The island of Gamla Stan, the Old Town is the original Stockholm, founded in the mid-thirteenth century. Gamla Stan retains a medieval feel with its latticework of cobbled streets and charming gabled houses; it is the perfect place to wander around, browsing in the little shops and stopping for a coffee at one of the many cafés that line the streets. Stockholm Cathedral is located in Gamla Stan as well as several interesting, historic buildings including the Nobel Museum and the Baroque Royal Palace.
Stor Torget, ‘the large square' is surrounded by colourful and attractive eighteenth century merchants' houses. The square was famously the site of the Stockholm Bloodbath, when the Danish king Christian II massacred Swedish Noblemen; this event led to civil war, the dissolution of the Kalmar Union and the election of King Gustav, the first in the Gustavian line of Swedish kings.
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