Riddarfjärden

Riddarfjärden is the easternmost bay of in central . Stockholm was founded in 1252 on an island in the stream where Lake Mälaren drains into the Baltic Sea; today the island is called and constitutes Stockholm's Old Town.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay
  • Also known as: “Riddarfjarden”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stockholm Central Station and Nobel Prize Museum.

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, Stockholms centralstation, is 's busiest rail station, in the Norrmalm district of . It is directly connected to the Cityterminalen bus station, the Stockholm City commuter train station and the T-Centralen metro station, with a tram stop.

Museum
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The is located in the former Stock Exchange Building on the north side of the square in , the old town in central , .

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 Zinkensdamm and Kungsholmen.

Neighborhood
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is an area and a former manor in in the Stockholm City Centre just east of . The area was named after Frantz Zinck, who lived on the property for five years in the 1600s, though he never formally owned it.

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is an urban island which makes up the western part of 's inner city, with the Stockholm City Hall, Stockholms stadshus, as a dominant landmark.

Neighborhood
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is a part of lower in the central part of . It has its name from . Today the name, though not often used in daily speech, has become synonymous with the old city that once occupied lower Norrmalm.

Riddarfjärden

Latitude
59.32435° or 59° 19′ 28″ north
Longitude
18.04916° or 18° 2′ 57″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
9FFW82FX+PM
Geo­Names ID
2682605
Wiki­data ID
Q965439
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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.

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