Kv. Lusten

http://www.familjebostader.com/CUSTOMER/Upload/MediaArchive/d2c27dfc-8616-496b-9932-db6967e996aa.jpg

Kv. Lusten will have 82 apartments on 24fl and 78m. It's a part of Kungsholmen major redevelopment project, which is one of the largest constrution projects in Sweden. Kungsholmen is a part of Stockholm's inner city.

- 24fl
- Completion: 2009
- Apartments : 82
- Height: 78m

sadly it looks like a modern commie

:okay: for highrises in Stockholms innercity

:down: for the design. I agree with the previous writer.

I think this one looks okay, there are better renders of the highrise. I'll try to find them later...

Yeah, I don't have any probs with this one either, it's ok IMO. But is it really U/C? Damnit, why don't we have anyone updating us on the progress over at kungsholmen? :)

^What he said. :cheers1:

Looks okay, but nothing more.

More renders:

http://www.awlark.se/upload/projektbilder/stadsbyggnad/kungsholmen/1kungsholmen.jpg

http://www.familjebostader.com/CUSTOMER/Upload/MediaArchive/79fc8b8b-af43-4164-9477-88d5cf22de1f.jpg

sadly it looks like a modern commieI agree...

Edit: Can a mod please add 78m to the title? :)

Can someone confirm it is under construction? If it is, it will be one of the twenty tallest buildings in Sweden.

Well according to familjebostäder who's building it, people can begin to move in 2009, so I suppose it on the way. They are digging like hell in the area anyway.


http://www.stockholm.se/Extern/Templates/PageWide.aspx?id=119443

Horrible design. At least the color is light.

78m added, and status changed. If the site is being cleared it's in DEMO, not U/C. U/C is when things start going up...

This building is dangerous. It could perhaps look good in a skyscraper cluster but not alone. It will look like the rest of the commies in Stockholm when it gets old, torned and get dirty facades. The reactionary Stockholmers will say that this is another example which proves the rule that modern buildings are ugly. Please don't build this.:ohno:

78m added, and status changed. If the site is being cleared it's in DEMO, not U/C. U/C is when things start going up...

oh, i thought it was prep if they are digging. But i thought it was already U/C, oh well.. :)

This building is dangerous. It could perhaps look good in a skyscraper cluster but not alone. It will look like the rest of the commies in Stockholm when it gets old, torned and get dirty facades. The reactionary Stockholmers will say that this is another example which proves the rule that modern buildings are ugly. Please don't build this.:ohno:
I hope you are wrong. Cause I like this building, as long as it will be clean, All the time.

I like it too, it's a great residential building in my eyes!

This building is dangerous. It could perhaps look good in a skyscraper cluster but not alone. It will look like the rest of the commies in Stockholm when it gets old, torned and get dirty facades. The reactionary Stockholmers will say that this is another example which proves the rule that modern buildings are ugly. Please don't build this.:ohno:

I get your point safta. but I think the difference will be what kind of people will actually be living in this house.
Those commieblocks you are referring to are rentals, which make economy not so good when it comes to repainting etc.
My guess is that these flats will mostly have to be bought, and so the economy will be different thus ensuring that the facade will look clean and nice for a looooong time ;)

A new model pic, thanks to Safta20:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2192/2101294051_8e54ee3cfe_o.jpg

A new model pic, thanks to Safta20:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2192/2101294051_8e54ee3cfe_o.jpg

I think the mix with the two highrises by the highway adds a nice touch to the whole area. Three tall ones, not just one..
Although, as always, all of them could had been quite a bit taller...
I am a bit worried with the "regular" houses in the area though, its that regular "nyfunkis" look which is all over the place right now. Please, add some more variation to the designs!

Height - 8 points
Design - 1...OK... 4 points
Area - 7 points - looks urban with few more tall thingies:)

As always, I love new towers. I love this one, I really like the design. :)

Site update:

Info-sign:
http://www.yimby.se/photos/imageloader.aspx?url=f02c4933-a899-4582-9ac4-cd6598456daf.jpg&w=1000

Asphalt plant demolition has started:
http://www.yimby.se/photos/imageloader.aspx?url=b61fe638-c0e6-48c9-9d0b-2fad72c45f2c.jpg&w=1000

This is where it will all happen:
http://www.yimby.se/photos/imageloader.aspx?url=cadbe1f3-96dd-4903-9628-b1649e3d5550.jpg&w=1000

Nothing wrong with the view from here:
http://www.yimby.se/photos/imageloader.aspx?url=b89cbe6a-df79-45cd-a6a4-1d3c11468ae6.jpg&w=1000

Well. Not much else to report at the moment.

I looked through some pages in the highrise section and found several interesting topics. So I thought I'd brought up this one since it's currently DEMO. I think the design is ok for it's location. Any news about this project?

As far as I know it's still in demo...

I looked through some pages in the highrise section and found several interesting topics. So I thought I'd brought up this one since it's currently DEMO. I think the design is ok for it's location. Any news about this project?

Once a month they update with a picture:

http://www.stockholm.se/Fristaende-webbplatser/Fackforvaltningssajter/Exploateringskontoret/Ovriga-byggprojekt-i-innerstaden/Lindhagen/Delprojekt/Hornsbergs-strandKojan/Bilder-fran-Hornsbergs-strand/

Thanks for that! So is it U/C yet? Don't really know the plot for the tower, so...

Some bigger pics:

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3599/kvlustenhogdelcz7.jpg
http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/36/kvlustenhornsbergsstranik5.jpg
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2237/lustenvalgangensitplanvo0.jpg

I still don't really like the design of the building... It could be more spectacular.

A big LOL @ that first pic, that's the worst render I've ever seen.

Other than that I like it, clean and simple. Sure it could be much nicer and put in a cluster, but that goes for every new building in Sthlm.

A big LOL @ that first pic, that's the worst render I've ever seen.

