 24 of November 1957 as station number 39. this sta-tion is an outdoors station. The plat-forms are divided on north/southgoing trains. The art works on this station are cement mosaic, ”Vädersolsmotiv”, made by the artist Göran Dahl, 1998 and fence by Britta Carlström, 1998.

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In Gamla Stan you can find a lot of cute stores along Västerlånggatan. Here you can find many souvenir-shops, perfect if you want to buy something to remember of Stock-holm. On this street you can find a few jewellery stores. On Västerlånggatan there is also an ice-cream parlour, where they make their own waffles. Also on Västerlånggatan you will find an entrance to the alley Gåsgränd, the thing it is special for is the small entrance, which makes it a popular photo object.

Storkyrkan in Gamla Stan where the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling takes place in summer 2010.

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Both the green and the red line pass by this station. The station was opened on 1 October 1950 as sta-tion number 1. the station is located on Södermalm. It was on this station that the first underground line in Stockholm was inaugurated, line numbernumber 18 to Hökarängen. The inauguration took place on Sunday the 1 of October 1950. up until the 24 of November 1957 Slussen was the terminus for lines 18 and 19, but were then connected to the west-ern underground and they got continuous traffic. Art on this station is lattice work, screens, wall décor etc. the artists are Aston Forsberg, Birger Forsberg, Harald Lyth, Sune Fogde och Bernt Rafael Sundberg.

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From Slussen you can take a walk on Götgatan, it is a steep hill and when you get to the top there are many shops and nice cafés. For example here you can find The Body Shop and Miss Sixty. If you walk this street from Slussen you will end up on Medborgarplatsen. Carl-Mikael Bellman used to live near Slussen, on Urvädersgränd. He lived in the 18th century. He is one of Swedens greatest writers.

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The station was opened on the 1 of October 1950 as station number 2. the station is located on Söder-malm. From the beginning the area around the station was called Södra Bantorget. But the square and station was renamed toto Medborgarplatsen on the 17th of December 1940. some of the older people in the community still hasn’t accepted this name. The station was modernized in 1950 by installing an escalator. Art on the station are paintwork of pillars and wallswalls by Gunnar Söderström, 1979 and ceramic wall décor and floor mosaic by Mari Pårup, 1997.

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Here in Medborgarplatsen you can go shopping in Söderhallarna, which partly consist of a market hall and partly of some other shops for example The English shop. Where you can buy for example English literature and EnglishEnglish food. At Medborgarplat-sen you will find the mosque of Stockholm.

If you are in the mood for more shopping then Skrapan, a mall, is perfect for you, it is situated on street Götgatan 78. here you can find Tshirt Store, a shoe store called Scorett and Levi’s Store, among others. All along street GötgatanGötgatan you will find all kind of shops, perfect for shopping or a walk and maybe some window-shopping.

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At first the station was a tramsta-tion. The station was opened on the 1 of October 1950 as station number 3. this station can be found in Södermalm. Originally this station was named Ringvägen, but was renamed to Skanstull on the 1 of October 1950 in connection with the first metro line, number 18. art which you can find on this station are painted clowns and pillars by the artist Gunnar Söderström, 1980. Gunnar Söderström, 1980.

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The shopping centre Ringen was opened in 1982. Ringen contains more than 40 shops, restaurants and additional services. Here you can for example find a H&M, for the kids a toyshop called BR. If you are in the mood of working out you can find a training centre called Friskis och svettis. Buses and underground is very close to the mall. Across the street of Ringen you can find an Åhléns department store.

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Bergianska trädgårdenTo enjoy visiting Bergianska Trädgården (the Botanic Garden) in Stockholm, you must not be inter-ested in gardening, because this is also a pure experience of beauty. The garden dates back from the 1700s, the garden at its current locationlocation was founded in 1885 and has many different environments from different parts of the world. In the park there are also two large greenhouses that are available to the public, “Edvard Andersons me-delhavsväxthus” (Edward Anderson's Mediterranean green-house) and “Victoriahuset” (Victoria Hall).

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Cosmonova has a large dome-shaped screen where you can see amazing 3D movies on all the museum's area of expertise. These films are incredibly interesting for both large and small, but they func-tion primarily as a great way for young children to learn about differ-ent processes and events on earth and in the universe. There are sev-eral different movies and they are suitable for different age groups, if want to know more about the movies, you can find them all on the website and read about contents, prices and so on.

