Stureplan is full of life and the piazza seems quite human in spite of all the concrete.

On the south side lies Sturehof as a landmark with the terrace sheltered by the fish-adorned awning. White jackets with golden epaulettes cruises between the tables where, in a pleasantly laidback manner, a selection of Stockholmers and others let the city act its comedy before them.

The plates give away a delicious smell which, together with the still lives of the shellfish platters emphasize the feeling of sensuality and make the customers sink even deeper into the chairs.

During its more than 100 year old history, Sturehof has undergone a number of interior changes. Opening as a beer hall, the place got a more restaurant-like inside in the early nineteen hundred.

A refreshment in the year 1936 added elements of the new and controversial Swedish modern style with its very limited ornamentation. The splendid glass works from Labouré in Paris which are now separating the Stureplan-bar from the dining room, were purchased in the same year and are the only remaining item from that, now extinct, interior.

The 1930:s restaurant combined the old with the new, but altogether succeeded in creating a simple and light atmosphere in keeping with the spirit of the time.