Sergel's Square

This guide to Sergels torg in Stockholm opens on the September morning in 1964 when a department store finally opened its doors, the payoff of a bet its owners made when Stockholm tore down the old Klara district to build a new center here. You'll hear why other businesses balked at the city's terms and why Åhléns wagered differently on a plot by the new T-Centralen metro hub. It also traces the glass obelisk and sunken plaza that rose here a decade later.