Other than that I like it, clean and simple. Sure it could be much nicer and put in a cluster, but that goes for every new building in Sthlm.
Hmm.. we've the same problem in Ørestad (80-85), due to the damn airport. But at least they're designed by Fosters+Partners, Libeskind, 3XN etc.

Sorry but this is really ugly, but fortunately it's 78 m.
I think, except for a few Scandinavia has to many boxy/commi-designed proposals.

That's the crappiest building I've seen in a long time. What's the difference between this shit and the tower blocks in the suburbs? The architectural climate in this country is hopeless!

What's the difference between this shit and the tower blocks in the suburbs?
Nothing I guess :nuts: It's a really boring building. Wonder what the Dubai or London people would say if they saw this.

Nothing I guess :nuts: It's a really boring building. Wonder what the Dubai or London people would say if they saw this.

This is just a residental tower in a residental area, they build this kinda shit in London too. And Dubai? They would laugh at turning torso down there ffs. :)

Yes this building is not beautiful. I believe they didn't put any energy of the look of the building when they designed it. But ok... it's a "cheap" rental building and not a fancy commercial high rise.

Most of the buildings in Dubai and New York does not look better than this. I think it's the impression of seeing many skyscraper instead of only one that make the difference. So if they want keep building lonely high rises in Stockholm they better do something better than this.

^^ Word.

That's the crappiest building I've seen in a long time. What's the difference between this shit and the tower blocks in the suburbs? The architectural climate in this country is hopeless!

One word: Planning.
Instead of being thrown out on a lawn in the middle of fucking nowhere this building will be standing in a well defined urban space with a public square, public spaces with stores in the bottom, and both tram and subway lines closeby. That's a huge difference for me. I would very much like to live in this building, but I would never ever want to live in something like this:

:puke:http://www.herkommer.se/projekt/stadsbyggnad/Axelsberg/phoga_350.jpg

And yes, of course the building could look much nicer, but to me the area I live in is just as important (if not more) than the look of the houses.

Yes this building is not beautiful. I believe they didn't put any energy of the look of the building when they designed it. But ok... it's a "cheap" rental building and not a fancy commercial high rise.

Most of the buildings in Dubai and New York does not look better than this. I think it's the impression of seeing many skyscraper instead of only one that make the difference. So if they want keep building lonely high rises in Stockholm they better do something better than this.
Excactly, we notice all the bad projects, when then most awesome are more rare in our region.

One word: Planning.
Instead of being thrown out on a lawn in the middle of fucking nowhere this building will be standing in a well defined urban space with a public square, public spaces with stores in the bottom, and both tram and subway lines closeby. That's a huge difference for me. I would very much like to live in this building, but I would never ever want to live in something like this:

:puke:http://www.herkommer.se/projekt/stadsbyggnad/Axelsberg/phoga_350.jpg

And yes, of course the building could look much nicer, but to me the area I live in is just as important (if not more) than the look of the houses.
Yeah, I was referring exclusively to the design of the building itself. The area looks nice. :)

And Dubai? They would laugh at turning torso down there ffs. :)

I think Turning Torso is more spectacular than any existing finnished building in Dubai:colgate:

More pics.

http://www.fsve.se/dev/admin/uploads/slides/26/KvLusten_modell2%20(Small).jpg

http://www.fsve.se/dev/admin/uploads/slides/26/KvLusten_modell1%20(Small).jpg

http://www.fsve.se/dev/admin/uploads/slides/26/KvLusten_Fasad%20mot%20vaster%20(Small).jpg

http://www.fsve.se/dev/admin/uploads/slides/26/KvLusten_Fasad%20mot%20soder%20(Small).jpg

http://www.fsve.se/dev/admin/uploads/slides/26/KvLusten_Fasad%20mot%20oster%20(Small).jpg

http://www.fsve.se/dev/admin/uploads/slides/26/KvLusten_Fasad%20mot%20norr%20(Small).jpg

http://www.fsve.se/dev/admin/uploads/slides/26/Lusten%20och%20Valgangen%20(Small).JPG

It fits well in the location, and I like that its a higrise God knows we dont have many of them in Stockholm ;)

Construction of the highrise will start this summer.

http://www.branschnyheter.se/article48142.php

Det höga huset får en fasad av glas och prefabricerade betongelement.
– Men elementen är mönstrade så att fogarna inte ska synas, det kommer inte att se ut som en prefabfasad, säger Alessandro Ripellino.


And the once a month update site again:

http://www.stockholm.se/Fristaende-webbplatser/Fackforvaltningssajter/Exploateringskontoret/Ovriga-byggprojekt-i-innerstaden/Lindhagen/Delprojekt/Hornsbergs-strandKojan/Bilder-fran-Hornsbergs-strand/

^I LOVE how he made a point of pointing out that the prefab concrete won't look like prefab concrete :) Maybe they're starting to realize that prefab concrete is usually very easily spotted and looks pretty damn ugly...

I thought I would bump this thread because the "Brovakten", which is located close to this highrise, is soon to be under construction.
Shouldn't this building be U/C? It has been DEMO quite long.

^^

On this site it says that it will start in August!

– Vi startar bygget i augusti och det ska stå klart 2011.

http://www.byggvarlden.se/byggprojekt/article591113.ece

^^

On this site it says that it will start in August!



http://www.byggvarlden.se/byggprojekt/article591113.ece

Sounds good!
Stockholm is on the way up. It will be a totally different city in 50 years.

Construction has officially started.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten01.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten02.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten03.jpg

A model of the house.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten04.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten05.jpg

Wonderful! It looks great, and the blocks even have more than one colour on each side of the facade. Best project in Stockholm in modern time?

Great update K-J N!

And some of the roofs are green, could it be that it's going to be grass?
There where some story yesterday or today on ABC about some houses getting grass on the roofs, thought it was some old ones, but I'm not sure.
It was something about parks on the roofs or something, didn't pay too much attention to it.

Construction has officially started.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten01.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten02.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten03.jpg

A model of the house.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten04.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten05.jpg

Excellent! Lovely pictures.
Would it be possible to use these pictues in a blogpost at yimby.se?
And if so, what name should I put under the images?

