riddarfjrden

Riddarfjrden, literally the Knight Fjord, is a bay of lake Mlaren in central Stockholm. Stockholm was founded in 1252 on an island in the stream where lake Mlaren (from the west) drains into the Baltic Sea (to the east). The island is today called Stadsholmen and constitutes Stockholm's Old Town. It is surrounded by land to the north (Norrmalm) and south (Sdermalm), and by water to the west (Riddarfjrden) and to the east (Stockholms strm).

The panorama picture above was taken from the heights of Sdermalm, west of Stadsholmen, looking down on Riddarfjrden and (left to right):

Vsterbron (bridge),
island Kungsholmen
Stockholm City Hall, a red brick building with a bell tower, where the Nobel Prize dinner is served
tower of Klara Kyrka on Norrmalm, with green copper roof
the five white sky scrapers north of Sergels Torg
lots of construction cranes
high iron tower of Riddarholmskyrkan on island Riddarholmen
yellow tower of Storkyrkan on Stadsholmen, in front of the flat roof of the Royal Palace in Stockholm
narrow tower of Tyska Kyrkan on Stadsholmen
far away radio and TV tower Kaknstornet

See also: Geography of Stockholm

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