The Swedish Museum of Natural History and Cosmonova offers a unique environment for both large and small. The Swedish Museum of Natural History has many interest-ing exhibits about the history of science, so if you want to learn moremore about the universe and life of both nature and humans, this is a place for you.

The Swedish Museum of Natural History & Cosmonova

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Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) is a university in Stockholm which was founded in 1827 and today it is the largest technical college in Sweden. It is also the oldest techni-cal university in Sweden and has a beautiful campus, consisting of manymany architecturally beautiful buildings, which today is land-marked. The school moved to the campus in norra Djurgården in 1917, but today the activity is spread to many different locations in the county.

Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan

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Just next to the university, you can find the large and airy outdoor area Lilljans-skogen. It's easy to find peace and quiet here, sit down for a while and have a picknick (By the way, it’s always good to remember that in Sweden you are not allowed to drink any alcohol in parks and such). If you want to go for a good walk there are a lot of good paths or you can go wild and walk freely around the forest.

Lilljans-skogen

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The Olympic Stadium in Stockholm (Stockholms Olympiastadion), or Stadion that it’s usually called, was built for the Summer Olympics in Stockholm in 1912. The stadium was designed by Torben Grut and the final sum became 1 187 880 swedish kronor. swedish kronor.

The Olympic Games lasted from 5 May to 27 July 1912 and it was the last time we had the Olympics in Sweden and we will probably never get them again.

Stadion27 nations and more than 2 500 athletes took part and over all the games was a huge success for Sweden as a country and the games ended up being very important for the development of Swedes interests in sports.

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Today you can see, in particular football matches and athletics here. Stadion has been home ground for many different football clubs through the years and now the team Djurgårdens IF, one of the bigger football clubs in Stock-holm,holm, rules the ground here. In summer, it is not unusual with major concerts here, for example Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay have played here.

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If you want to take a lovely walk you can go to metro station Gärdet. This station is a must if the weather is good during your stay. From here you can cross the field and walk down to the canal Djurgårdskanalen, which sepa-ratesrates norra Djurgården from the royal island Djurgården.

The canal was completed in 1834 and was built in particular to create a finer nature of the place, but also to make it easier for ships coming to trade. Today it is a very popular place to exercise among people living in the city.

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In addition to a rustic atmosphere with nice surroundings in the middle of the city, there is much to discover here. On the way to the island Djurgården you for instance can pass by Kaknästornet, a tower that has a restaurant at 155 metersmeters with a wonderful view of Stockholm.

All over the island, there are also several museums, including the castle-like Nordiska Museet and the popular Vasa Museum, which contains the salvaged ship Vasa. You can also find the zoo Skansen and the amusement park Gröna Lund on the island.Lund on the island.

Royal Island Djurgården

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If you happen to be passing by here, you should really stop at the movie store Buylando, which is right by the subway station Kar-laplan.Buylando is a chain with several stores in Stockholm, the store is very nice and three catchwords would be good service, reason-able prices and a wide selection of movies, series- and movie boxes, and CDs.

Buylando

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Visit the Museum of National An-tiquities (Historiska Museet) if you want to learn more about Swedish history and traditions. Permanent exhibits include "Prehistory", "Gold Room" and “Vikings” in the latter example, you can learn the true storystory about the vikings, the most famous swedish explorers through all times.

Historiska Museet

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Royal Dramatic TheatreRoyal Dramatic Theatre, com-monly known as Dramaten is a theater located at Nybroplan in Stockholm. It was founded by King Gustav III at the end of the 18th century.

The theater has six scenes, that are located in different buildings around this part of Stockholm.For instance Ingmar Bergman has been the drama director here, that was between 1963 and 1966,thethe current manager is Marie-Louise Ekman and she has been so since 2009.

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Östermalmshallen

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It is in the station t-centralen, that all public transport are bound together. From here you can take both, subway, a large number of buses and at the central station, right down the street, you can take the suburban trains.

InIn the near future the tram net-work will also get bigger, in the spring of 2010, work began on the new Spårväg City and the first part will go from Sergelstorg to Waldermarsudde on the island Djurgården.

