Riksbron
Riksbron is an arch bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden, leading from Drottninggatan on Norrmalm 44 metres over to Riksgatan on Helgeandsholmen. The name is derived from the bridge's proximity to several buildings of national importance, including Riksdagen…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kalle1, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nobel Prize Museum and Bonde Palace.
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. Nobel Prize Museum is situated 400 metres southeast of Riksbron.
Bonde Palace
Castle
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bonde Palace is a palace in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden. Located between the House of Knights and the Chancellery House, it is, arguably, the most prominent monument of the era of the Swedish Empire, originally designed… Bonde Palace is situated 220 metres south of Riksbron.
Medelhavsmuseet
Museum
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Medelhavsmuseet is a museum in central Stockholm focused around collections of mainly ancient objects from the Mediterranean area and the Near East. Since 1999 the museum is one of four composing the National Museums of World Culture, Sweden. Medelhavsmuseet is situated 140 metres north of Riksbron.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Klara and Gamla stan.
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.
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.
Riksbron
- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge between Helgeandsholmen and Norrmalm in Stockholm, Sweden
- Categories: road bridge, arch bridge, and transportation
- Location: Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.32821° or 59° 19′ 42″ northLongitude
18.06708° or 18° 4′ 2″ eastElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
9FFW83H8+7ROpenStreetMap ID
way 411977807OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Riksbron” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “國家橋”
- Finnish: “Riksbron”
- French: “Riksbron”
- Korean: “릭스브론”
- Swedish: “Riksbron”
- Turkish: “Riksbron”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Riksbron”. Photo: Kalle1, Public domain.