Eastern Södermalm: Churches, Squares and Lookouts

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Fåfängan

   ~10 min here

   Fåfängan is a lookout with a restaurant and café on a hill near Danviken, at Södermalm’s eastern edge.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Fotografiska

   ~1 hr here

   Fotografiska occupies a former customs house, an Art Nouveau building from 1906 designed by Ferdinand Boberg.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Vita bergen

   ~3 min here

   Vita bergen is a hilly park on Södermalm, and its landscape carries an unexpected secret beneath it.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Medborgarplatsen

   ~3 min here

   Medborgarplatsen is a broad public square on Södermalm, commonly shortened to “Medis.”

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Katarina kyrka

   ~15 min here

   Katarina kyrka is the church you are looking at, rising from Södermalm in Stockholm.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: Gondolen

   ~3 min here

   Gondolen is the restaurant suspended above Södermalm, with views extending across Mälaren, Stockholm’s inlet, Slussen and the inner city.

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