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As part of a wider plan to decentralise the population of Stockholm, this rural land was quickly transformed into the present modern suburb, inaugurated in 1954 in a ceremony attracting some 75,000 people.
In the documentary they also talk about problems in Vällingby like stores closing down in the centrum, the centrum being poorly maintained, industries closing down, making the suburb a sleeping suburb, especially in evenings (everyone goes into the inner city of stockholm).
Feb 27, 2023 · Famous yet typical Swedish 1950’s suburb. February afternoon in Stockholm suburb Vällingby. Guidning captions and sounds of the city. #walkingvideo #stockholmwalk #lifeinsweden ...more.
- 18 min
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- Stockholm Walks
Jul 17, 2017 · Vällingby – one of the first post-war suburbs in Stockholm – became a well-known and much visited development, a prominent place in the geographical imaginations of many planners and architects during the 1950s and 1960s.
- Ian R. Cook
- 2018
Jul 3, 2018 · Vällingby ageing and newer suburbs in Stockholm continuing to emerge it is perhaps unsurprising why it became less of ‘must see’ destination for planners and architects visiting Stockholm.
Vällingby was inaugurated in 1954. It was one of the satellite towns along the newly expanded subway line from Stockholm city centre to Hässelby in the westernmost part of the municipality. Vällingby was an ABC-town, which stood for Arbete, Bostad, Centrum or Work, Dwelling, Centre.
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Jul 16, 2014 · The main idea was to imitate the variety and animation of city life in newly created large scale suburb towns. Vällingby was the first prototype ABC city designed in Stockholm in the 1950s and inaugurated in 1954. This new idea marked the end of the Garden City era in Stockholm.
