02 Еrstagatan 1

59.316599, 18.090899 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Cross on the territory of the building
Date on the plaque
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The Ersta church is located on the southern hills of Södermalm island. Originally religious services were held at a local hospital, but soon it became clear that the room was too small. The new church building in the Neo-Gothic style was built in 1872 upon the design of the architect Per Ulrik Stenhammar. The interior was renovated in the late 1960s. Apart from services, music concerts are now held at Ersta kyrka.
04 Prästgatan 78

59.323127, 18.072719 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Memorial plaque on the building
Date on the plaque
28 maj 1853
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The width of the narrowest alley in Stockholm is mere 90 cm. With a stair of 36 steps, the alley was referred to as the Stair street in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its current name appeared on the map as early as in 1733, but it was not until 1949 that it was finally established. Now it is named after Marten Trotzig, the German merchant who immigrated to Sweden in 1581 and bought properties in the alley.
06 Fjällgatan 16

59.317349, 18.084097 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Entrance to the theatre
Number of silhouettes in the windows
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Fjällgatan street is located on a cliff, which height is 27.8 m. It offers a fantastic view of the lake and Stockholm centre. Citizens call it “Stockholm balcony”. Old wooden houses built in the 18th century are preserved on the street.
12 Ludvigsbergsgatan 20

59.319955, 18.054904 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Villa gates
Sign inside the wreath
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The brewery was founded in 1857, but the modern building was built in 1893 after the former one was destroyed in fire. The German beer was brewed here for over a hundred years until 1971 and the brewery was named after the famous Bavarian city of brewers, Munich. Now this building is used for exhibitions and conferences, offering offices, concert and exhibition halls. The city hall is decorated with busts of workers who built this building. Among them is a bust of a person from Munich hall who supplied beer to builders.
13 Alstaviksvägen 13

59.321269, 18.026826 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Image in the window opening
Prisoner’s number
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In the 18th century Queen Christina donated Langholmen Island to the city and the construction of penal colonies started there immediately. From 1724 these were institutions for women who worked in spin-houses and dye-houses. That was because in medieval Sweden prisoners had to pay for their stay in prison for the designated period. In addition, they had to meet performance standards that often were far from being realistic. For this reason period of imprisonment was extended by 1.5 times against the court sentence. In 1825 women were transferred to another place and men were brought to Langholmen. They served their duty at enterprises of Lars Smith, the founder of the famous brand Absolut vodka. In the 20th century the largest Swedish prison for 620 persons was opened on the island. In 1975 it was closed, with some buildings demolished, but the former Royal prison of 1835 was preserved. Now there is a hotel and museum and Langholmen has become a popular recreation area.
15 Tegelviksgatan 22

59.311759, 18.098516 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Model of a bus in the hall
Route number
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The Museum of Public Transport (literally “tram museum”) was founded in the early 20th century. Originally it was a closed museum of a tram company. In the mid 20th century it was opened for general public and in 1990 the museum moved to a new building. The museum exhibits take a floor area of 120х150 m (partly sharing it with the toy museum) and cover over a century of transport development – from horse trams and tram cars to modern subway cars.
17 Intersection of Brännkyrkagatan and Maria Trappgränd

59.319821, 18.066051 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Small public garden at the intersection, a plaque with verses
Author of the verses
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Brännkyrkagatan is the steepest street in Stockholm with a slope of up to 22%. In the early 20th century this feature was used to test brake systems of the first Stockholm vehicles and test skills of claimants of "Kompetensbevis för bilkörning", “driving skills certificate”, a prototype of the modern driving license.
18 Tantogatan 77

59.310664, 18.044969 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Bridge pillar near the indicated address, inscription
King’s name
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Fourteen islands of Stockholm are connected by 57 bridges of different design and purpose, from pedestrian and railway to classic multispan and cable bridges. However by the end of the past century the city developed a dominant tendency in bridge construction - to build high fixed-span bridges that do not hinder maritime, vehicle, public transport or pedestrian traffic. Such bridges even allow citizens and tourists to enjoy wonderful views of the city.
21 Mäster Pers gränd 6

59.312624, 18.08709 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Plaque with the institution name on the fence
Inscription on the plaque
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Historically, dock-yard workers, dockers and common labourers lived on small rural street Mäster Pers Gränd. Most houses that are preserved here have never been renovated. There are no central water supply and sewage systems. Water is in a well and toilet in a yard. Except that electric wiring has been installed.
22 Wooden bridge along the bay near Rackarbacken

59.306047, 18.060365 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Boating club sign on the pier door
Year on the sign
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Country life was borrowed by the Swedes from the Germans more than 100 yeas ago. Garden plots were allotted in Skane province to poor families under privileged conditions enabling them to grow vegetables and fruit for sale. As garden plots transformed from the labour place to the recreation area, country agglomerations appeared in Sweden like in Russia. Stockholm citizens hold garden plots under lease rights. To lease a garden plot of one hundred square meters, one should have a permanent residence in the city. Any construction is prohibited on all leased plots as a lessee obtains a plot with an already built house and a small barn for garden needs. Similar one-storey cottages in country colonies have one or two rooms with garden furniture from the nearest IKEA.
24 Medborgarplatsen 2

