Katarina Church

Katarina stands on the ridge of Sodermalm and its dome is one of the fixed points of the Stockholm skyline from the north. Jean de la Vallee designed the original on a Greek cross plan, finished in 1695; it burned in 1723 and was rebuilt, then burned again in May 1990, leaving only the walls. The reconstruction that followed was deliberately traditional - lime mortar, hand-made brick, timber roof trusses cut with old methods - and it reopened in 1995, which makes the interior almost entirely modern work done in seventeenth-century technique. The churchyard around it holds a number of well-known Swedish graves and is used as a park.

What you actually see

• A dome on the Sodermalm ridge - a landmark from the north side.
• A Greek cross plan of 1695 - by Jean de la Vallee.
• An interior rebuilt after the 1990 fire - old methods, new fabric.
• A churchyard used as a park - with well-known graves.

When to go

Year round. Half an hour, more for the churchyard.

Honest expectations

The interior is plain and largely new. Opening hours are short outside services. The climb up from Slussen is steep. There is no viewing platform in the tower.

Nearby

Slussen and Sodermalarstrand are below; Mosebacke is a short walk.