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Rasunda Stadium
Stockholm
~4.02 miles from Kista city center
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Råsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm. It was opened in 1937 although there had already existed stadiums at the site; the earliest opened in 1910. Råsunda has a capacity of 35,000–36,608 depending on usage. The stadium is the home stadium for AIK, and is used for many derbies between Stockholm clubs. It also hosts the headquarters of the Swedish Football Association, and stages 75% of the home matches of the national football team each year, with most other matches being played at Ullevi in Gothenburg. These two stadiums are UEFA 4-star rated football stadiums.The record attendance is 52,943 and was set 26 September 1965, when Sweden played West Ge...
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City Centre Solna
Solna
~4.51 miles from Kista city center
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Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet)
Stockholm
~5.58 miles from Kista city center
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Vasastaden
Solna
~5.79 miles from Kista city center
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Vasastaden, or colloquially Vasastan, (Swedish for "Vasa City") is a 3.00 km² large city district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 51,661 inhabitants it is the second most populous, as well as the second most densely populated (17,220/km²) district in Stockholm.The major parks in Vasastaden are Vasaparken and Observatorielunden near the centre and Vanadislunden and Bellevueparken in the north.The city district, most likely named after the street Vasagatan, in its turn named after King Gustav Vasa in 1885, was still a peripheral part of the city in the early 1880s. Before the end of that decade, however, some 150 buildings had been built and only the properties along Odengatan remained vacant. The expansion was preceded by a city plan established in 1879, a slightly more modest ed...
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City Centre Taby
Taby
~5.81 miles from Kista city center
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Drottningholm Palace
Stockholm
~5.97 miles from Kista city center
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The Drottningholm Palace is the private residence of the Swedish royal family. It is located in Drottningholm. It is built on the island Lovön (in Ekerö Municipality of Stockholm County), and is one of Sweden's Royal Palaces. It was originally built in the late 16th century. Apart from being the private residency of the Swedish royal family, the castle is a popular tourist attraction.
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Vasaparken
Stockholm
~6.19 miles from Kista city center
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Vasaparken is a park in Stockholm, Sweden, located in Vasastaden and named after the Royal Vasa Dynasty. The park lays between the two squares Odenplan and Sankt Eriksplan. South of the park lays the Sabbatsberg hospital.Vasaparken was established in this area in 19th century and during World War I, the park was used to grow potatoes for the city.The world famous Swedish children’s book writer Astrid Lindgren lived in a building by the park, and Vasaparken is mentioned in many of her books, and after her death, a corner of the park was renamed in honor of Astrid Lindgren.In 1917, a statue named Arbetaren, (The Worker), by artist Gottfrid Larsson was erected in the park to honor the Swedish working-class. There is also a statue named Romeo and Juliet by artist Olov Thorwald Olsson.
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Stockholm Public Library (Stockholms stadsbibliotek)
Stockholm
~6.36 miles from Kista city center
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Stockholm Public Library (Swedish: Stockholms stadsbibliotek or Stadsbiblioteket) is a rotunda library building in Stockholm, Sweden, designed by Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund. The library was prepared from 1918 and onwards by a committee in which Asplund himself took part. Construction began in 1924, and the library was completed in 1928. It is one of the most notable buildings in Stockholm and one of Asplund's most important works. In fact it was Sweden's first public library to apply the principle of open shelves. The visitor could from now on choose books without need to ask the library staff for assistance, a concept Asplund studied in the United States during the construction of the library. There was a group of young architects and artists around Asplund who collaborated on the b...
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Stockholm Observatory Museum (Observatoriemuseet)
Stockholm
~6.46 miles from Kista city center
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The exploration of the moon throughout the ages is the theme the exhibit of an exciting new exhibit, Månen (Moon) in Stockholm, Sweden. Although the exhibit is not very large physically, it is very broad in scope and contains a superb collection of rare manuscripts. The items range from a medieval edition of Ptolemy's Almagest, to a moon rock from Apollo 17. The exhibit features rare books, antique astronomical instruments, art, and models of spacecraft.
