Gamla stan

This guide to Gamla stan in Stockholm centers on the narrowest passage in the old town, barely wide enough for one loaded man, and the German merchant who once owned the buildings on both sides of it. You'll hear how Mårten Trotzig arrived in 1581 with an eye for metal, rose through Stockholm's copper and iron trade, and became one of the city's richest men before a trip to the mining district of Kopparberg turned fatal. The guide then follows the passage itself through the centuries after him, long nameless and even boarded shut for a time. Count the thirty-seven steps as you go down.