Orpheus‘ well

Orpheus‘ well is a work of art in , . Orpheus‘ well is situated nearby to the marketplace , as well as near the theater building .
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: fountain in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Orfeusbrunnen”, “Orfeusgruppen”, and “Orpheusgruppen”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stockholm Central Station and Stockholm Concert Hall.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, 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.

Theater building
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The is the main hall for orchestral music in , . With a design by Ivar Tengbom chosen in competition, inaugurated in 1926, the Hall is home to the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.

Shopping center
Photo: AleWi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a shopping center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norrmalm and Klara.

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, also known as City, is the central borough of , bordering to to the east at Birger Jarlsgatan, the Old Town to the south, to the south-west, and Vasastan north-west of Tegnérgatan.

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.

Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vasastan is a neighbourhood in north-central , making up the northern part of the borough. It borders to the east at Birger Jarlsgatan, to the south-west.

Orpheus‘ well

Latitude
59.33504° or 59° 20′ 6″ north
Longitude
18.06252° or 18° 3′ 45″ east
Inception
1936
Open location code
9FFW83P7+22
Open­Street­Map ID
way 163989308
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­fountain
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q2029723
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In Other Languages

From Finnish to Swedish—“Orpheus‘ well” goes by many names.

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