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Kungsholmen is an island and administrative district in central Stockholm, sitting west of Norrmalm and Vasastan, north of Riddarfjärden. It is mostly residential — apartment blocks rather than monuments — but its eastern tip carries Stockholm City Hall, and the whole island is served by its own stretch of the metro’s blue line. Where does … Read more

Norrmalm is the district that forms the commercial and administrative core of central Stockholm, on the mainland directly north of Gamla Stan. Much of its historic medieval-era street pattern was demolished between the 1950s and 1970s in a redevelopment programme known as the Norrmalmsregleringen, replaced with modernist office blocks, a new pedestrian square at Sergels … Read more

Östermalm is one of Stockholm’s inner-city districts, occupying the mainland area east of Norrmalm and facing the water toward Djurgården. It was replanned in the second half of the 19th century as a grid of broad, straight streets cut through by diagonal boulevards and a large circular square, replacing an older quarter of barracks, workshops … Read more

Södermalm is Stockholm’s southernmost central district, occupying its own island south of Gamla Stan across the Slussen waterway. It was historically a working-class and industrial area, and since the 1990s has become known for independent shops, converted factory buildings, and a dense, hilly street pattern that sets it apart from the flatter, more formal centre. … Read more

Stockholm’s oldest and most central districts sit on a cluster of islands at the point where Lake Mälaren drains into Saltsjön, the Baltic inlet that reaches into the city. The core group includes Stadsholmen (the heart of Gamla Stan), Riddarholmen, Helgeandsholmen, Kungsholmen, Södermalm, Djurgården, Skeppsholmen and Kastellholmen. The wider municipality also takes in mainland peninsulas … Read more