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Strindberg Museum
Stockholm
~6.68 miles from Kista city center
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The Strindberg Museum (Swedish: Strindbergsmuseet) is a museum in Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the writer August Strindberg and located in his last dwelling, in the house he nicknamed the "Blå tornet" (The Blue Tower) on 85, Drottninggatan, at the corner of Drottninggatan and Tegnérgatan on Norrmalm, Stockholm. The Museum is owned by the Strindberg Society of Sweden and was inaugurated in 1973.Strindberg moved to the house in 1908 and lived there until his death in 1912. The Museum consists of Strindberg's flat and library, as well as an area for temporary exhibitions. Wallpapers and other decorations have been reconstructed in accordance with how the flat looked at the time the writer lived there, but furniture and other details are original.
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Norrmalm
Stockholm
~6.71 miles from Kista city center
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Norrmalm is a city district in Stockholm, part of the larger Norrmalm borough.The southern part of the district, Lower Norrmalm (Swedish: Nedre Norrmalm), also known as City, constitutes the most central part of Stockholm, while Upper Norrmalm is more residential.The name Norrmalm is first mentioned in 1288. In 1602 Norrmalm became an independent city with its own mayor and administration called Norra Förstaden. The town was short lived and in 1635 it was incorporated with Stockholm again. Norrmalm is today considered to be the central part of Stockholm.In the 1950s and 1960s, large parts of southern Norrmalm was torn down to build a new and modern city. The demolitions were carried out swiftly and many Stockholmers still miss "old Klara" (Klara is a part of lower Norrmalm). Among th...
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The Church of Adolf Fredrik (Adolf Fredriks kyrka)
Stockholm
~6.76 miles from Kista city center
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Adolf Fredriks kyrka ("The Church of Adolf Frederick") is a church in central Stockholm, Sweden. It was built in 1768-1774, replacing a wooden chapel from 1674, which was dedicated to Saint Olof.Its cemetery is where René Descartes was first buried in 1650, before his remains were moved to France. Inside the church a memorial to the memory of Descartes was installed by Gustav III. Other famous people buried in the church cemetery include Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme who was assassinated only a block from the church, as well as Prime Minister Hjalmar Branting.
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Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Stockholm
~6.93 miles from Kista city center
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Stockholms Olympiastadion, most often called Stockholms Stadion or just Stadion, is a stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Designed by architect Torben Grut, it was opened in 1912, its original use was as a venue for the 1912 Olympic Games. It has a capacity of 13 145–14,500 depending on usage and a capacity of nearly 33,000 for concerts.In 1956 when Melbourne hosted the Olympic Games, the horse competitions were held here due to quarantine rules in Australia. Finland-Sweden athletics international has been held here 29 times.Originally, the north-east stand had two levels, increasing the capacity to about 20 000. After the Olympics, it was reduced to one level.The Metro station Stadion was opened in 1973.Since then, it has hosted numerous sports events, notably football and athletics, bu...
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Stockholm Central Train Station
Stockholm
~7.13 miles from Kista city center
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Stockholm Central Station (Swedish: Stockholms centralstation, Stockholm C) is the largest railway station in Sweden. The station is situated in the district of Norrmalm at Vasagatan/Central Plan. The station was opened July 18, 1871. Today the station is not only the largest station in Sweden, but also the largest travel centre in the Nordic region with over 250,000 visitors daily. Of them are about 170,000 travellers (105,000 with commuter trains, 25,000 with Arlanda Express and 40,000 with other trains).In front of the central station stands a statue of Nils Ericson.
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Sergels Torg
Stockholm
~7.15 miles from Kista city center
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Sergels torg (in English:Sergel's Square) is the most central public square in Stockholm, Sweden, named after 18th century sculptor Johan Tobias Sergel, whose workshop was once located north of the square.Sergels torg has a dominant west-to-east axis and is divided into three distinct parts.A sunken pedestrian plaza furnished with a triangular pattern (colloquially referred to as Plattan, "The Slab") and a wide flight of stairs leading up to the pedestrian street Drottninggatan, connecting south to Stockholm Old Town and north to Kungsgatan.This plaza is partly overbuilt by a roundabout centred on a glass obelisk and by the concrete decks of three major streets.North of this traffic junction is a considerably smaller open space overlooked by the high-rise façade of the fifth Hö...
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The House of Culture (Kulturhuset)
Stockholm
~7.18 miles from Kista city center
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Opened in 1974, Kulturhuset (Swedish for The House of Culture) is a cultural centre to the south of Sergels Torg in central Stockholm. It is a controversial symbol for Stockholm and the growth of modernism in Sweden. Critics find it oversized, malplaced and esthetically unpleasing.It was the temporary seat of the Parliament of Sweden (Riksdag) until 1983, while the Riksdag building was remodelled for the unicameral parliament.