Excellent! Lovely pictures.
Would it be possible to use these pictues in a blogpost at yimby.se?
And if so, what name should I put under the images?
Sure, use Karl-Johan Nilsson. BTW I also got two movies of the speeches that was held if you want to use something from them. Being a cell phone the imge quality isn't the greatest as you can see on the second picture but the sound is pretty good.

Nice update! :) Can a moderator please change the title to U/C?

^^ A moderator sure can! Good to hear that it's finally u/c, will be interesting to see how it turns out.

Been a while now since the groundbreaking ceremony. Does anybody know if there has been some progress made?

This is from the area but I don't know if the lower one is of the highrise going up?


October 2009
http://www.stockholm.se/Fristaende-webbplatser/Fackforvaltningssajter/Exploateringskontoret/Ovriga-byggprojekt-i-innerstaden/Lindhagen/Delprojekt/Hornsbergs-strandKojan/Bilder-fran-Hornsbergs-strand/

Just remembered that there was a thread for this one so another picture on how it will look like:

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/2408/kvlustenochvalgangen960.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten06.jpg
It's starting to rise now.

Close-up of Lusten.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten07.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten08.jpg

Ser riktigt bra ut! ingen tråkig vit "pre-fab"-betong här inte, tack :)

Much better than expected :)

What about the project to build a ground light rail there as in Hammarby Sjöstad and in the city center? did you hear something about that?

What about the project to build a ground light rail there as in Hammarby Sjöstad and in the city center? did you hear something about that?

På SL's hemsida:

Målet är att Spårväg City ska vara klar i hela sin sträckning 2014, lagom till att de två nya stadsdelarna Norra Djurgårdsstaden och Nordvästra Kungsholmen står klara.

Looks like it´s gonna be quite tall.
Anyone know how tall?

På SL's hemsida:

Ok Thanks!

Looks like it´s gonna be quite tall.
Anyone know how tall?

Is going to be around 80 meters tall!

Close-up of Lusten.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten08.jpg

And even closer from the Rosenberg Architects site:

http://a.imageshack.us/img444/1248/bygg3.jpg

http://rosenbergs.incabus.net/

Looks like it´s gonna be quite tall.
Anyone know how tall?
The thread title tells you! ;)

@Bosco - interesting :) I hope that's not an example of the finished surface tho, looks just like styrofoam!

@Bosco - interesting :) I hope that's not an example of the finished surface tho, looks just like styrofoam!

Don't really know what Styrofoam is but their site had been updated with some construction pictures so I think that this is from the actual site.

http://www.rosenbergs.se/projektarkiv/bostader/hoghus-pa-nordvastra-kungsholmen/

styrofoam = frigolit :)

Great link!
http://www.rosenbergs.se/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bygg-2.jpg
Does this mean they're already at floor 7? or could it be the tower-crane?

I think its the adjacent lower apartment building. Looking at the updates the tower is only on its 4th floor at the moment.

Hi! do you have some new picture or information?

You need to follow the general Stockholmstread aswell since not all updates are posted here:


Picture Rosenberg Arkitekter

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/7273/bygg6.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7821/bygg5.jpg

http://www.rosenbergs.se/

KV Lusten is going up up up. :D
Pic from today.

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/hasse78/stockholm%20mm/DSC00708.jpg

I love the cladding!
Stockholm is starting to get many highrises and more are planned! :)

New pictures up at the Rosenberg Arkitekter site.

Pictures Rosenberg Arkitekter

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9007/lusten1.jpg

View from floor 11 of 24
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/1031/lusten2.jpg

http://www.rosenbergs.se/projektarkiv/bostader/hoghus-pa-nordvastra-kungsholmen/#

KV Lusten can be seen from Essingeleden today. I believe it have passed half the hight now. Maybe even up to 2/3rd of the hight. :)

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/hasse78/stockholm%20mm/DSC00703-1.jpg

Thank you for a rainy update, Hasse! The building looks good, indeed. :)

Pics from today. They are working on floor number 20 (if I am not counting wrong)

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/hasse78/stockholm%20mm/DSC00754.jpg

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/hasse78/stockholm%20mm/DSC00755.jpg

I personally don't like the design this building (love the height tho), but here's som pictures taken today:

http://data.fuskbugg.se/dipdip/IMG_3204.JPG

http://data.fuskbugg.se/dipdip/IMG_3217.JPG

http://data.fuskbugg.se/dipdip/__IMG_3213.JPG

http://data.fuskbugg.se/dipdip/_IMG_3206.JPG

http://data.fuskbugg.se/dipdip/IMG_3211.JPG

http://data.fuskbugg.se/dipdip/_IMG_3208.JPG

Ugh, gotta agree.. Those prefab walls look so fucking cheap. Both this one and the Kungsholmsporten towers are big disappointments.

^^ Nice photo b5254! Where did you take it? :)

Two more from today.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten09.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten10.jpg

Two more from today.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten09.jpg


Now this I like. Starts to look like a city...

Yes indeed, very nice and urban! :)

When I passed from a distance it looked like they have put a christmas tree on top.


Is it topped out now? Seems like they'd need to raise the crane otherwise

Some renders which hasn't been posted in this thread! It would be nice if the first post was updated with some renders/pictures! :)

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/251/419e.jpg

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1156/324sl.jpg

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/2121/79074768.jpg

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/5277/511t.jpg

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/1145/223sb.jpg

Taken today...

http://oi55.tinypic.com/2lxjntw.jpg

http://oi51.tinypic.com/vrqyrn.jpg

http://oi51.tinypic.com/2iswrqg.jpg


And I still don't like this building... .:)

And I still don't like this building... .:)[/QUOTE]

no, me neither, very boring. But maybe it will look a bit better when finsihed?
I do like the christmas tree though:)

Stockholms skyline från nordväst :) OF
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr316/reseskildringar/sthlmskyline1.jpg

^^

That is really nice!

