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General information about City of Stockholm

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Welcome to Stockholm, one of the world’s most beautiful capitals. Built on 14 islands around one of Europe’s largest and best-preserved mediaeval city centres, the Swedish capital is superbly positioned, with stunning and extremely varied scenery in every direction. Stockholm offers a wealth of museums, theatres, sights, attractions and events.

Make your stay in Stockholm wonderful, exciting, thrilling, romantic, educative – or whatever you feel like. Everything you need to know, you’ll find at StockholmTown.com – The Official Visitors Guide (link below).

StockholmTown.com provides information in English, Russian, Japanese, German, Finnish, Italian, French and Spanish.

If you are intrerested in more than Stockholm, be sure to visit the official gateway to Sweden, also linked below.

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Stockholm´s history

"The City will never be finished, it will never be completed. It is constantely changing, being renewed and updated. At the same time, it is eternal; the past somehow still remains, it is preserved." City in the world, Per Anders Fogelström

Slussen vid invigningen den 15 oktober 1935

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The Capital of Scandinavia

Capital of Scandinavia

Stockholm fulfils all the requirements for a city to be called the capital of Scandinavia. Three main features of Stockholm form the basis of this message. Stockholm is: 

  • the natural central point of Scandinavia
  • the financial centre of Scandinavia
  • the city which sets the cultural tone for Scandinavia

Capital of Scandinavia

Last updated 28 April, 2009

Environmental facts about Stockholm at 07:42

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