The best city hikes and walks around Trekanten

Very beautiful corner of Stockholm.

Wonderful, colorful houses all around.

The bronze sculpture "Saint George and the Dragon" is located in Köpmantorget (Merchants' Street) and is a replica of the wooden sculpture by Bernt Notkes located in Stockholm Cathedral. It was unveiled on October 10, 1912, on the anniversary of the Battle of Brunkeberg. A replica of the sculpture is located in St. Catherine's Church in Lübeck.

This small square was first mentioned in 1733 and, despite its name, was never used as a market. Before 1685, the two blocks of houses north and south of the square were united, and on this spot there was a vault (Köpmanvalvet) in the Middle Ages, which formed one of the city gates (Köpmanporten).

A great café with a view of the Nobel Prize Museum and the square in front with interesting people. The small café has its living room-like rooms in a colorful (orange) building and is located in the famous Seyfridtz House. This was built in the 1520s and came into the possession of Hans Seyfridtz in the 1620s. When he died, his widow Maria Seyfridtz married the owner of the neighboring house, Johan Eberhard Schantz, and thus both houses had the same owners. In the 18th century, the house was renovated and given its current appearance. The colorful red house next door, on the other hand, has a very special story to tell: To the misfortune of the Swedes, at the end of 1520, the Danish King Christian Tyrann II had 82 noblemen and bishops beheaded here until the square turned blood red. The Swedes remembered the massacre as the Stockholm Bloodbath.

Simply wonderful, strolling along the shore, looking at the water and visiting Riddarholmen 😉.

On October 10, 1912, the anniversary of the Battle of Brunkeberg, this bronze version of Bernt Notke's sculpture group "Saint Göran and the Dragon", which had been in the Grote Kerk since 1489, was unveiled. The myth of Saint Goran and the dragon was well known in Europe, but Sten Sture d.ä. wanted to give the artwork a clear message. The work was commissioned to commemorate his and the Swedes' victory over the Danes at Brunkeberg in 1471. Saint Göran was to symbolize Sten Sture and the goodness and courage of the Swedes, and the dragon represented evil, the Danes. The princess represents the attacked city of Stockholm and the nation. The group of statues has been given a very expressive expression. The fight is merciless and fierce and beneath the dragon lie the remains of several bodies. Saint Goran attacks the dragon and the princess prays for the outcome of the battle. The bronze copy is of good quality, but we also highly recommend a visit to the Grote Kerk. Source: https://www.stockholmkonst.se/konst/sankt-goran-och-draken

Skeppsholmen (where we went by ferry from Djurgarden) was a naval base until the late 1960s. The barracks-like yellow buildings are still a reminder of that.