Fjällgatan, landmark street in Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden

Fjällgatan is a landmark street on the northern cliff edge of Södermalm in Stockholm. It is lined with old stone and wooden houses from the 1700s and 1800s, and its raised position gives a broad view over the harbor, Gamla Stan, and the islands beyond.

The street was once called Gallgebergets Street and took its current name in 1885. In the 1500s and 1600s the nearby hill held Södermalm’s gallows, and the area later grew into a small residential district with buildings from the 1700s onward.

Today the street carries the nickname Stockholm’s “balcony” because locals and visitors come here to look over the water from above. The small museum Stigbergets Borgarrum at house number 34 gives a glimpse of a 19th-century middle-class home.

The street is reached by a steep climb from Erstagatan, often starting from Medborgarplatsen metro station and walking east along Folkungagatan. There are benches and a small café with a glazed veranda where you can pause and take in the open view.

The building at Fjällgatan 37 that now houses Fjällgatans Kafféstuga was once used for weighing goods in the late 1800s. You can sit there today without noticing that its past was tied to trade rather than coffee and views.