Riddarholmen
Riddarholmen is a locality in Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County. Riddarholmen is situated nearby to the neighborhood Klara, as well as near the suburb Skeppsholmen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Riddarholmen and Wrangel Palace.
Riddarholmen
Islet
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Riddarholmen is a small islet in central Stockholm, Sweden. The island forms part of Gamla Stan, the old town, and houses a number of private palaces dating back to the 17th century.
Wrangel Palace
Castle
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Wrangel Palace is a townhouse mansion on Riddarholmen islet in Gamla Stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden.
Riddarholm Church
Church
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Riddarholmen Church is the church of the former medieval Greyfriars Monastery in Stockholm, Sweden. The church serves as the final resting place of most Swedish monarchs.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gamla stan and Stockholm.
Gamla stan
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Gamla stan pronounced gamlaˈstɑːn, the Old Town, also known as Staden mellan broarna is the Old Town in Stockholm, containing genuine cultural heritage, as well as tourist traps.
Stockholm
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Stockholm is Sweden's capital and largest city, with nearly a million inhabitants in the city, and 2.4 million within Stockholm County. The inner city is made up of 14 islands across Lake Mälaren and three streams into the brackish Baltic Sea, with the Stockholm archipelago with some 24,000 islands, islets and skerries.
Klara
Neighborhood
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Klara is a part of lower Norrmalm in the central part of Stockholm. It has its name from Klara Church. Today the name, though not often used in daily speech, has become synonymous with the old city that once occupied lower Norrmalm.
Riddarholmen
- Type: Locality
- Location: Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.3254° or 59° 19′ 31″ northLongitude
18.06273° or 18° 3′ 46″ eastElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
9FFW83G7+53GeoNames ID
2682602
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