If you feel like seeing a film some-time during your visit then the cinema right by the station t-centralen, Filmstaden Sergel, is perfect for you. It is one of the bigger ones in the Stockholm area and it has 14 exhibition rooms and 2.667 seats, so here there is always room.

Filmstaden Sergel

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Stockholms StadsteaterAt the theater Stockholms Stadste-ater, right next to Sergels torg, you can see many different produc-tions. The minimum scene, Bryg-gan, holds about 60 people and the largest, Stora scenen, seats about 700 people!

To find out if the theater right now is showing a play that attracts you, visit the website you will find here below!

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Stockholm and is situated on that the city was built on. Stock-holm was founded in the 1200s and Gamla Stan is the original city.

During the 1600s a lot of the build-ings were demolished and gave room for the more modern and beautiful buildings, such as the nice buildings on Skeppsbron (the buildings closest to the water on the left hand side of the Royal Palace).Palace). Many facades have been renovated and rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries, but the houses are still very similar to the style.

Gamla Stan is the oldest part of Stadsholmen, one of the 14 islands

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It is also a district that is like no other, all streets, or alleys, are narrow and the houses are small and old. To walk in heels in the Old Town is also no easy mission, since all the streets are built with cobblestones.

HereHere you can join a historic ghost walk that will lead you through the old cobblestone streets, that are so very characteristic for this part of Stockholm. You will get a good view of all famous and less famous streets whilst you hear stories and famousfamous anecdotes about this, the oldest part of Stockholm.

Ghost Walk

Fun facts:The narrowest alley in Gamla Stan is called Mårten Trotzigs Gränd and is at its narrowest point only 90 cm wide.

TheThe alley is between the streets Prästgatan and Västerlånggatan and was for about 100 years closed to the public, but reopened in 1945.

TheThe alley is named after the German merchant Mårten Traubtzich who was active in Stockholm around the turn of 1500/1600 and owned property in the alley.

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“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, “The Girl Who Played with Fire” and “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest” - are the names of the three novels in the famous Millennium trilogy written by the Swedish jour-nalist and writer Stieg Larsson. The districtdistrict Södermalm in Stockholm is where most of the action takes place and around the heights of Södermalm you can follow in the footsteps of the main characters Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist's. Take a guided tour or buybuy a map to walk by yourself. Both tour tickets and maps are to be pur-chased at the Stockholm City Museum, right by the square Söder-malmstorg.

Walk in the footsteps of Stieg Larsson

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Right by the lock Slussen the 38 meters high elevator Katarinahis-sen is located. The original eleva-tor was built in the 1880s and became a shortcut between the lock and Södermalms high alti-tudes. In the early 1930s, the old elevator was demolished, in that the entire lock plan would be rebuilt. The current elevator was inaugurated by King Gustav V in 1935.

Up on the bridge, leading from the elevator to Catherine Hall, you get a fantastic view over the islands Old Town, Skeppsholmen and Djurgården. Would you rather sit down and have a glass of wine or a bite to eat whilst you enjoy thethe view, you can visit Eric's Gon-dolen, a restaurant and bar located just below the bridge.

Katarinahissen & Gondolen

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Folkoperan

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The comic paper shop Staffars Serier at Bellmansgatan in the dis-trict Södermalm has, among other things, been named "Sweden's best series shop" by Martin Keller-man at Rocky Magazine.

So to a true comic paper fan this is a fun spot to visit.

Staffars serier

Right by this station you find street Hornsgatan that’s full of life and movement. Along the street there are many small, odd shops and there are also several second hand stores. Here you can wander around and manage to find somethingsomething unexpected, for instance a specialist in fashion-able dance clothes or a store with a huge selection of silk ribbons.

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Fridhemsplan consists of two semi-detached station components: the green and the blue line. The station is located about 18 and 30 metres under the ground.

Some of the art you can find on this station is contributed by Ingegerd Möller. Most of the artwork are connected to the beach because there there are glass cases that contains boats and jetsam from Bohuslän.

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KronobergsparkenThis park was constucted in the year 1866 and before then it was called Krono-berget. And this older name was something the park kept until 1962 before changing it to Kronobergsparken. The park is mainly a high hill and the top point is 40 metres high.

