Where to stay in Södermalm
Söder rewards the curious. Around Mariatorget and along Götgatan you find design hotels, hostels, and rooms above the cafés of the SoFo blocks, with the heights at Monteliusvägen giving long views over Riddarfjärden. It is walkable and well served by the metro.
Stay near Slussen to be a single stop from Gamla Stan.
Things to do in Södermalm
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Museums & Galleries
- Bellmanhuset Heritage-listed
- Fotografiska — photography museum with locations
- Katarina brandstation — fire station and museum
- K A Almgrens sidenväveri — working life museum
- Blockmakarens hus
- Julius hus
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- Stigbergets borgarrum — museum apartment
- Måleriyrkets museum
- The Unstraight Museum — virtual museum;, LGBT museum;, community/participatory museum
- Ersta diakonimuseum
- Brandmuseum
- Blockmakarens hus
- Ersta museum
Churches & Religious Sites
- Katarina kyrka Heritage-listed — church building on Södermalm
- Maria Magdalena kyrka Heritage-listed
- Sofia kyrka Heritage-listed
- Högalidskyrkan Heritage-listed — Church of Sweden church building at Södermalm
- Allhelgonakyrkan Heritage-listed
Stadiums & Sports
- Hammarby IP — football stadium
- Eriksdalsbadet
- Zinkensdamms IP — sports ground in Södermalm
- Eriksdalshallen — sports hall
About Södermalm
What are the main landmarks in Södermalm?
The cliffs do the work. Fotografiska draws crowds to its photography shows on the eastern shore, while the towers of Sofia kyrka and the brick of Maria Magdalena kyrka mark the heights above Slussen. Footpaths at Fjällgatan and Skinnarviksberget open over the whole bay.
The Cornelis Vreeswijk museet keeps the songwriter's legacy.
What is the history of Södermalm?
Söder was long the workers' island. Where stonecutters, dockhands, and craftspeople once crowded wooden houses on the heights, the twentieth century brought tenements and then a slow turn toward studios, galleries, and small publishers. Fire shaped it more than once.
The old lanes south of Folkungagatan, now called SoFo, keep the tight scale of that earlier town.
Where is Södermalm?
Söder fills southern Stockholm in eastern Sweden, an island of steep northern bluffs falling to Riddarfjärden, linked to Gamla Stan at Slussen.