At Mellqvist Kaffebar (Hornsgatan, Sodermalm), Stieg Larsson wrote: it's Mikael Blomkvist's favourite cafe in the “Millennium” saga.
The term “Stockholm syndrome” came from the 1973 Kreditbanken robbery on Norrmalmstorg, when the hostages began defending their captor.
At sunset, the Monteliusvagen path, perched on Sodermalm's cliffs, offers a sweeping city panorama far from the crowds.