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Stockholm City Hall (Stockholms stadshus)
Stockholm
~7.18 miles from Kista city center
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Stockholm City Hall (Swedish: Stockholms stadshus or Stadshuset locally) is the building of the Municipal Council for the City of Stockholm in Sweden. It stands on the eastern tip of Kungsholmen island, next to Riddarfjärden's northern shore and facing the islands of Riddarholmen and Södermalm. It houses offices and conference rooms as well as ceremonial halls, and the luxury restaurant Stadshuskällaren. It is the venue of the Nobel Prize banquet and one of Stockholm's major tourist attractions.
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Nordiska Kompaniet
Stockholm
~7.25 miles from Kista city center
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Nordiska Kompaniet (colloquially NK, and literally The Nordic Company) is the name of two department stores located in Stockholm and Gothenburg, in Sweden.The store in Stockholm receives some twelve million visitors annually, with the figure for the store in Gothenburg being about three million and the total number of staff around 1,200. The trademark and the real estate properties in Gothenburg and Stockholm are owned by Hufvudstaden AB, controlled by LE Lundbergföretagen AB publ (see Fredrik Lundberg).Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Anna Lindh was stabbed in the NK Stockholm store on September 11, 2003. She died the next day after undergoing various unsuccessful operations.
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Central Station
Stockholm
~7.27 miles from Kista city center
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Stockholm Central Station (Swedish: Stockholms centralstation, Stockholm C) is the largest railway station in Sweden. The station is situated in the district of Norrmalm at Vasagatan/Central Plan. The station was opened July 18, 1871. Today the station is not only the largest station in Sweden, but also the largest travel centre in the Nordic region with over 250,000 visitors daily.[1] Of them are about 170,000 travellers (105,000 with commuter trains, 25,000 with Arlanda Express and 40,000 with other trains).In front of the central station stands a statue of Nils Ericson.
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Ostermalm
Stockholm
~7.38 miles from Kista city center
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Östermalm (Swedish pronunciation: [œst?(r)'malm]) is a 2.56 km² large district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 36,636 inhabitants it is one of the most populous districts in Stockholm. It is a wealthy area, having the highest housing prices in Sweden.
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Berzelii Park
Stockholm
~7.38 miles from Kista city center
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Berzelii Park is a small park in central Stockholm, Sweden, located next to Nybroplan and Norrmalmstorg. The park was opened in 1853 and is named after the Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius, whose statue stands in the middle of the park. There are also other monuments in and around the park, including art by Carl Milles and a humorous statue of Hans Alfredsson sticking his head out of the sewer.Berzelii Park is also the location of Chinateatern and the restaurant Berns Salonger.
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Kungstradgarden
Stockholm
~7.41 miles from Kista city center
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Kungsträdgården (Swedish for "King's Garden") is a park in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is colloquially known as Kungsan.The park's central location and its outdoor cafés makes it one of the most popular hangouts and meeting places in Stockholm. It also hosts open-air concerts and events in summer, while offering an ice rink during winters. Additionally, First of May demonstrations held by the Left Party and other communist and left-wing parties usually take place here each year. There is also a number of cafés, art galleries and restaurants; for example Galleri Doktor Glas, a name taken from the novel Doctor Glas by Hjalmar Söderberg published in 1905.The park is divided into four distinct spaces (south to north): Square of Charles XII; Molin's Fountain; Square of Charles XIII and "F...
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Royal Swedish Opera (Kungliga Operan)
Stockholm
~7.42 miles from Kista city center
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Kungliga Operan (lit. "The Royal Opera") or Royal Swedish Opera is the national stage for opera in Sweden. The building lies in the center of Stockholm, on the eastern side of Gustav Adolfs torg. The opera company was founded by King Gustav III and its first performance, "Thetis and Phelée" with Carl Stenborg and Elisabeth Olin, was given on January 18, 1773; this was the first native speaking opera performed in Sweden.But the first opera house was not opened until 1782 and served for a century before being replaced at the end of the 19th century. Both houses were officially called the "Royal Opera", however the terms "The Gustavian Opera" and "The Oscarian Opera", or the "Old" and "New" Opera are used when distinction is needed.
