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Kaffekoppen

Café · Vegetarian-friendly · Gamla stan (Old Town)

Kaffekoppen
Photo: Alisdair McDiarmid from Glasgow, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On a clear day in June the terrace has sun 07:00–07:40 and 10:00–17:10, about 8 hours in total. In short: sun at lunch and afternoon sun.

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The story of Kaffekoppen

Kaffekoppen occupies the Schantz House at Stortorget 20, the narrow step-gabled house on the square in Gamla stan. It was built in the mid-17th century and takes its name from the man who had it built, the royal secretary Johan Eberhard Schantz. The house stands on a vaulted medieval brick cellar.

The gable follows a German-Dutch pattern, decorated with wall anchors and carved details. The limestone doorway, the work of the stonemason Johan Wendelstam, shows reclining Roman warriors, and above it runs a verse from the Psalms in German. The house was restored in 1905.

Ninety-four grey stones are set around the windows. Legend links them to the people beheaded in the Stockholm Bloodbath on this square in 1520, though there is no historical basis for the story.

Sources: Wikipedia: Schantzska huset · Café Kaffekoppen

When does Kaffekoppen 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 11:20–12:10 and 13:20–15:40 (3 hours)

June

Sun 07:00–07:40 and 10:00–17:10 (8 hours)

August

Sun 11:20–16:10 (5 hours)

Opening hours

Every day10:00–22:00

Regular opening hours from OpenStreetMap. Check with the place before you go, especially around holidays.

About the terrace

According to the City of Stockholm, Kaffekoppen holds a permit for a terrace of about 26 m² at Stortorget 18. The permit runs 1 March to 16 November 2026. The terrace has been in the city's register since 2020, as far back as the register goes.

Source: the City of Stockholm's register of street-space permits (open data). We calculate the sun where the permit says the tables stand.

More terraces nearby

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  2. Misteln Café · 10 m Sun at lunch Sun 10:00–17:10
  3. Stacks Restaurant · 20 m Sun at lunch Sun 07:00–18:50
  4. Stortorgskällaren Restaurant · 20 m Sun at lunch Sun 11:00–15:40
  5. Kryp In Restaurant · Swedish · 30 m Evening sun until 19:10 Sun 11:10–19:10
  6. Pharmarium Restaurant · 40 m Afternoon sun Sun 07:10–18:00 and 18:20–18:50

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Sol vid lunch, according to Stoligt

Times look wrong, for example because the terrace is on the other side of the building? Fix the location in OpenStreetMap and Stoligt will follow at the next update.

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.