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Villa Godthem

Restaurant · Djurgården & Skeppsholmen · Since 1897

Villa Godthem
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On a clear day in June the terrace has sun 15:50–21:30, about 5.5 hours in total. In short: evening sun until 21:30.

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The story of Villa Godthem

Villa Godthem was built on Djurgården in 1874, on Rosendalsvägen opposite Ulla Winbladh. Admirers of the opera singer Carl Johan Uddman gave him the house as a present. It is a richly carved wooden villa in the Swiss chalet style; one gable has the letters GODT cut into its fretwork, and the weathervane carries Uddman's initials, C.J.U.

There are two stories behind the name. One traces it to Uddman's motto, "Godt!" (Good!). The other has the portly singer arriving in the hall, out of breath after walking all the way home from the Opera, and gasping "Jag har gått hem!" (I've walked home!).

During the Stockholm Exhibition of 1897 the brewery Stora Bryggeriet ran a popular restaurant here, and it carried on after the exhibition closed. The house has served food ever since. The glazed veranda facing Djurgårdsbrunnsviken was added in 1981, and plankstek and hand-rolled meatballs have long been on the menu.

Villa Godthem in earlier days
Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources: Wikipedia: Villa Godthem · Villa Godthem: Historia · Villa Godthem

When does Villa Godthem get sun?

Sun on the terrace on a clear day in the middle of the month. Yellow is sun, light blue is daylight but shade.

April

Sun 16:20–17:30 (1 hour)

June

Sun 15:50–21:30 (5.5 hours)

August

Sun 16:20–18:00 (1.5 hours)

More terraces nearby

  1. Ulla Winbladh Restaurant · 50 m Evening sun until 20:40 Sun 07:00–07:50 and 15:40–20:40
  2. Stekarna Fast food · 150 m Evening sun until 21:30 Sun 07:00–18:50 and 20:40–21:30
  3. Bollnäsgrillen Café · 360 m Evening sun until 20:50 Sun 07:00–19:50 and 20:30–20:50
  4. Restaurang Hasselbacken Restaurant · 360 m Evening sun until 19:20 Sun 15:30–19:20
  5. Gamla Krogen Café · 360 m Evening sun until 20:00 Sun 07:00–20:00
  6. Glöd Restaurant · 380 m Sun at lunch Sun 07:00–18:50

All terraces on Djurgården and Skeppsholmen

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Kvällssol till 21:30, according to Stoligt

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How Stoligt works it out

Every ten minutes we draw a line from each terrace toward the sun and check whether a building or hill is tall enough to block it. Building heights come from OpenStreetMap and ground heights from Lantmäteriet, the Swedish mapping agency. The times assume a clear day, so clouds are not included here. They are on the live map, which shows today's weather.

Trees, parasols and awnings are not in the model, and we don't know exactly where on the pavement the tables stand. Treat the times as an educated guess, often accurate to within ten minutes.