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and there, at the edge of Lake Malaren, looms another structure which 
belongs to Stockholm in a peculiar sense, its Town Hall, an enormous 
building of noble and majestic proportions, built of brick with a green 
copper roof and a gigantic tower. The decorations of both interior 
and exterior are done with exquisite art. The building, which is 
designed by the architect Ragnar Ostberg, will not be entirely com¬ 
pleted before the year 1523, when it will be dedicated at the same time 
as Stockholm rejoices in commemorating that Midsummer Day four 
centuries ago when Gustav Vasa made his entry into the free capital 
of a free country. 
From the Town Hall we can see the part of the city that lies on 
the rocky hills to the south. There we can also look out over the oldest 
section of the fair city by Lake Malaren where, in a harsh climate, out 
of a rocky soil, this finest flower of Swedish culture has sprung, and 
even though it is more loved and admired by its own children than it 
can be by any one else, it may certainly, by virtue of its beauty and 
the rich cultural life that is lived there, be reckoned as one of the 
precious products of European civilization. 
