Gamla stan

Gamla stan pronounced gamlaˈstɑːn, the Old Town, also known as Staden mellan broarna is the Old Town in , containing genuine cultural heritage, as well as tourist traps.
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  • Type: Suburb with 3,000 residents
  • Description: urban district in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Gamla Stan”, “Old Town”, and “Staden”
  • Neighbors: and
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stockholm Central Station and Nationalmuseum.

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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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is the national gallery of fine arts of Sweden, located on the peninsula in central . The museum's operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, including the National Portrait Gallery collection at , the Gustavsberg porcelain museum, several castle collections and the Swedish Institute in Paris.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Södermalm and Norrmalm.

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is the southern borough of central Stockholm, consisting of the island of 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.

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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.

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is a borough in north-eastern , bordering and Vasastan at Birger Jarlsgatan, one of Stockholm's longest streets. The core of consists of 19th century city-blocks, combined with vibrant tree-lined boulevards and upmarket shopping.

Gamla stan

Latitude
59.32495° or 59° 19′ 30″ north
Longitude
18.07064° or 18° 4′ 14″ east
Population
3,000
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Open location code
9FFW83FC+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29775128
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
2674672
Wiki­data ID
Q579854
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Gamla stan” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Գամլա ստան”
  • Armenian: “Հին քաղաք”
  • Basque: “Gamla Stan”
  • Belarusian: “Стары горад”
  • Catalan: “Gamla stan”
  • Catalan: “Gamla Stan”
  • Cebuano: “Gamla Stan”
  • Chinese: “斯德哥爾摩老城”
  • Croatian: “Gamla stan”
  • Czech: “Gamla stan”
  • Danish: “Gamla stan”
  • Dutch: “Gamla Stan”
  • Estonian: “Stockholmi vanalinn”
  • Finnish: “Gamla stan”
  • Finnish: “Tukholman vanha kaupunki”
  • Finnish: “Tukholman vanhakaupunki”
  • Finnish: “Vanhakaupunki”
  • French: “Gamla stan”
  • French: “Vieille ville de Stockholm”
  • Georgian: “გამლა-სტანი”
  • German: “Altstadt”
  • German: “Gamla stan”
  • German: “Gamla Stan”
  • Greek: “Γκάμλα Σταν”
  • Greek: “Παλιά Πόλη”
  • Hebrew: “גמלה סטאן”
  • Hebrew: “העיר העתיקה של סטוקהולם”
  • Hungarian: “Gamla stan”
  • Indonesian: “Gamla stan”
  • Italian: “Gamla stan”
  • Japanese: “ガムラスタン”
  • Korean: “감라스탄”
  • Macedonian: “Гамла стан”
  • Macedonian: “Стар град”
  • Malay: “Gamla stan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gamla stan”
  • Norwegian: “Gamla stan”
  • Ossetian: “Гамлæ-Стан”
  • Persian: “گملا ستان”
  • Polish: “Gamla stan”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Velha”
  • Portuguese: “Gamla stan”
  • Romanian: “Gamla stan”
  • Romanian: “Orașul Vechi”
  • Russian: “Площадь Стурторьет”
  • Russian: “Старый город”
  • Serbian: “Гамла стан”
  • Slovenian: “Gamla stan”
  • Spanish: “Gamla stan”
  • Spanish: “Gamla Stan”
  • Swedish: “Gamla stan”
  • Thai: “กัมลา สตาน”
  • Turkish: “Gamla stan”
  • Ukrainian: “Старе місто”
  • Urdu: “گاملا اسٹان”
  • Western Armenian: “Կամլա սթան”
  • Yue Chinese: “斯德哥爾摩老城”

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