Take a break in a parish library with a time warp interior and a unique collection of crime novels, discover the dragon fountain operating in the lobby of an opulent 1930s cinema converted into a warehouse, visit the Archaeologist's strange tomb from 1921, built in the style of Stone Age megalithic tombs, discover the gigantic metal eye at the back of the brutalist Swedish Film Institute that mocks the Swedish military in the neighboring building. Find the mysterious medieval plaque hidden in an old town staircase, grab a bite to eat at the French bakery on the ground floor of a utopian-functionalist socialist communal housing project, where a food elevator sends croissants and onion soup to the apartments above . Get off the subway at a station with grotesque sculptures and a unique ecosystem with tiny spiders and a previously unknown fungus.
An essential travel guide for those who think they know the Swedish capital well or for those who want to discover its hidden gems.