Kungsholmsporten should have been as high as Lusten, at least! :)

New pic
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten12.jpg

^^

Great picture. :okay:
It looks like it could become a lovely place to be a sunny summerday. Maybe even as soon as this summer.

^^

It absolutely does! Great picture. :)

I wonder if they will ever build that 'badringen' somewhere there?

Some pictures taken by Boscorelli today

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5145/rimg0132i.jpg

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4466/rimg0141m.jpg

http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/3357/rimg0154l.jpg

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1408/rimg0155.jpg

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3629/rimg0161.jpg

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/17/rimg0174b.jpg

http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/2229/rimg0176d.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5758/rimg0179h.jpg

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7949/rimg0180a.jpg

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/8739/rimg0183k.jpg

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/5752/rimg0184.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9276/rimg0188.jpg

^^

Hey! It actually turned out pretty good don't ya think? I've seen many similar highrises like this and most of them look awful but this one looks... clean. Looks really nice.

Pattern in the cladding makes all the difference :)

Pattern in the cladding makes all the difference :)

True that. :banana:

Stockholm´s first white skyscraper! :cheers:

^^
its not even close to being a scyscraper. its a simple but cool highrise. to be a scyscraper it has to be atleast 150m. but to me 150m isnt that tall. but it looks great whit 150m if there are some 200m+ scyscrapers at its side.

^^
its not even close to being a scyscraper. its a simple but cool highrise. to be a scyscraper it has to be atleast 150m. but to me 150m isnt that tall. but it looks great whit 150m if there are some 200m+ scyscrapers at its side.

For me skyscrapers must be 800+ m m))

^^ no thats not a scyscraper. its a spacestation.

Avskyskrapare... :nuts:

snarare avsky skapare, iaf om man e en nimby.

såg först nu att det var mönster på fasaden. Tur det för annars hade det sett väldigt plant o trist ut! Fast någon skarp färg hade inte varit fel för att liva upp byggnaden under den mörka tiden på året!

^^

I de här fallet så tycker jag att mönstret och det vita färgen är 'spot on' :)

Taken today:

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5222/img1739wm.jpg

For me skyscrapers must be 800+ m m))

To my mind, over 250m skyscrapers wouldn't fit in any N&B city. Rather I would see several 75-150m highrises togehter. Too high buildings really spoil the city wiew. Yes, I knew your post was a joke.

To my mind, over 250m skyscrapers wouldn't fit in any N&B city. Rather I would see several 75-150m highrises togehter. Too high buildings really spoil the city wiew. Yes, I knew your post was a joke.

in the inner city it dossent fit in. but in kista it looks good. but 250m, is a little high even for kista.

To my mind, over 250m skyscrapers wouldn't fit in any N&B city. Rather I would see several 75-150m highrises togehter. Too high buildings really spoil the city wiew. Yes, I knew your post was a joke.

I think it could fit! :) It just depends on where you build them.

En chans att titta närmare.

http://www.familjebostader.com/Om-oss/Nyheter/Nyheter-2011/Valkommen-till-oppet-hus-i-Lindhagsskrapan-24-september/

I think it could fit! :) It just depends on where you build them.

Possible location #1: Next to Turning Torso.
Possible location #2: I don't know.

An article about Lusten:

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article13672786.ab

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten13b.jpg
Lusten was open to the public today.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten14.jpg
You had to wait one and a half hour in line but the view is great.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten15.jpg
Kungsholmsporten

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten16.jpg
Globen in the distance.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten17.jpg
Outside on the terrace

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten18.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten19.jpg
Victoria Tower and Kista Science Tower in the distance.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten20.jpg
The Mirage art installation. It's a 64 meters high mirror mounted on the side of the building. It will be backlit during the night.

Excellent photographs! I can't believe I didn't hear about this as I was walking around that area today taking a few snaps. Thanks for your efforts. :)

Really Awsome Photos K-J-N! :banana:



:cheers: :)

best pics ever. better then view then frome kaknästornet.

Wow, its amazing!!

The Mirage art installation. It's a 64 meters high mirror mounted on the side of the building. It will be backlit during the night.
It is already backlit during night. This pic is from a couple of months ago.

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9578/image107aa.jpg

Sorry for the crappy image quality.


Were you allowed to go to the roof of the building? How high up is the terrace?

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/neopokekun/photos/kvlusten15.jpg


K-J N. these aupdates were just amazing! :) Love this view!

http://pixholder.com/upload/1342475563.jpg

Kv. Lusten from a near distance:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7623801068_ee60a90997_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lazerkirk/7623801068/)
Hornsbergs Strand (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lazerkirk/7623801068/) by erik.flygare (http://www.flickr.com/people/lazerkirk/), on Flickr

Also, I am sorry for posting quite many pictures from flickr recently.

Wow, that area is looking really good now! I just wish transport was better in the area...

Hopefully, it will be improved somehow. As far as I remember a light rail line will run through the area in the future, won't it? :)
Also, I tried to visit the area myself by walking via Karlberg and Tomeboda. Perhaps, my optimism was lost when seing a very long road/bridge to Solna at Tomteboda. :D

Hopefully, it will be improved somehow. As far as I remember a light rail line will run through the area in the future, won't it? :)
Also, I tried to visit the area myself by walking via Karlberg and Tomeboda. Perhaps, my optimism was lost when seing a very long road/bridge to Solna at Tomteboda. :D

The area around Tomteboda is a nightmare as far as accessibility is concerned which is unusual as normally walking in Stockholm is easy. It needs to be improved. Fast!

I more meant public transport as the nearest stations are Kristineberg and Stadshagen, though they are a bit far from the development itself. The light rail line has been shelved for now pending rebuilding of Sergels Torg I believe. It'll come eventually, but eventually is the operative word. For now they need to run a better bus service to connect the area.

Light rail via Lindhagensgatan is a must to make it a vibrant part of the city. The distance to both Stadshagen and Kristineberg is too great. This new, amazing, part of the city deserves a good connection.

