Filmstaden Söder, Movie theater in Medborgarplatsen, Stockholm, Sweden
Filmstaden Söder is a multiplex cinema located in Stockholm that sits within a market hall building and offers several screening rooms with more than 1,100 total seats. The facility features modern equipment designed to provide comfortable viewing across all screens.
The cinema opened in December 1991 as Biopalatset, run by Sandrews, in the Söderhallarna building at Medborgarplatsen; the hall itself opened in 1992. Since 2007 it has been operated by Filmstaden. After a major refurbishment it took the name Filmstaden Söder, while the older six-screen Filmstaden Söder on the north side of Söderhallarna closed. It has ten screens with 1,108 seats and closed in 2024 for renovation, planned for completion in 2027.
The cinema takes its name from the Filmstaden chain, which has run it since 2007; before that it was called Biopalatset under Sandrews. Its ten screens sit beneath Söderhallarna, the market hall opened in 1992, so filmgoers share the building with shoppers and diners. The site closed in 2024 for a renovation that will add new auditoriums, a bar and a bistro.
The cinema is in the Söderhallarna building at Medborgarplatsen on Södermalm, with the auditoriums and foyer below the market hall level. It is closed for a full renovation from 2024, when Söderhallarna also shut, and is due to reopen in 2027 with new auditoriums plus a bar and bistro.
The cinema sits within a market hall that blends retail shops and restaurants with film screenings, creating an unusual venue choice for a multiplex. Visitors can spend time in the market hall before or after their movie, making it a mixed-use entertainment destination.
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