Located just west of Storkyrkan church, it connects the streets Trångsund and Prästgatan.
It runs parallel to Storkyrkobrinken, Ankargränd, Solgränd and Kåkbrinken streets.
One of the houses built at the time was sold to the merchant Gert Specht in 1685, from whom the alley got its unintelligible name.
[1] A Gert Specht is mentioned in the records as being a resident of Norrmalm in 1594.
One featuring cast iron decorations, including a lion head, a fence decorated with the star of David, and a small gate flanked by two lampposts.