View from Stortorget (the Great Market)

The Stortorget square (Great Market) is situated in the heart of Old Town, originally the centre of the city of Stockholm.

From this beautiful square small narrow streets and alleys fan out in all directions.

Today, Stortorget is quiet and peaceful but in the medieval times it was a very loud and crowded place of trade.

Facing north: Börsen - the old Stock Exchange. building houses the Nobel Museum on the ground floor.

On the second floor, the chandeliers are looking down on the Swedish Academy. The Academy is meeting every week and also elect the winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Facing east, west and south: Around the square of Stortorget there are several buildings from around 1650s and one dating back to the early part of the16th century. Today there are several nice cafées with great atmosphere around the square, situated in some of the medieval vaulted cellars.

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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