Gamla Stan

Gamla Stan, actually Old Town, is the historic sector of Sweden’s capital town, Stockholm. Dating lower back to the thirteenth century, Gamla Stan turned into firstly called ‘själva staden’ which means ‘the town itself’, and is mainly positioned on the island of Stadsholmen.

Built in the thirteenth century, Gamla Stan turned into a community of cobbled streets, North-Germanic structures, and delightful open plazas. Stortorget turned into a rectangular surrounded by merchants' housing, even though it later became the site of the Stockholm Bloodbath, a bloodbath of aristocrats in 1520 ordered with the aid of the Danish King Christian II.

Today, the small but bustling Gamla stan is the site of centuries of records and incorporates several sizable sights past the ones already mentioned, now no longer least of that is Stockholm’s Saint Eric’s Cathedral and the long-lasting Stockholm Stock Exchange Building in Stortorget.

Another beautiful spiritual site in Gamla Stan is the stunning medieval church of Riddarholmen, one of all Stockholm’s oldest homes and the burial area of Swedish monarchs. Riddarholmen is close to Stockholm’s well-known 18th-century Royal Palace.

Location: Stockholm, Sweden