STOCKHOLM Day 3

Starting Point: Kaffekoppen

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Mårten Trotzigs Gränd

Mårten Trotzigs gränd (Swedish: “Alley of Mårten Trotzig”) is an alley in Gamla stan, the width of its 36 steps tapers down to a mere 35 inches, making the alley the narrowest street in Stockholm. The alley is named after the merchant and burgher Mårten Trotzig (1559–1617), who, born in Wittenberg, immigrated to Stockholm in 1581, and bought properties in the alley in 1597 and 1599, also opening a shop there.

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Skeppsbron 44

The Cuckold of Skeppsbron

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Katarinahissen

Stockholms slott or Kungliga slottet (Stockholm Palace or the Royal Palace) is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch. This royal residence has been in the same location since the middle of the 13th century when the Tre Kronor Castle was built. The current palace was erected on the same place as the medieval Tre Kronor Castle which was destroyed in a fire in May of 1697. Due to the costly Great Northern War which started in 1700, construction of the palace was halted in 1709, and not recommenced until 1727—six years after the end of the war. The palace was completed in 1728 and first occupied in 1754.

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