Riddarfjärden
Riddarfjärden is the easternmost bay of Lake Mälaren in central Stockholm. Stockholm was founded in 1252 on an island in the stream where Lake Mälaren drains into the Baltic Sea; today the island is called Stadsholmen and constitutes Stockholm's Old Town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: bay
- Also known as: “Riddarfjarden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stockholm Central Station and Nobel Prize Museum.
Stockholm Central Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stockholm Central Station, is the main railway station in Stockholm, and largest railway station in Sweden in terms of passenger numbers and train traffic.
Nobel Prize Museum
Museum
The Nobel Prize Museum is located in the former Stock Exchange Building on the north side of the square Stortorget in Gamla Stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden.
Riddarholm Church
Church
Photo: Nordelch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Zinkensdamm and Kungsholmen.
Zinkensdamm
Neighborhood
Zinkensdamm is an area and a former manor in Södermalm in the Stockholm City Centre just east of Hornstull. The area was named after Frantz Zinck, who lived on the property for five years in the 1600s, though he never formally owned it.
Kungsholmen
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Kungsholmen is an urban island which makes up the western part of Stockholm's inner city, with the Stockholm City Hall, Stockholms stadshus, as a dominant landmark.
Klara
Neighborhood
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Riddarfjärden
- Categories: fjard and body of water
- Location: Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Riddarfjärden” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ريدارفجاردين”
- Cebuano: “Riddarfjärden”
- Chinese: “騎士灣”
- Danish: “Riddarfjärden”
- Dutch: “Riddarfjärden”
- Estonian: “Riddarfjärden”
- Finnish: “Riddarfjärden”
- French: “Riddarfjärden”
- German: “Riddarfjärden”
- Hebrew: “רידארפיארדן”
- Hungarian: “Riddarfjärden”
- Italian: “Riddarfjärden”
- Japanese: “リッダーフィヨルド”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Riddarfjärden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Riddarfjärden”
- Norwegian: “Riddarfjärden”
- Russian: “Риддарфьярден”
- Slovenian: “Riddarfjärden”
- Spanish: “Riddarfjärden”
- Swedish: “Riddarfjärden”
- Ukrainian: “Ріддарфіарден”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Riddarholmen and Gamla stan.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stadshusparken and Stockholm City Hall.
Stockholm County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Stockholm, Södermalm, Södertälje, and Norrmalm.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Riddarfjärden”. Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.