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Royal Dramatic Theater (Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern)
Stockholm
~7.43 miles from Kista city center
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The Royal Dramatic Theatre (Swedish: Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern or Dramaten) is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's eight running stages.The theatre has been at its present location in the Art Nouveau building at Nybroplan, Stockholm since 1908. The theatre was built by the architect Fredrik Lilljekvist. Famous artists like Carl Milles and Carl Larsson were involved in making the decorations, and some of the interior decorations were made by Prince Eugen.The theatre's acting school, Dramatens elevskola, produced many actors and directors who would go on to be famous, including Gustaf Molander (who also taught there), Alf Sjöberg, Greta Garbo, Signe Hasso, Ingrid Bergman, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von...
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Gustav Adolf Square (Gustav Adolfs torg) (Stockholm)
Stockholm
~7.44 miles from Kista city center
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Gustav Adolfs torg (Swedish for "Gustav Adolf's Square") is a public square in central Stockholm, Sweden named after King Gustavus Adolphus.The square is home to the Royal Opera, the Swedish State Department, Arvfurstens palats (housing the Ministry for Foreign Affairs) and the Ministry of Defence. South of the square are the Parliament on Helgeandsholmen and the Royal Palace in Stockholm Old Town.In the middle of the square there is a statue of Gustav II Adolf, which was erected in 1796 by the french sculptor Pierre l'Archevêque.
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Swedish Parliament (Sveriges riksdag)
Stockholm
~7.47 miles from Kista city center
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The Riksdag (officially Swedish: Sveriges riksdag) is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members (Swedish: riksdagsledamöter), who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years. It is located in the Riksdag building (Riksdagshuset), on the island of Helgeands-holmen in Stockholm.Riksdag is the direct Swedish equivalent of the German Reichstag. In the Swedish constitution, the word is written with a lower-case r, thus marking that it is actually not a name of the parliament, it is just the parliament.A precise English translation of this German-Nordic word does not actually exist, but "Meeting of the Realm" may serve as a literal translation, though perhaps "Diet of the Realm" would be more accurate (dag ...
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Museum of Medieval Stockholm (Stockholms medeltidsmuseum)
Stockholm
~7.50 miles from Kista city center
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The Museum of Medieval Stockholm (Swedish: Stockholms medeltidsmuseum), centrally located north of the Royal Palace, was constructed around some old monuments excavated in an extensive archaeological dig (dubbed Riksgropen, "National/State Pit") in the late 1970s. Part of Stockholm's city wall, dating from the early 16th century, was also found.The museum will be closed from June 15, 2007 until late 2009 or early 2010 during the restoration of the bridge Norrbro. During the period the exposition will be rebuilt while a minor temporary exposition will be available in Kulturhuset at Sergels Torg.The Museum enables visitors to experience medieval Stockholm, with its brick houses and booths, workshops, harbour and gallows. It relates the medieval history of the city from the 1250s to the 1...
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Swedish House of Lords (Riddarhuset)
Stockholm
~7.52 miles from Kista city center
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The Swedish House of Nobility (Swedish: Riddarhuset) means either the corporation of the Swedish nobility or the palace of the nobility. The phrase could literally be translated "The (Swedish) House of Knights", as the knights' (Swedish: riddare) belong to the higher ranks of the Swedish nobility, sometimes also together with titles as count (Swedish: Greve) and baron (Swedish: friherre). All esquires are also represented in the corporatation (most of the families, so called untitled nobility, Swedish: obetitlad adel). This is a tradition from the medieval times when Sweden during the Kalmar union only had one knight: Sten Sture.Between the 17th and the 19th century the House of Nobility was a chamber in the Estates of the Realm, and as such, a Swedish equivalent to the British House o...
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Riddarholmen Church (Riddarholmskyrkan)
Stockholm
~7.56 miles from Kista city center
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The Riddarholmen Church (Swedish: Riddarholmskyrkan) is the burial church of the Swedish monarchs. It is located on the island of Riddarholmen, close to the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. The congregation was dissolved in 1807 and today the church is used only for burial and commemorative purposes. Swedish monarchs from Gustavus Adolphus (d. 1632 AD) to Gustaf V (d. 1950) are entombed here, as well as the earlier monarchs Magnus III (d. 1290) and Charles VIII (d. 1470).It is one of the oldest buildings in Stockholm, parts of it dating to the late 13th century, when it was built as a greyfriars monastery. After the Protestant Reformation, the monastery was closed and the building transformed into a Protestant church. A spire designed by Willem Boy was added during the reign of John II...
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City Centre Stockholm
Stockholm
~7.61 miles from Kista city center
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