Fogelström's Poor Fellows

Current Occasions: May 9 + June 30

Stockholm 1860–1880 – in work, struggle and dreams

Join us in a Stockholm that is growing – and struggling.

Inspired by Per Anders Fogelström's City of My Dreams, we move through Södermalm, where people built the city with their own hands.

We start at Bryggartäppan.
A piece of preserved city – where the story almost remains in the ground.

Here we meet the workers.
Bricklayers, brick carriers, people in motion.
Those who carried, built and sometimes fell.

We follow the road through the neighborhoods towards Nytorget and on to Lotsgatan.
Through environments where Henning and Lotten could have lived their lives.

Here are the dreams.
But also the congestion, poverty and the struggle for something better.

We stop at stories about work and resistance –
like the women who organized one of the city's early strikes.

This is a walk close to the ground.
About people who rarely got a place in the history books –
but who built Stockholm.

“Do you want to discover another side of the city?
Join us to Villastaden and Lärkstaden – where architecture and ideas shaped Stockholm.

This is what you will experience:

🏘 Walk from Bryggartäppan to Lotsgatan
📖 Stories from Per Anders Fogelström's Stockholm
👣 Traces of working life – bricklayers, factories and everyday life
👩‍🏭 Stories about early female workers and strikes
🌆 Nytorget and Söder's older neighborhoods
✨ A living picture of Stockholm 1860–1880

Practical information

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Children
Children under 15 are welcome in the company of a paying adult and can join free of charge.

🌦 Conducted in all weathers
(unless otherwise notified)

👥Group size
Smaller groups for a personal, present and lively experience.
Max 25 on the city walk.

 🐾Pets
Kind dogs on a leash are welcome together with their owner

🧥 Clothing
Clothes according to the weather and comfortable shoes. Keep in mind that it is colder to stand still and listen than to be out walking in the cold. 

⏱ Time/Length
Approx. 90 minutes / approximately 2.3 km.

Collection & conclusion

📍 Meeting point: in front of Bryggartäppan, in the corner of Bjurholmsgatan/Gotlandsgatan.

🏁 End: Lotsgatan/Folkkungagatan
Feel free to use SL's travel planner for smooth travel 🚇

🗣Language
Swedish. English and Italian are offered on request 

👟Tempo
Calm walking pace with several stops for stories, pictures and reflection.

♿ Accessibility
Please notify us in advance of any special needs
The surface varies between asphalt, gravel, hills and stairs.

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Thank you very much – and see you again in the city 🌱