The surrounding islets Riddarholmen, Helgeandsholmen, and Strömsborg are officially part of, but not colloquially included in, Gamla stan.
Gamla stan (švedsko »Staro mesto«), do leta 1980 uradno poimenovan Staden mellan broarna (»Mesto med mostovi«), je naziv starega mestnega jedra Stockholma na otoku Stadsholmen.