Light rail via Lindhagensgatan is a must to make it a vibrant part of the city. The distance to both Stadshagen and Kristineberg is too great. This new, amazing, part of the city deserves a good connection.

I agree completely. The arguments used against the line are the proximity of Stadshagen och Kristineberg as well as that the Blur subway line already goes parallel to the proposed route. IMO these arguments are inherently flawed. Like you said the subway stations are too far. The Blue line is also a very deep line with focus on longer distance trips, very unlike the tram line which would be far more like a super-bus line than a subway line.

Afaik there is not only the issue of the Sergels Torg renovation, there is also very little political will to extend the line past T-centralen :(




As for the actual topic of this thread: I think the tower is kinda boring. Not ugly really, but neither is it beautiful. I also see it far too seldom. It should be poking up above Fredhäll from my office on Lilla Essingen! :)

Light rail via Lindhagensgatan is a must to make it a vibrant part of the city. The distance to both Stadshagen and Kristineberg is too great. This new, amazing, part of the city deserves a good connection.

Agreed 100% and unfortunately it isn't forthcoming instead they're too busy contemplating their massive road expansion projects. Sometimes politicians annoy me beyond all reason. Yes they are investing a lot of money in public transport, but then they try to kill it with investments in the most pointless projects known to man.

Hopefully once this area starts to really come together they'll improve things, but alas, I can't see that happening quickly.

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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6516263875_43aba07e00_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/xmoln/6516263875/)
Hornsberg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/xmoln/6516263875/) by skrotmumrik (http://www.flickr.com/people/xmoln/), on Flickr

Kv. Lusten from a near distance:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7623801068_ee60a90997_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lazerkirk/7623801068/)
Hornsbergs Strand (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lazerkirk/7623801068/) by erik.flygare (http://www.flickr.com/people/lazerkirk/), on Flickr

Also, I am sorry for posting quite many pictures from flickr recently.

Underbar del av stan och utmärkt även för badande vilket jag testade ett flertal gånger (Bor c:a 20 minuters gångväg därifrån) nu i somras :okay:

Shouldn't thread title be updated?

Shouldn't thread title be updated?

Prob, who does things like that?

Prob, who does things like that?

Me. Done! :)

One more view:

image hosted on flickr (http://www.flickr.com)
http://i.imgur.com/Md7ER.jpg?1
Stockholm by Robban.G (http://www.flickr.com/people/75461488@N08/), on Flickr

Very nice. The highrise is very simplistic, but it's something about it that I really like. It's clean and classy, maybe.

^^
Is that the Karolinska new hospital construction seen to the left?
If so I can imagine possible future highrises in Hagastaden must make a nice skyline from this angle together with KV Lusten and Kungsholmsporten.

^^
Is that the Karolinska new hospital construction seen to the left?
If so I can imagine possible future highrises in Hagastaden must make a nice skyline from this angle together with KV Lusten and Kungsholmsporten.

It is and you are quite right about that! :okay:
Hadn´t really thought about this fact.

One more pic:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8426728711_3dd9329a86_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/helifilm_sweden/8426728711/)
IMG_0562 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/helifilm_sweden/8426728711/) by HeliFilm Sweden (http://www.flickr.com/people/helifilm_sweden/), on Flickr

I like the density in the area. :)

Hornsberg strand with the award-winning urban park seen from above (spring 2012):

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/7007986411_4d8a21c38a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/prins_caspian/7007986411/)
Vy över Hornsberg våren 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/prins_caspian/7007986411/) by Prince_Caspian (http://www.flickr.com/people/prins_caspian/), on Flickr

Kv. Lusten from the distance:

http://i.imgur.com/GYEQt7Y.jpg?1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeandflow/8196945691/in/photostream/

Facade close-ups:

http://i.imgur.com/uepYbZo.jpg?1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonas_paulsson/8398863920/in/set-72157632562545373/

http://i.imgur.com/lsEmJSr.jpg?1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonas_paulsson/8399425110/in/set-72157632562545373/

It looks pretty sweet when you're looking upwards from ground level!Great photos!

Kv. Lusten seen form quite an unusual angle:

http://i.imgur.com/n61ldib.jpg?1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swedishgoose/8511170048/

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8366/8594948938_33c6f69e18_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertnyman/8594948938/)
Good morning, Stockholm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertnyman/8594948938/) par Robert Nyman (http://www.flickr.com/people/robertnyman/), sur Flickr

Thank you for this thread, I have enjoyed reading it. I recently registered on the forum and decided it was time for my first post. We will move into an apartment in Lusten in early May and I'm really looking forward to. We visited the apartment today and it looks great, a very well-planned apartment with large windows and a lot of light. Expensive for a rental of course, but about on par with our previous apartment and this one is a lot nicer. If you are interested I could offer some info and photos from inside later on.

I can start by offering a photo from our soon to be balcony. Unfortunately I didn't have my proper camera with me so it's taken with my cell phone.

http://imageshack.us/a/img560/5357/lusten.jpg

^^ Welcome to the forum (as a poster) :) It would be very interesting to see how a apartment looks, and congrats btw, it's a lovely view.

^^ Welcome to the forum (as a poster) :) It would be very interesting to see how a apartment looks, and congrats btw, it's a lovely view.

Thank you! And I can try to take some photos before we clog it with all our stuff. The apartment was great, very airy and well-planned. I would have liked one more room maybe, but this had better views and better planning. The views are in the direction of the photo from the kitchen and balcony, and the living-room and bedroom faces the city.

Me and a friend were trying to remember what the area looked like when we were kids. We used to take our bikes out to the asphalt factory and around Kungsholmen, but we couldn't remember even though we went there countless times. Does anyone have any before/after pictures? Wikipedia has a couple, but they're taken from Traneberg which istoo far away.

Me and a friend were trying to remember what the area looked like when we were kids. We used to take our bikes out to the asphalt factory and around Kungsholmen, but we couldn't remember even though we went there countless times. Does anyone have any before/after pictures? Wikipedia has a couple, but they're taken from Traneberg which istoo far away.