59.314308, 18.071775 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Balcony on the first floor level
Number of human figures in the balcony grate decoration
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Medborgarplatsen (literally “Civil square”) is one of the largest squares in Stockholm. It is a common place for holding meetings, 1st May holiday or celebration of local sports clubs. A big public library is located on the square, in winter a skating rink is made and in summer it is turned into a terrace with benches. A like-named subway station is located by the square. It was opened in 1933 as the underground tram stop and in 1950 it was re-equipped as one of the first subway stations.
25 Danviksbron

59.313566, 18.103827 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Sign on the bridge elements
Clearance value for ships
11,8 m
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The question of a new water way from Malaren Lake to Stockholm Gulf came up in the early 20th century: the current gate in the structure of Nils Ericson by Slussen Square for long had been unable to cope with loads and was small for modern ships. A new canal way was laid from Lake Hammarby along the eastern part of Södermalm and a new swing bridge was built over the canal mouth.
26 Brännkyrkagatan 20

59.319742, 18.0642 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Doors of the building
Number of people depicted
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Brännkyrkagatan is the steepest street in Stockholm with a slope of up to 22%. In the early 20th century this feature was used to test brake systems of the first Stockholm vehicles and test skills of claimants of "Kompetensbevis för bilkörning", “driving skills certificate”, a prototype of the modern driving license.
27 Tideliusgatan 16

59.310467, 18.060558 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Number of French balconies on the building
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Guldbröllopshemmet (literally “house of golden wedding anniversary) was built in 1913 by a resolution of city authorities of Stockholm in honor of the 50th wedding anniversary of King Oscar II and Queen Sophia. The building was made in the Art Nouveau style and decorated by French balconies with a very narrow area that can only accomodate a foot. Now the residential home for the elderly people is located in this building.
29 Kornhamnstorg 4

59.322774, 18.070584 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Telephone booths near the building
Number of isolators on the roof
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Telephone services in Stockholm began to be installed in 1877 as the telephone set was demonstrated to King Oscar II. Since Alexander Bell, an inventor of the telephone, did not patent his invention in Sweden, the well-known Lars Magnus Ericsson, a founder of the like-named company, started to manufacture telephone equipment in the same year. However the first public telephone network was launched in 1880 by the Stockholm telephone company of Bell and the rental fee in a 121-user network was 160-280 krones, subject to the distance to a station, which is now equivalent to 10-15 thousand krones. In 1887 there appeared a futuristic telephone tower for 4,000 telephone lines, in 1908 - for 106 thousand users, in 1923 - the first automatic system... Now corded telephones in Sweden are some sort of anachronysm, typical of big offices, let alone with street automatic telephones. These have been forced out by cheap, convenient and publicly available mobile service and the Internet.
32 Söder Mälarstrand 53

59.320842, 18.054893 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Arch in the building
Clearance value
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The brewery was founded in 1857, but the modern building was built in 1893 after the former one was destroyed in fire. The German beer was brewed here for over a hundred years until 1971 and the brewery was named after the famous Bavarian city of brewers, Munich. Now this building is used for exhibitions and conferences, offering offices, concert and exhibition halls. The city hall is decorated with busts of workers who built this building. Among them is a bust of a person from Munich hall who supplied beer to builders.
36 Strömsborg island

59.327104, 18.063074 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Building on the island
Number of spherical lights on the façade facing the Stockholm city hall
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Strömsborg island is a small island in Stockholm centre. For many centuries there were just a few uninhabited cliffs surrounded by hidden pitfalls. When Queen Christina donated the island to her half-brother in 1647, indeed such gift could be regarded a deliberate offence. The island was not honored to be laid down on the map for long. In 1740 the island was bought by the merchant Berge Olofson Ström who built a stone house surrounded by linden trees. The name of island may be derived both from the owner’s surname and Swedish word Strömmen (“stream”). Gradually the island turned into an idyllic place with small houses. However the idyl was gone as there appeared a current palace (in 1895-1897) and two bridges, one in 1872-1878 and the other in the 20th century (1961-1967). The island had been the head-quarters of the Swedish Sports Confederation for long and now it has the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance.
41 Intersection of Högalidsgatan and Bergsunds strand

59.318466, 18.026623 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Reimersholme island information board at the intersection
Modern name of the drink
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Reimersholme Island took its current name in 1798 after the name of the hatter and magistrate Anders Reimers whose property has been preserved on the eastern shore of the island. Reimersholme became part of Stockholm in 1913. In 1860s a wool processing plant was built at which prisoners from one of prisons worked. The plant went bankrupt in 1934 and this place was bought by the housing cooperative association HSB. By the mid 1940s the association built houses in the northern and eastern part of the island. In 1980s the southern part where alcohol production was based turned into a residential area. The island may be accessed by city buses.
54 Fatburs Kvarngata 19

