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Cafe Söderberg

Café · Norrmalm & City · Since 1994

Cafe Söderberg
Photo: Bysmon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On a clear day in June the terrace has sun 07:00–13:40, about 6.5 hours in total. In short: sun at lunch.

The story of Cafe Söderberg

Café Söderberg opened in 1994 beside Jakob's Church in Kungsträdgården, across from the Royal Opera. It is named after the writer Hjalmar Söderberg.

A water kiosk once stood on this spot, open from 1850 until 1933. In Söderberg's 1905 novel Doctor Glas, this is where the title character poisons Pastor Gregorius. A literary plaque telling the story has stood here since 1992, one of the first the City of Stockholm put up.

The café is built in a turn-of-the-century style and looks out towards Strömmen. It is open all year, and in summer the terrace seats more than 150.

Sources: Wikipedia: Café Söderberg · Café Söderberg: Om oss

When does Cafe Söderberg 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 07:00–11:40 and 12:00–12:20 (5 hours)

June

Sun 07:00–13:40 (6.5 hours)

August

Sun 07:00–12:40 (5.5 hours)

Opening hours

Every day10:00–19:00

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

About the terrace

According to the City of Stockholm, Cafe Söderberg holds a permit for a terrace of about 99 m² at Jussi Björlings Allé. The permit runs 15 April to 30 September 2026. The first permit in the city's register is from 2021.

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. Tehuset Café · Vegetarian-friendly · 70 m Sun at lunch Sun 07:00–16:40 and 17:10–18:10
  2. Thelins Grand Café Café · 130 m Evening sun until 20:30 Sun 08:30–20:30
  3. Harry B James Restaurant · Burgers · Steak & grill · 140 m Sun at lunch Sun 07:00–14:20
  4. Zócalo Fast food · 150 m Sun 12:10–14:50
  5. McDonald's Fast food · Burgers · 160 m Sun 07:00–07:20
  6. Catalana Café · 160 m Evening sun until 20:30 Sun 08:40–20:30

All terraces in Norrmalm and the City

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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.