Norra Latin

Norra Latin is the familiar Swedish name of a historic Stockholm school more properly known as Högre allmänna läroverket för gossar å Norrmalm. Completed in 1880, for over a hundred years the school, at 71b Drottninggatan in the Norrmalm district of Stockholm, offered an education that emphasized Greek, Latin and classical studies.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stockholm Central Station and Stockholm Concert Hall.

Stockholm Central Station

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Stockholm Central Station, Stockholms centralstation, is Sweden's busiest rail station, in the Norrmalm district of Stockholm. 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.

Stockholm Concert Hall

Theater building

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The Stockholm Concert Hall is the main hall for orchestral music in Stockholm, Sweden. With a design by Ivar Tengbom chosen in competition, inaugurated in 1926, the Hall is home to the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Stockholm Concert Hall is situated 350 metres east of Norra Latin.

Vasateatern

Theater building

Vasateatern or "Vasan" is a private theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. It is located at Vasagatan 19–21 in central Stockholm. Founded as one of Stockholm's earliest privately operated theatres, Vasateatern rapidly became a popular stage for light, entertaining productions, playing an important role in the city's lively theatre district. Vasateatern is situated 190 metres south of Norra Latin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norrmalm and Klara.

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.

Klara

Neighborhood

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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.