2024

STONE CITY (STENSTADEN)

Contemporary architecture

A small guidebook is available at the tourist office to help you understand the French and Italian-inspired architecture of the buildings in the city center, which the Swedes call the "stone city". Most of the buildings were built after the great fire of 1888: there are no less than 573 buildings built between 1891 and 1895, some in the Art Nouveau style. From now on, this visit can be done with an audioguide. For those who are passionate about late 19th century architecture.

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2024

KULTURMAGASINET

Art gallery exhibition space foundation and cultural center

The space called Kulturmagasinet is the cultural heart of the city of Sundsvall. You have to enter it at least to taste the strange atmosphere of this place with a very original architecture. Four buildings that were once used to store the city's food supplies have been joined together by glass walls, making the place a covered hall. Here you will find the large library and rooms that host hundreds of exhibitions every year, including a permanent exhibition on the city and its history. Free admission.

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