Stockholm - Hamngatan
Along the north end of the Kungsträdgård is Hamngatan, now regarded as Stockholm's main street. There are magnificent views of the city from the rooftop restaurant of the NK (Nordiska Kompaniet) department store. At Hamngatan 4 is the Hallwyl Palace, with a facade showing Spanish inspiration. Formerly the home of the Counts Hallwyl, this is now a museum (interior in turn-of-the-century style, collection of Countess Hallwyl), and is also used for theatrical performances. In Berzelius Park (named after the famous chemist J. Berzelius) is a very popular restaurant, Berns Salonger.
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Hallwyl Museum
Designed by architect Isak Gustaf and completed in 1898, the mansion of the von Hallwyl family was donated to the Swedish state in 1920. The building, inspired by Spanish as well as Italian late Gothic and Renaissance styles, and its contents (50,000 art pieces, antique furniture and other objects) has been preserved and maintained since then.
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| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | Closed | 11:45 | 11:45 | 11:45 | 11:45 | 11:30 | 11:30 |
| Close | 16:00 | 19:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
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Royal Dramatic Theater
Near Berzelius Park, in Stockholm's Nybroplan, stands the world-famed Royal Dramatic Theater (Kungliga Dramatiska Teatret), an imposing building in Art Nouveau style popularly known as "Dramaten", which was inaugurated in 1908 with a performance of Strindberg's "Master Olof". The theater, which has several houses, puts on both classical and modern plays as well as comedies. Ingmar Bergman has been responsible for a number of productions here.
Sergels Torg House of Culture
At the west end of Hamngatanin Stockholm, in the center of the district known as the City, is Sergels Torg, with a modern fountain and a glass column almost 40m/130ft high (by E. Öhrenström, 1974). On the south side of the square is the House of Culture (Kulturhuset; by Peter Celsing, 1974), with a glass frontage which gives it a cheerful and attractive aspect. It contains exhibition rooms, restaurants (with view of Sergels Torg), a library and reading rooms and the Municipal Theater (Stadsteatern).
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| Open | Closed | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
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