The area has been pretty dead until quite recently. I worked in Stadshagen in the late 90's and it was still very sleepy with almost no shops and very few residential buildings. I remember taking walks during my lunch hour down to the water and under the highway. I still remember one summer in July, the whole place was almost completely empty... No people anywhere. It felt like a very neglected part of Kungsholmen. The house where I worked was demolished last year to make room for more apartments. For a while at least Jan Jörnmark had a very nice series of photos from the office complex Lustgården where I had quite a few lunches (I can't find the photos on his site any more). It wasn't that old, but it was torn down a few years ago, but apparently it was more or less impossible to find tenants for it.

I would also be interested in seeing older photos of the area, I haven't been able to find that much.

Me and a friend were trying to remember what the area looked like when we were kids.
We used to take our bikes out to the asphalt factory and around Kungsholmen, but we couldn't remember even though we went there countless times.
Does anyone have any before/after pictures?

One can actually find some interesting pictures on the net. Here are some I found recently :)

An aerial of Hornsberg, taken on April 2007 according to the author. Hornsbergs asfaltverk is still there, in the place where Lindhagenskrapan stands today:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3033/2755756275_f399922360_b.jpg
Source: hornsberg_165_101_19_lit (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29348314@N02/2755756275/in/photostream/) by @@lelle@@ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/29348314@N02/) on Flickr

You can compare it to this aerial from summer 2012:

http://www.nyrens.se/sites/default/files/styles/project_landscape/public/files/projekt/v_kungsholmen_stork6a7982.jpg
Source: http://www.nyrens.se/projekt/hornsbergs-strandpark

Three interesting photos from 1999. Taken by Lars (Lon) Olsson:

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1277/5186580625_5ec106d063_b.jpg
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/larslonolsson/5186580625/in/photostream by Lars (Lon) Olsson (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larslonolsson/) on Flickr

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1001/5186571689_9212b96bb2_b.jpg
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/larslonolsson/5186571689/in/photostream by Lars (Lon) Olsson (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larslonolsson/) on Flickr

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1418/5187167798_576efceb22_b.jpg
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/larslonolsson/5187167798/in/photostream by Lars (Lon) Olsson (http://www.flickr.com/photos/larslonolsson/) on Flickr

And if we move further back in time :)

Stora Bryggeriet (The Big Brewery) was for a long time the dominating building complex of Hornsberg. Some parts of it still exist today and are going to be preserved.

This photo by Axel Malmström is said to be taken about hundred years ago:

http://www.dn.se/blogg/epstein/files/2011/12/å22.jpg

It was published in Lars Epsteins Stockholm blog. He writes about the changes in Lindhagen area. You can read it here:
DN: Epsteins STHLM - Jag står på det som ska bli Lars Forssells gata på Kungsholmen (http://www.dn.se/blogg/epstein/2011/12/16/jag-star-pa-det-som-ska-bli-lars-forssells-gata-pa-kungsholmen/)

Stockholmskällan is always a good place to find interesting old photos. Here are some of them.

"Flygfoto över Hornsbergsgaraget och området omkring garaget år 1932":

http://www.stockholmskallan.se/ContentFiles/Import/SPM/2012/05/3/2196-1.jpg
Source: http://www.stockholmskallan.se/Soksida/Post/?nid=27589. Photo by Oscar Bladh.

"Vy över Tranebergsbron och Kristineberg, 1935":

http://www.stockholmskallan.se/PostFiles/SSA/SSA00044021.jpg
http://www.stockholmskallan.se/Soksida/Post/?nid=10756

"Hornbergskajen efter utbyggnaden. Hösten 1938":

http://www.michau.se/pics/other_pics/stockholm/lindhagen/hornbergskajen_1938_web_1024.jpg
http://www.stockholmskallan.se/Soksida/Post/?nid=20002

I have also a few pictures and a panorama from 2004 taken by myself. I will post them soon :)

I digged up some pics of Hornsberg from my deepest archives :) They are from 2004 and made me almost nostalgic... ;)

I also added a few new pictures for comparison.

Let's start with three pics from the cliffs of Västra Skogen taken in January 2004. Hornsberg was a charming place at night :)

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040128_fran_vastra_skogen/040128_fran_vastra_skogen_4034_RT8_v1_800.jpg

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040128_fran_vastra_skogen/040128_fran_vastra_skogen_4039_RT8_v1a_800.jpg

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040128_fran_vastra_skogen/040128_fran_vastra_skogen_4043_RT8_v1_800.jpg

Two pics taken from some place in Traneberg in January 2004:

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040129_fran_alvik_traneberg/040129_fran_alvik_traneberg_4141_v2a.jpg

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040129_fran_alvik_traneberg/040129_fran_alvik_traneberg_4142_v2c.jpg

Panoramas from Ulvsundabron. The first one from April 2004, the second one from July 2011 (I don't have newer pics from that place). Good for comparison :)

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040402_ulvsundabron/040402_ulvsundabron_6605r_1500_v2.jpg

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2011/110731_ulvsundabron/110731_ulvsundabron_9744r_1500.jpg

In March 2004 I visited Hornsberg and took some pictures. Here are some of them. I added also a few pictures from last sunday for comparison :)

We start at the corner of Lindhagensgatan and Hornsbergsvägen. I think that these white bulidings along Lindhagengatan were quite new then or freshly renovated.

Beyond the red building you can see two buildings that were replaced later by the "ICA Maxi building":

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040309_hornsberg/040309_hornsberg_5239.jpg

Same place today:

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2013/130414_lindhagen/130414_lindhagen_6807r.jpg

The building that was standing at the other corner of Lindhagengatan and Hornsbergsvägen (just behind Asfaltverket) is no longer there:

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040309_hornsberg/040309_hornsberg_5241_v1.jpg

This place looks totally different today:

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2013/130414_lindhagen/130414_lindhagen_6992r.jpg

These buldings were standing along Lindhagengatan and were torn down some year ago:

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040309_hornsberg/040309_hornsberg_5193_v1.jpg

Now it's a construction site (kv. Leendet):

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2013/130414_lindhagen/130414_lindhagen_6801r.jpg

Same construction site seen from a place further up Lindhagengatan:

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2013/130414_lindhagen/130414_lindhagen_6989r.jpg

Back to 2004. Stora Bryggeriets building (Mälteri) seen from Lindhagensgatan. The building is going to be preserved.

