Abstract
Sunspots are one of the most eye-catching features one can find on the solar surface. These vast areas of strong magnetic fields harbor a rich variety of complex phenomena that are caused by the interplay ofmagnetic fields and plasma. Being the prime ground-based facility for almost a decade now, the Swedish Solar Telescope has provided a wealth of high-resolution observations that are used to study sunspots in great detail. In this presentation, I will high-light some of these observations and how they have been used to validate numerical models of magneto-convection.