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Pharmarium

Restaurant · Gamla stan (Old Town) · Since 2013

Pharmarium
Photo: pharmarium.se

On a clear day in June the terrace has sun 07:10–18:00 and 18:20–18:50, about 11.5 hours in total.

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The story of Pharmarium

Pharmarium is a cocktail bar at Stortorget 7 in Gamla stan that opened in 2013. Its name and theme come from the site's past. On 21 March 1575 the Dutch apothecary Anthonius Busenius, who served Gustav Vasa, Erik XIV and Johan III, was allowed to move part of the royal medicine store out of the palace to Stortorget and sell remedies to the public. The pharmacy, later known as Schmidtens apotek, stayed here until 1625 before moving to Tyska brinken.

Its shelves held everything from medicines and poisons to mummy powder, ivory and unicorn horn. The bar picks up the theme with drinks built on herbs and spices, and dark wooden walls made to look like an apothecary's store, with drawers labelled in Latin with the names of old remedies.

Sources: Pharmarium: Om oss · Visit Stockholm newsroom: New bar Pharmarium in Old Town (5 July 2013) · Time Out Stockholm: Pharmarium (2018)

When does Pharmarium 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 07:00–10:50, 12:10–14:50 and 16:10–17:10 (7.5 hours)

June

Sun 07:10–18:00 and 18:20–18:50 (11.5 hours)

August

Sun 07:00–11:00, 12:10–15:20 and 16:00–17:40 (9 hours)

Opening hours

Mon–Tue17:00–23:00
Wed–Thu16:00–24:00
Fri15:00–24:00
Sat00:00–01:00, 15:00–24:00
Sun17:00–23:00

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

About the terrace

According to the City of Stockholm, Pharmarium holds a permit for a terrace of about 24 m² at Stortorget 7. The permit runs 1 April to 15 October 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

  1. Grillska Brödboden Café · 10 m Evening sun until 19:40 Sun 07:00–19:40
  2. Stortorgskällaren Restaurant · 20 m Sun at lunch Sun 11:00–15:40
  3. Grillska huset Café · 30 m Evening sun until 19:40 Sun 07:00–19:40
  4. Misteln Café · 30 m Sun at lunch Sun 10:00–17:10
  5. Kaffekoppen Café · Vegetarian-friendly · 40 m Sun at lunch Sun 07:00–07:40 and 10:00–17:10
  6. Chokladkoppen Café · Vegetarian-friendly · 40 m Sun at lunch Sun 07:00–18:10

All terraces in Gamla stan

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Eftermiddagssol, 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.