Skinnarviksberget

This guide to Skinnarviksberget in Stockholm traces the hill's name back to the skinnare, tanners who worked hides here in the 1600s and 1700s, filling this stretch of Södermalm with a smell nobody wanted to live near. You'll hear how the same bare granite outcrop, the highest natural point in central Stockholm, turned from a rough working quarter into the picnic spot it is today. It points out what to look for from the top, from Riddarfjärden bay and City Hall to the spires of Gamla Stan across the water.