Hässelby-Vällingby
Hässelby - Vällingby is a municipality in the north-west of Stockholm city center and has about 59,000 inhabitants.
Structure
Vällingby
The district has about 6,700 inhabitants and is an important example of modern Swedish architecture. Its center, Vällingby Centrum, was the first so-called ABC city in Sweden and gained for its successful implementation great international recognition. ABC stands for the Swedish Arbete, Bostad och Centrum, work, housing and center, and it means that people work within small limits, live and have access to the most important social and cultural service.
Other features of the architecture of modern Vällingby are an appropriate adjustment to the surrounding countryside and a great wealth of detail. The center of Vällingby was inaugurated in 1954 and is currently (2007) undergone a major expansion. Vällingby is connected by underground with the Stockholm city center ( metro station Vällingby ).
Hässelby Gård
The name of the district comes from a farm that has existed since the 12th century. In the fifties of the 17th century Carl Bonde was built on the site of a castle. Today the building houses a cultural center is housed.
The houses of the hamlet arose mainly 1953-1955. Since 1956 Hässelby Gård is connected by the Stockholm subway to downtown.
Hässelby beach
The district borders Lake Mälaren and was also built around 1950 with residential houses. Here is a line of the Stockholm Metro has its endpoint.
Hässelby Villastad
The area came in 1949 to Stockholm and is the westernmost district of the Swedish capital dar. With the construction of villas located here but has already begun in 1910. In the 1970s, a larger number was detached.
Grimsta
In Grimsta there were several farms until about 1950 that were associated with the castle Hässelby. Due to located here barrows and stone circles is known that the area was already settled early. 1949, the district was included in the Stockholm area. Shortly thereafter began the planned construction of multi-family homes that can be found here today.
Other districts are Kälvesta, Nälsta, Råcksta and Vinsta.
Weblink
- Homepage of the municipality on stockholm.se
Älvsjö | Bromma | Enskede - Årsta Vantör | Farsta | Hägersten - Liljeholmen | Hässelby - Vällingby | Kungsholmen | Norrmalm | Östermalm | Rinkeby - Kista | Skarpnäck | Skärholmen | Södermalm | Spånga - Tensta
59.362517.872222222222Koordinaten: 59 ° 22 ' N, 17 ° 52 ' E
- Municipality of Stockholm