The triangle floor
A black-and-white pattern turned design icon.
Original photographer: Anders Bengtsson; Image merging / retouching: Waldir — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Holger.Ellgaard — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bene Riobó — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ray Swi-hymn from Sijhih-Taipei, Taiwan — CC BY-SA 2.0
It is less a destination than a transit point: you will pass through regardless, since it sits above the central metro station and among the stores. Stop a few minutes for the glass column and the distinctive paving, then step into adjacent Kulturhuset if you want a quiet sit with a view over the square — that is the best use of it on a tight schedule.
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Sergels Torg is the heart of modern Stockholm and the exact opposite of Gamla Stan: concrete, two levels, and a floor of black and white triangles that has become a design icon in its own right. It was created in the 1960s as part of a sweeping demolition that erased whole quarters of the old city centre to build a modern commercial core — a decision still argued over in Sweden today. At its centre stands a fountain with a thirty-seven-metre crystal glass column, lit at night, which locals call the Crystal. The sunken level known as Plattan is where the city actually meets: a gathering point for young people and a stage for demonstrations and political protest for half a century, and the square has hosted Sweden's most significant moments of national mourning. Practically, it is the transport and shopping hub: T-Centralen, the central metro station, is directly beneath, the department stores surround it, and the entrance to Kulturhuset — the culture centre with its libraries, theatres and cafes — sits on its edge. It is not an aesthetic destination but a junction every visitor inevitably passes through.
A black-and-white pattern turned design icon.
A culture centre of libraries and theatres on the edge.
Sergels torg, 111 57 Stockholm