In the neighbourhood you can find a Baptist church, Stockholm’s station house and the jail Kronobergshäktet. There is also a Jewish graveyard near the park where the first Jews who settled down in Sweden were buried. In 1938 the first playground was contructed and it’s placed in the park. Today it is a perfect place for the young ones.

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This station is located 27 metres under the ground and it’s placed approximately between Agne-gatan, Bergsgatan and Kungsklip-pan. The decorations you can find on the station is created by the artist Sigvard Olsson. The decorations are a mixture of art and jocu-lar details from Kungsholmen’s history that Sigvard specialized in at the station in Rådhuset.

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Stockholm’s Court house is located in Kungsholmen and is where the Stockholm District Court has its headquarters. The building was completed in 1915 and was ordained by King Gustaf V and the princes Carl and Eugen. The house waswas drawn by the architect Carl Westman. The Town Hall is seen as one of the key buildings within the Swedish National Romanesque architecture and is counted as a important historic building.

The Court house is filled with artistic decorations. It was mostly the sculp-tor Gustaf Sandberg who worked there but his brother Aron Sandberg contributed as well. Gustaf built different things, such as the big entrance hall “Valans pelare” that is carvedcarved in granite. He also made the main portal S:t Erik while his brother Aaron designed the façade of some sculptures.

On June 5th in 2008 there was a fire on the third floor. The fire was fully developed and the whole floor was destroyed.

The court house

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The city hall in Stockholm is counted as one of Sweden’s most former constructions in the National Roman spirit. The building was drawn by the architect Ragnar Östberg and was ordained in 1923.

TheThe city hall is made of 8 million bricks and the high tower is about 106 meters tall. At the top of this tower there are three crowns which is the Swedish national coat of arms. Behind the facade of the building there are rooms for offices and con-ferenceference rooms which mostly politi-cians use. In the city hall there are also amazing festive halls and of course very unique artwork.

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o There is a room called the Råds-salen (Council room) where Stockholm’s city council meets every three weeks. The hall is 19 metres high and the roof’s design and inspirations comes from the Viking age. The public gallery that is mademade for visitors has got room for up to 200 people.

o The City hall’s honorary entrance is placed in De hundrades valv, “the vault of the hundred”, and leads directly to the festive floor. The ear-lier mention of the high tower is located in this room and the name

De hundrades valv comes from the one hundred vaults that is placed in the roof. The vaults symbolize the city council’s member from the year 1923.

oo The next room is called Ovala Rummet (the Oval) and this hall has gotten its name from its oval shape. The wallpapers from Tureholm are more than 300 years old and they were braided in Beauvais in France.InIn the Oval you usually perform wedding ceremonies every Satur-day.

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The station Kungsträdgården is placed under Jakobsgatan, Jakobs kyrka and Arsenalsgatan. The subway station was created on October 30th in 1977 and it’s located approximately 34 metres underground.

TheThe artist Ulrik Samuelson has de-signed the station and he got his inspiration from the early palaces that once upon a time were located near Kungsträdgården. The actual floor in the terminal is made of “terrazzo” which is a kind ofof stone. Between the platforms there is a statue that is shaped as a war god. The stature was earlier placed on the roof of Riddarhuset.

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The Royal Palace is counted as one of Europe’s biggest castles. It is the largest castle in the world that is still being used by a king. The castle is built in a classic Italian baroque style by the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. TheThe palace has got 605 rooms on seven floors. The so-called state-rooms are located outwards while the smaller accommodation rooms are placed inwards near the castle courtyard.

The building is partly built by the remains of the old castle Tre Kronor but in 1697 it got destroyed by a fire. The new version was completed in 1754 and Adolf Fredrik and his wife Lovisa Ulrika were the first royal couple to move in.move in.

It is especially during the holiday periods that the tourists gather around the castle and many tour-ist boats park right outside of the building. There are many tourist attractions for the visitors see here. Besides for the reception rooms therethere are also three museums (for example Gustav III’s museum of antiques) with a royal background that depicts the castle’s medieval history. Tourists have also got the possibility to witness the changing of the guards that occurs daily.

Today there are about 45 soldiers that guards the king and the castle at all hours. These soldiers are from the Main guard who has been at the castle since 1523. It was until the nineteenth century that the Main guard consisted about 100-200 men.about 100-200 men.

The Royal Palace

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Beatrice Jansson, Sofia Åke, Rebecca Rosell. 2010