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Stortorgskällaren

Restaurant · Gamla stan (Old Town) · Since 1938

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

On a clear day in June the terrace has sun 11:00–15:40, about 4.5 hours in total. In short: sun at lunch.

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The story of Stortorgskällaren

Stortorgskällaren sits at Stortorget 7 in Gamla stan. The restaurant moved into the building in 1938, with M. Rickberg as its first director. The house dates from the 18th century but was completely rebuilt between 1937 and 1939.

Beneath it lie some of the oldest surviving cellar vaults in Stockholm, restored during that rebuild. A wine cellar may have operated here as early as the reign of Johan III in the 1500s, though this is uncertain. The corner is known as Huset Kulan after the cannonball set into the facade, probably put there by the 18th-century furniture dealer Carl Adolph Grevesmühl, who owned the house and kept his workshop and shop here.

In the 1960s and 70s the place was called Fratis Källare, after the chef Luciano Frati. In 2015 a restaurant named Ebenist took over the premises, and in May 2019, after a renovation, the original name returned.

Sources: Wikipedia: Stortorgskällaren · Wikidata: Stortorgskällaren (Q77932579) · Stortorgskällaren

When does Stortorgskällaren 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 11:40–14:20 (2.5 hours)

June

Sun 11:00–15:40 (4.5 hours)

August

Sun 11:50–14:50 (3 hours)

Opening hours

Mon–Thu11:00–22:00
Fri11:00–23:00
Sat12:00–23:00
Sun12:00–22:00

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

About the terrace

According to the City of Stockholm, Stortorgskällaren holds a permit for a terrace of about 35 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

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  2. Pharmarium Restaurant · 20 m Afternoon sun Sun 07:10–18:00 and 18:20–18:50
  3. Kaffekoppen Café · Vegetarian-friendly · 20 m Sun at lunch Sun 07:00–07:40 and 10:00–17:10
  4. Chokladkoppen Café · Vegetarian-friendly · 30 m Sun at lunch Sun 07:00–18:10
  5. Grillska Brödboden Café · 30 m Evening sun until 19:40 Sun 07:00–19:40
  6. Kryp In Restaurant · Swedish · 40 m Evening sun until 19:10 Sun 11:10–19:10

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Sol vid lunch, 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.