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040309_hornsberg/040309_hornsberg_5194.jpg

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040309_hornsberg/040309_hornsberg_5198_v1.jpg

On the left side of the parking lot, seen in the old picture, is a construction going on now. The same that we've seen in the pictures above.

And on the right side of the parking lot, a new residential building is already standing (one of the Västermalm Strand buildings). Finishing works are going on:

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2013/130414_lindhagen/130414_lindhagen_6803r.jpg

The same new building seen from the little square at Lindhagenskrapan:

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2013/130414_lindhagen/130414_lindhagen_6796r.jpg

Back to 2004 and a look at Hornsbergs Asfaltverk that was dominating the area at that time:

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040309_hornsberg/040309_hornsberg_5197.jpg

The next few pictures I took standing on the ice to get better perspective.

Hornsbergs Asfaltverk once more:

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040309_hornsberg/040309_hornsberg_5210_v1.jpg

Lindhagenskrapan, beta version ;)

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040309_hornsberg/040309_hornsberg_5220_v2.jpg

Stora Bryggeriet (Mälteri):

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040309_hornsberg/040309_hornsberg_5223_v1.jpg

The picture below shows the same place today, but is taken from a different angle. I wasn't so keen on walking on ice in the middle of April... ;)

It shows Hornsberg strand and Lindhagenskrapan seen from Piren:

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2013/130414_lindhagen/130414_lindhagen_6897ra.jpg

And last but not least... the big panorama of Hornsberg strand from March 2004 :)

Scroll ------->>>>>>>>

http://www.michau.se/pics/my_pics/stockholm/2004/040309_hornsberg/pano_hornsberg_20030309_v4_fixed_v2b.jpg

^^

Great pics. Its amazing how much better it looks today in comparison to 2004. My friend is about to move in in one of the two black highrises, in about a week or so. Its gonna be interesting to hear how it feels to live there, with the view and everything.

Wow, I'd missed that picture before! That's an amazing difference! Fantastic capture of how (bad) things used to be.

I remember walking there around 2004-2005, I doubted that anyone would ever build a new neighbourhood there. It was a shame because the houses on the right in the panoramic picture are really nice and have a great view, but they were all alone down there. There was nothing really close by. I looked at an apartment on the hill to the extreme right of the photo, but someone else snagged it...

Huge improvement! Nice pictures :)

(Although I've always been a sucker for old factories. I find them quite cozy!)

Wow, I'd missed that picture before! That's an amazing difference! Fantastic capture of how (bad) things used to be.
While I agree it looks alot better today (obviously), I can't help but to feel a bit noastalgic about it. I guess it's because it was one of the last manufacturing industries left within Stockholm proper (if not the last?) and the memory of it pays hommage to another time when we had a less gentrified inner city.

While I agree it looks alot better today (obviously), I can't help but to feel a bit noastalgic about it. I guess it's because it was one of the last manufacturing industries left within Stockholm proper (if not the last?) and the memory of it pays hommage to another time when we had a less gentrified inner city.

I felt that way about Albano, I remember going there one last time and having a look before they tore the whole thing down. I don't know why really, I understand why they wanted to use that land, but still...

I felt that way about Albano, I remember going there one last time and having a look before they tore the whole thing down. I don't know why really, I understand why they wanted to use that land, but still...
To me atleast they've symbolized the more diverse city I grew up in and not the middle class ghetto it has become. Sadly, Stockholm's inner city has become too small be a truly dynamic city. Here we have alot to learn from Copenhagen. Dropping rent regulations and and decreasing the berucracy to spur more affordable urban development are musts.

To me atleast they've symbolized the more diverse city I grew up in and not the middle class ghetto it has become. Sadly, Stockholm's inner city has become too small be a truly dynamic city. Here we have alot to learn from Copenhagen. Dropping rent regulations and and decreasing the berucracy to spur more affordable urban development are musts.

I agree completely. There are a lot of developments in Stockholm right now, but most of them are very expensive and also very similar. I do however like the fact that there is at least a focus at bringing the closer suburbs and the inner city together, like at Norra stationsområdet, and also south where Södermalm is being connected more to the neighbourhoods just south of the bridges.

The rent regulations are still a huge problem though, and there seems to be no real political will to work on that particular problem.

So, I moved into Lusten yesterday andd I'm still mostly unpacking my stuff (or our stuff really). First impressions are that the view is quite Amazing, the apartment is very nice and that mostly it seems a good place to live. I have taken some photos of the apartment if anyone is curious, and also some photos of the view. I went to the roof-terrace a short while yesterday, but I intend to take some photos there too later on. The terrace itself is not much fun, basically they have ruined it with very high safety glass which blocks the view unless you stand on a bench like I did yesterday. I guess they are scared of jumpers. It's a shame though since it feels like sitting in a bowl when it could have been a really cool Place to see the city.

Another impression is that Moa Martinsons torg is not a very attractive place. Somehow they have managed to create a wind-tunnel outside the entrance to the building. Winds yesterday were ridiculously strong just outside the door, we carried some stuff and it was difficult to carry things that weren't heavy. Honestly I don't see how the restaurant in the building can have tables outside on the square. We took a walk tonight and it was less windy, but still very noticeable, and maybe 100 metres away at restaurang Piren it was almost completely still. This feels like bad engineering.

When my internet-Connection is up and running (using my phone as a hotspot right now) and I have access to my computer with Photoshop I will add some photos to the thread.

It seems that getting a working internet-connection through OpenNet is some sort of endurance-test meant to frustrate and annoy as much as possible. Currently both OpenNet and Bahnhof are on my shit-list for poor service and general ineptitude.

