Sofia
Sofia is a locality in Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County. Sofia is situated nearby to the suburb Södra Hammarbyhamnen, as well as near Skeppsholmen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ericsson Globe and Nationalmuseum.
Ericsson Globe
Stadium
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Avicii Arena, originally known as the Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as the Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen, is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockholm, Sweden.
Nationalmuseum
Museum
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Nationalmuseum is the national gallery of fine arts of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm. The museum's operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, including the National Portrait Gallery collection at Gripshom, the Gustavsberg porcelain museum, several castle collections and the Swedish Institute in Paris.
Vasa Museum
Museum
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The Vasa Museum is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the island of Djurgården, the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that sank on her maiden voyage in 1628.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stockholm and Södermalm.
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.
Södermalm
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Södermalm is the southern borough of central Stockholm, consisting of the island of Södermalm proper, two smaller islands connected to it from the west, as well as the neighbourhood of Hammarby Sjöstad on the opposite bank of the Hammarby Sjö in the east, which is a redeveloped former industrial area that was transformed into a model sustainable residential community.
Norrmalm
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Norrmalm, also known as City, is the central borough of Stockholm, bordering to Östermalm to the east at Birger Jarlsgatan, the Old Town to the south, Kungsholmen to the south-west, and Vasastan north-west of Tegnérgatan.
Sofia
- Type: Locality with 31,900 residents
- Location: Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.3122° or 59° 18′ 44″ northLongitude
18.0884° or 18° 5′ 18″ eastPopulation
31,900Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)Open location code
9FFW836Q+V8GeoNames ID
8131758
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