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Pelikan

Restaurant · Swedish · Södermalm · Since 1664

Pelikan
Photo: Ankara, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On a clear day in June the terrace has sun 10:50–18:20, about 7.5 hours in total. In short: sun at lunch and afternoon sun.

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The story of Pelikan

The name Pelikan is much older than the building. The wine merchant Hans Georg Cron opened the Pelikan cellar on Österlånggatan in Gamla stan in 1664. The tavern moved to Svartmangatan and in 1733 on to Brunnsbacken on Södermalm, where it was long counted among the best in town. It stayed there until 1931, when the block was demolished to make way for Slussen.

The building at Blekingegatan 40 was designed by Sam Kjellberg and completed in 1904. It opened as the restaurant Port Arthur, which the regulars called Pottan. In 1969 it took over the name Pelikan, unused since 1931. The City Museum has listed the building as being of high cultural and historical value.

Marianne Svensson Landgren ran Pelikan for almost 30 years from 1984, and since 2013 it has been owned by the Sürer brothers. Today Pelikan is known for traditional Swedish home cooking and its beer hall.

Sources: Wikipedia: Restaurang Pelikan · Pelikan

When does Pelikan 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 10:30–13:20 and 14:10–18:00 (6.5 hours)

June

Sun 10:50–18:20 (7.5 hours)

August

Sun 10:40–18:00 (7.5 hours)

Opening hours

Every day00:00–01:00, 11:30–24:00

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

About the terrace

According to the City of Stockholm, Pelikan holds a permit for a terrace of about 33 m² at Blekingegatan 40. The permit runs 1 April to 15 October 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.

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  2. La Gelateria SoFo Ice cream · 80 m Sun 07:00–12:40
  3. Brother Tuck Pub · 80 m Sun 08:10–09:50, 12:10–12:50, 14:50–16:20 and 17:10–18:10
  4. Lisas grabb Café · 110 m Sun at lunch Sun 11:50–15:30 and 16:40–18:10
  5. The Central Bar Bar · 110 m Sun 08:30–12:10
  6. Mae Thai Fast food · Asian · 120 m Sun 07:00–09:30 and 16:00–16:50

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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.