I’m not particularly an architecture buff. Walking around Stockholm however, it was hard not to notice the many wonderful buildings. This was a day that we walked around town on our own so I’m not sure about all the buildings but it really doesn’t matter. The main theme to this post is simply that Stockholm has a lot of great buildings and some great variety. These are not necessarily the most dramatic or famous buildings but I stopped to look at each of these.

I don’t know what the first building is, so maybe just a hotel or something, but I really liked the look of this building.

The Royal Swedish Opera House is the next building. It lies just across the Norrstrom River from the Royal Palace. The Norrbro bridge connects them and it was a popular place on a beautiful day.

Parliament House is in the third photo and it is right next to the Royal Palace, so this is all in very central Stockholm. We tried to walk up to the Parliament House but a very nice police officer stopped us and told us that it was closed off due to a large protest going on nearby at the Stockholm Palace. I took this photo from just beyond the police line.

The Grand Hotel might not be a landmark or famous architecture but I liked it. There were a lot of buildings that looked like this in Stockholm.

The Royal Dramatic Theater is the last building. Here they put on about 1,000 shows annually on eight stages. It’s a beautiful building. We didn’t go inside but I’m sure that is nice as well.