View from Gustav Adolfs Torg

Facing north: Gustav Adolfs Torg is named after the Gustavus Adolphus monument. The king, Gustav II Adolf (1594-1632), is sitting on his horse, while Clio, the godess of history, is taking dictation from his chancellor Axel Oxenstierna. Behind the statue is the Ministry of Defense.

Facing west: The Swedish Foreign Office is located in the Arvfurstens Palats (palace of the prince royal), a neoclassistic masterpiece originally built in the 1780ies for Sofia Albertina, sister of king Gustav III.

Facing east: The Royal Opera House was built in 1898 on the same spot as the old gustavian opera house, identical in appearance to the Foreign Office across the square. It was in that building that king Gustav III was assassinated during a masquerade in 1792, an event that inspired Guiseppe Verdi to the opera "A masked ball".

There are two interesting museums at the Gustav Adolfs torg; the Museum of Mediterranean Antiquities and the Museum of Dance.

Facing south: From here you also look across the Norrbro bridge with the House of Parliament to the right and the north side of the Royal Palace straight ahead.

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Map of all viewpoints for panoramas. View of Lake Mälaren from Monteliusvägen viewpoint The northern entrance to the Royal Palace Köpmangatan, 'the merchants' street' with antique shops Skeppsbrokajen - the eastern waterfront of the Old Town The southern entrance to the Royal Palace Between the Royal Palace and the Cathedral The guards parade ground of the Royal Palace Inside the Cathedral The Trångsund alley in front of the Cathedral Stortorget - The Great Market of the Old Town Västerlånggatan, the main shopping street of the Old Town Mynttorget, the square between the Parliament and the Old Town Riddarhustorget, thw square in front of the House of Nobility Birger Jarls Torg on the Riddarholmen island showing a.o. the Riddarholmen pant Old Town waterfront facing west, showing the City Hall, Södermalm (the south is Vasabron bridge facing the chancellary, the City Hall, the Supreme Court of Jus Riksbron bridge Gustav Adolfs torg Karl XII torg at the waterfront Kungsträdgården park Norrmalmstorg Square Nybroplan at the Raoul Wallenberg monument Blasieholmen waterfront facing east The Skeppsholmen bridge