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The sculpture commemorating the 1993 crash.

Stockholm, Sweden

Långholmen Crash Site

A steel paper plane is all that remains of a crashed aircraft that caused an amazingly small amount of damage.

Pilt Carin Ersdotter

Nacka, Sweden

Pilt Carin Ersdotter Statue

A sculpture of a woman so beautiful she got arrested for it.

MiniKarlsson

Stockholm, Sweden

MiniKarlsson

A miniature statue of a beloved character from children's literature.

"Two Ants."

Stockholm, Sweden

'Två Myror' ('Two Ants')

Enormous ants wielding giant pine needles guard a Stockholm real estate company's office.

The First Grave of Descartes

Stockholm, Sweden

The First Grave of René Descartes

Inside this church, a monument honors the first burial site of the famed philosopher.

Newton's Apple

Stockholm, Sweden

Newton's Apple

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.

Ostermalm Echo Dome.

Stockholm, Sweden

Östermalm Echo Dome

Sound travels strangely in this underground whispering gallery.

MiniNobel

Stockholm, Sweden

MiniNobel

On Nobel Street, a miniature statue of Alfred Nobel.

Margareta Krook's Statue

Stockholm, Sweden

Margareta Krook's Statue

A heated statue pays tribute to one of Sweden's great actresses.

The house at Norrmalmstorg where Kreditbanken was once located.

Stockholm, Sweden

Birthplace of the Stockholm Syndrome

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

Berzelius Park

Stockholm, Sweden

Berzelius Park

This statue and park honor the Swedish chemist Jacob Berzelius, one of the founders of modern chemistry.

Baldr.

Stockholm, Sweden

Bengt Erland Fogelberg's Norse God Statues

Finally reunited, the three effigies now stand in a museum courtyard.

"In Between."

Stockholm, Sweden

'In Between'

What looks like a birch tree smushed between two pieces of glass often confounds commuters.

Green lights at Mäster Samuelsgatan and Drottninggatan

Stockholm, Sweden

Samkönade Trafikljusen

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

Kungstornen

Stockholm, Sweden

Kungstornen

This pair of unsuspecting buildings are in fact the very first modern skyscrapers in Europe.

Memorial plaque at the place of the assassination.

Stockholm, Sweden

Olof Palme Memorial Plaque

A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.

 Stockholm Meteorological Station

Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm Meteorological Station

One of the world's oldest continuously operating meteorological stations sits on a hill in Stockholm.

The building.

Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm Observatory

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

Hey STHLM.

Stockholm, Sweden

Hey STHLM

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

Marks from a chainsaw are still visible 40 years after the event.

Stockholm, Sweden

Battle of the Elms

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.

Källargränd urinoar (Källargränd Urinal)

Stockholm, Sweden

Källargränd urinoar (Källargränd Urinal)

A 130-year-old urinal is the oldest of Stockholm and perhaps all of Sweden.

Järnpojke

Stockholm, Sweden

Järnpojke

Stockholm's tiniest statue is of a small boy looking at the Moon.

Ribbinska Huset

Stockholm, Sweden

Ribbinska Huset

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Stortorget Cannonball

Stockholm, Sweden

Stortorget Cannonball

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.

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