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Let Secret Stockholm guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Stockholm guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this beautiful city. Featuring over 140 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Stockholm guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. Take a break in a parish library Discover the funtioning dragon fountain in the foyer of an opulent 1930s cinema Visit the bizarre 1921 archeologist's grave built in the style of Stone-Age megaliths Discover the gigantic metal eye on the back of the brutalist Swedish Film Institute Find the mysterious medieval plague hidden in an Old Town stairway Grab a bite at the French bakery in a socialist utopian-functionalist communcal housing project Get off the metro at a station with grotesque sculptures  There's all this and more in an essential travel guide for those who think they know the Swedish capital well, or for those who want to discover its concealed gems.

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Per Faxneld has lived in Stockholm all his life, exploring its arcane obscurities and peculiar pleasures. A university lecturer and international authority on occult movements, Faxneld truly knows how to sniff out secrets. He has collaborated with museums across the world on symposiums and exhibitions, and frequently appears on television, radio, and podcasts. Aside from award-winning academic books, Faxneld has also published a successful collection of short stories that has been translated into several languages.

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