City Hall Stockholm In Pictures
Above is a video that shows you this remarkable building (built between 1911 and 1923) as it looked when I was there in Summer 2007. Below is a number of photos. Enjoy and don't hesitate to go and see for yourself if it still resembles the pictures!
Stadshuset is located at the eastern end of the island of Kungsholmen and can be seen from many places in the city. The white boats at the right are used for trips on the lake Mälaren. If you take the ferry to the royal palace Drottningholm you will leave here.
There’s a park-like garden at the waterside of the building. It’s a popular meeting place. Tourists from all over the world gather here, but also locals come here to read a book or relax. The place provides a fantastic photo opportunity.The façade is reminiscent of Italian architecture. Walk through one of the rounded openings and you will enter a piazza. The main entrance is located there too.
The municipality council and public servants have meeting rooms and offices in the building. But the most beautiful room inside the city hall Stockholm is the Golden Hall, used for official meetings and banquets. The wall is covered with no less than 18 million pieces of gold mosaic and glass!Less photogenic but equally famous is the Blue Hall, which is used for the yearly Nobel Prize Banquet. It's not blue really, but called this way because it was originally intended to have blue plastered walls.
From the 106-meter high tower you have a great view over the island of Riddarholmen, the old town Gamla Stan and the island of Södermalm. On average 400,000 people visit the town hall every year to take part in a guided tour or to experience the view.
At night the lights from the piazza give the Stockholm city hall a romantic and almost fairy-tale look. Sit at one of the benches on a warm summer night and you'll realize life is good.
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