View from Riddarhustorget

Facing northwest: Riddarhuset, the House of Nobility. This magnificent building is considered one of the most beautiful baroque buildings in northern Europe. This is where the Nobility use to meet until the Parliamentary reform in 1866. More than 2,000 escutcherons line the walls of the the Session Hall.

Facing northeast: The Bonde Palace from 1662, today the seat of the Supreme Court.

Facing south: Shopping streets leading into the central parts of the Old Town Island.

Facing west: The Riddarholmen Island with numerous 17th and 18th century mansions used today by branches of government and the judiciary. The Riddarholmen Church from the 1280ies was originally built as a Greyfriar Monastery but serves today as Sweden's Pantheon, burial church for Swedish Kings.
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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