My computer is at least hooked up, if not online so I'm sending this from my laptop connected through my phone... I'm not sure which photos would be interesting so here are a few photos of the view from our apartment. If you want to see something else (or ask something else), just let me know.

Our balcony:
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6022/utsiktbalkong.jpg

View along the waterfront:
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/4663/utsiktvrum.jpg

Sunsets are awesome:
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9869/solnedgang.jpg

^^ Excellent photographs. How are you enjoying living there for now?

Shame you can't get bredbandsbolaget service - they are very, very good indeed.

PS: Am very jealous of you having such an amazing apartment.

Great pictures and views! Congratulations with moving to a new apartment. :okay:
I am really looking forward to seing more pictures of the views that can be seen from Kv. Lusten. :)

Thank you! I like the area and the apartment very much, yesterday when it was summer outside there were a lot of people just hanging out down by the water and the area really felt alive. That is what I like most about the area I think, the fact that it feels like a part of the inner city even though it is rather remote looking at the map. My plan is to grab my tripod and bring it up to the roof-terrace soon. It should give some great views in three directions at least (looking at the top of the building the roof-terrace is on the lower roof so one side is blocket by the building).

For now I can offer you two photos from inside the apartment that I took Before we started hauling all our furniture in. I Think the kitchen has a pretty high standard for a rental, although there are some solutions that I dislike. The dishwasher is not part of the standard equipment, you have to add that yourself.

The kitchen:
https://imageshack.us/scaled/large/822/kket.jpg

The living room as seen from the front door. The kitchen is to the right and the balcony to the far right. Closest to the right is the walk-in closet.
https://imageshack.us/scaled/large/10/vardagsrum.jpg

I went to the roof terrace today and brought a proper camera with me. It is quite difficult to get good photos from there because of the tall glass walls and the rail-system that runs outside of the glass wall. I guess it has to be some sort of service system for the building. I can understand why they would want to keep it separated so that nobody interfers with it, but it really takes a lot out of the concept of the roof terrace. Anyway, I stood on the benches to get a few shots.

I just keep posting, tell me to stop, or tell me if you want me to take a picture of anything in particular.

This first shot should appeal to this forum. At the horizon, from the left is first Kista Science Tower, then Victoria Tower and to the right the hotel at Friends Arena. They really stand out!
https://imageshack.us/scaled/large/705/taktrehus.jpg

The second shot is basically at the same angle as our balcony. On the right is the panel that runs almost from the ground and up, which lights up at night.
https://imageshack.us/scaled/large/823/takminneberg.jpg

The view towards the city, almost the same view that we have from one of our living room windows and from the large window in the bedroom.
https://imageshack.us/scaled/large/819/takstan.jpg

The roof-terrass. Not very inspiring, and always very windy. I guess that's the only thing which is good about the tall glass walls, they keep at least some of the wind out.
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Finally a shot from the stairwell... If you are scared of heights, I don't recommend looking down from the 22nd floor...
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^^ Thanks, Awesome photos! I love that view towards the city, for someone who like new development that sight from your livingroom would be like a dream! All of that area is going to get built in the forthcoming years, and you will have an awesome view on the Marieberg area too, which hopefully might get some tall builldings in the future! :cheers:

^^ Thanks, Awesome photos! I love that view towards the city, for someone who like new development that sight from your livingroom would be like a dream! All of that area is going to get built in the forthcoming years, and you will have an awesome view on the Marieberg area too, which hopefully might get some tall builldings in the future! :cheers:

I expect the tall building in Alvik will tower behind the Traneberg-bridge eventually. Right now that development is just a big hole in the ground, but it will be quite tall when finished, 18 floors although I'm not sure about the height in meters.

The building in this area is not nearly done, I read on a sign that they are building the largest passive residential building in Sweden (or even Norden?) below the Electrolux headquarters. That is also just a hole in the ground at the moment. Right below us there is also a large building site, although I think these new buildings will be about the same as most of the other lower buildings, maybe 6-8 floors.

Look at this Picture, here you can clearly see how much more development that you're going to be able to witness in the coming years! :cheers:

https://www.google.se/search?hl=en&q=nordv%C3%A4stra+kungsholmen&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.46340616,d.bGE&biw=1600&bih=685&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=8CCNUcHhCsS54AThlIEw#imgrc=IxlP7N5jOkyJ2M%3A%3B6-tqcqzHJsYKmM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ncc.se%252FGlobal%252FCommercial_space%252Fimages%252Fproject_images%252Fprojekt_bildspel%252Fvasterport_1_715x490.jpg%253F-354185577_cx1%253D0%2526-354185577_cy1%253D0%2526-354185577_cx2%253D715%2526-354185577_cy2%253D490%2526-131360600_cx1%253D0%2526-131360600_cy1%253D0%2526-131360600_cx2%253D336%2526-131360600_cy2%253D490%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ncc.se%252FLokaler%252FKontor%252Fkontorslokaler-referensprojekt%252FVasterport-Stockholm%252F%3B715%3B490

I've looked through the thread again, and I don't think the layout of the apartments has been posted before. They layout differs a bit between floors, but this is the general layout for most floors I guess. I know that on lower floors some apartments have smaller basement-like windows in the living-room where they are very close to other apartments on the opposite side of the square. They also have a different layout on the windows in the bedroom because the building is attached to the rest of the block where we have our large bedroom-window.

I would love to see the layout of the large apartment at the top of the building, but I haven't been able to find any schematics for it.

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Sorry 'bout the over-sized and low quality photo, but I use a crappy phonecam and upload to facebook :\

Kv Lusten in the middle of the sunset seen from S:t Görans Gymnasium

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Very misty today. A view from our bedroom. A few hours ago it was impossible to see even Minneberg, but now it's a bit better. Still not good visibility though, Högalidskyrkan is barely visible to the left. DN-skrapan is bright as always.

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Hm, imageshack scaled it somehow so that it looks like crap, it's been squished together horizontally.