Klara Church (Klara kyrka)
A 116-metre tower marks the place where Stockholm's lower city was born — and where its most beloved poet was buried.
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Founded in the 1280s, torn down by Gustav Vasa in 1527, then rebuilt between 1577 and 1590 by two Dutch architects, Klara Church has survived everything the city threw at it. The graveyard, now encircled by modern blocks, holds the grave of composer Carl Michael Bellman. A 35-bell carillon cast in 1965 still rings overhead.
What to look for
- The 116-metre tower, added during 1880s restoration work — visible well above the surrounding Norrmalm roofline
- Carl Michael Bellman's grave in the churchyard, dated 1795
- The 35-bell carillon cast by the Bergholtz Bellfoundry in 1965
Find it on Klara Västra Kyrkogata in lower Norrmalm, a short walk from Stockholm Central Station.
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More to see in Stockholm
- Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesThis is the body that picks up the phone to tell physicists and chemists they've won the Nobel Prize.
- Avicii ArenaA 110-metre sphere that serves as the Sun in the world's largest scale model of the solar system — and you can walk right up to it.
- Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery)A 1920 cemetery built on old pine-covered gravel quarries that went on to reshape how the world designs burial grounds.
- Stockholm PalaceThe same ground has held a royal residence since the 1250s — the current palace took nearly six decades to finish, outlived its architect, and the Rococo interiors are largely unchanged.
- Vasa MuseumA 64-gun warship that sank on its maiden voyage in 1628 — and is still almost entirely intact.
- Skansen150 actual Swedish buildings, shipped piece by piece to one hill — a whole country preserved before industry erased it.