The back story
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Area guide
Gamla Stan: the back story
The old town on its island: the Royal Palace, Stortorget and the Nobel Prize Museum, the cathedral, Riddarholmen and Den Gyldene Freden.
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Gamla Stan: Our Favourites
The Royal Palace, Stortorget and the Nobel Prize Museum, the cathedral, Riddarholmen and Den Gyldene Freden.
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What to see and do
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The King’s official residence
The Royal Palace
The King’s official residence at the head of Gamla Stan: the Royal Apartments, the Treasury with the regalia, and the Museum Tre Kronor.
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The burial church of the kings
Riddarholmen Church
Stockholm’s only preserved medieval abbey, the burial church of Sweden’s monarchs.
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On Stortorget
The Nobel Prize Museum
The museum of the Nobel Prize and its laureates, on Stortorget in Gamla Stan.
Stortorget 2, StockholmExplore View on map
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Beside the palace
Stockholm Cathedral (Storkyrkan)
The cathedral church of Stockholm, beside the Royal Palace in Gamla Stan.
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The Royal Armoury
Livrustkammaren
The museum of Sweden’s royal history, on Slottsbacken by the Royal Palace.
Slottsbacken 3, 111 30 StockholmExplore View on map
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The old town
Gamla Stan: Stortorget to Riddarholmen
From Stortorget and the Nobel Prize Museum to the Royal Palace and Riddarholmen Church.
Where to eat
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MICHELIN Guide selection
Leijontornet
European cooking on Lilla Nygatan, Gamla Stan. MICHELIN Guide selection (2026).
Lilla Nygatan 5, 111 28 StockholmExplore View on map
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Stockholm classic
Den Gyldene Freden
Classic Swedish cooking in Gamla Stan since 1722, in the house’s own words, with a julbord in December.
Österlånggatan 51, 111 31 StockholmExplore View on map
Where to stay
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On Skeppsbron
Hôtel Reisen
The waterfront hotel on Skeppsbron in Gamla Stan, now part of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt.
Skeppsbron 12, 111 30 StockholmExplore View on map
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