City Hall, Stockholm. © Stockholm Visitors Board
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City Hall
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When:
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Daily
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Where:
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City Hall
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Skr60
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Guided tours daily 10am & 12pm; mid-May-Sep also 2pm; Jun & Aug also 11am & 3pm
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Stockholm's City Hall is an imposing red-brick building in Kungsholmen with a gorgeous interior, including a room walled with golden mosaics and a covered courtyard where the Nobel Prize banquet is held. The central tower offers great views.
Completed in 1923, the building was designed to celebrate Stockholm and Sweden, hence with the three golden crowns at the top of its tower - the symbol for Sweden for at least 700 years (although exactly what they represent is a matter of debate). Swedish artwork adorns the outside of the building and the grounds, covering everything from classic Swedish forms to very modern works.
The building has two courtyards - one uncovered and one covered. The meeting room used by the Stockholm council has a roof designed to look like an overturned Viking longboat (Viking chiefs held their meetings in the winter, and used their overturned craft as shelter).
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