59.313276, 18.060515 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Sculpture near the building
Year on the plaque
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Stockholms södra (“Southern”) station was opened in 1860 and was the terminal railway station that connected Stockholm and Goteborg before the Central Station of Stockholm was built. The current station was opened in 1989. Now it is hidden under ground and a big residential complex has been built at the place of former surface structures.
56 Katarina gångbro

59.318521, 18.073803 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Information boards on the southern side of the bridge, board with the year 1850 on it
Stockholm’s population
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The Katarina lift is a passenger lift built in 1881 as an elevator from the Slussen transportation hub to the Södermalm district. It acquired its current appearance in 1935 during reconstruction of the junction. As subway emerged the elevator became obsolete and the lift turned into a tourist attraction and the bridge between the lift and the mountain top became an observation site. However the lift was closed in 2010 due to unreliable design. According to the recently developed renovation plan the elevator may be put into operation again in 2019.
60 Bromma airport

59.353146, 17.942047 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Image on the terminal façade
Word in the lower right corner
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Bromma Airport was opened in 1936 by King Gustav V. It was the first airport to have paved runways from the start. During World War II Bromma was used by the Swedish and British aviation. When in the early 1960s Stockholm-Arlanda Airport was opened, all international flights were switched there. In 1983 these were followed by domestic airlines. Bromma became the centre of business aviation, general purpose aviation and flight training and it was used for governmental needs as well. After modernization of 2002 and 2005 the airport is again able to accomodate international flights.
64 Lugnets Allé 7

59.301841, 18.102036 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Figures over the ground floor
Number of briefcases
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The design for the speed tram chord that would connect Stockholm suburbs bypassing the city centre appeared in 1998. The first section Tvärbanan, which means “crossroad”, was opened in 2000 and then three more appeared. It is planned to complete construction of the remaining two sections in 2017. When creating this line, almost all possible ways of laying railroad across the city were used such as tunnels, elevated roads, dedicated and combined ways, local railways and a corridor with surface subway.
66 Reimersholme

59.318368, 18.015347 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Monument on the westernmost tip of the island
Number of nuts connecting the monument to its foundation
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Reimersholme Island took its current name in 1798 after the name of the hatter and magistrate Anders Reimers whose property has been preserved on the eastern shore of the island. Reimersholme became part of Stockholm in 1913. In 1860s a wool processing plant was built at which prisoners from one of prisons worked. The plant went bankrupt in 1934 and this place was bought by the housing cooperative association HSB. By the mid 1940s the association built houses in the northern and eastern part of the island. In 1980s the southern part where alcohol production was based turned into a residential area. The island may be accessed by city buses.
68 Ericsson Globen

59.294578, 18.083496 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Monument between Ericsson Globen and Hovet
Number of rings
Historical background
The Ericcson Globe (or simply “Globen” - a globe) is the world’s largest ball-shaped structure with the arena diameter of 85 m, capacity of 16,000 people during concerts and 13,850 people during hockey matches. It is a symbol of the Sun in the Swedish Solar System. It is the world’s largest model of the Solar System with its objects located across Sweden. E.g. terrestrial planets are located in Stockholm and giant planets are located along the Baltic Sea. This is a live installation as new objects are regularly added.
71 Sockenvägen 492

59.279032, 18.098023 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Skogskyrkogården, information board at the northern entrance to Skogskyrkogården
How many times is Skogskyrkogården mentioned?
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In autumn of 1914 an architectural competition for the design of a new cemetery in Enschede in the south of Stockholm was announced. In 1915 the design of young architects of functionalism Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz was chosen. Works started in 1917 in an old borrow area overrun with pine trees. Thus appeared Skogskyrkogården (“forest cemetery”), which amazing serenity had an impact on cemetery designs across the world. In 1994 the cemetery was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Now it is the most visited tourist attraction.
73 Götgatan 105

59.306885, 18.077327 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Inscription made with white paint on the wall
Number of letters “A”
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Götgatan Street is one of the longest streets in Stockholm centre, the main street of Södermalm Island. With its existence since the 12th century, it was named in 1640s as it used to be a part of the old Göt street. The northern part of the street going down the steep hill is for pedestrians. Recently it has become very popular.
74 Mannagrynstorget 2

59.314163, 18.11034 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)

Walls of the building
Number of black lights
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The suburban traffic line Saltsjöbanan was built upon the initiative of and with financial support from the Swedish banker and politician K. A. Wallenberg. The main purpose of the line was to help Stockholm citizens access beaches and recreation areas that evolved around Saltsjöbaden on the shore of the Baltic Sea. The railways were put into operation on the 1st of July 1893. First steam engines were used, but in 1910 gradual electrification was started. The line has not changed much over the past years. It is still mostly single-track with junctions at some stations and there are only two sections of double-track railway in all 18.5 km. Saltsjöbanan is isolated from the Swedish national railway network despite that it was built by the same standard with the track gauge width of 1,435 mm.