The Guidebook of Bergshamra

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The Guidebook of Bergshamra

• Bergshamra is a community that is lying just by
  the water but it is close enough to Stockholm
  city. Bergshamra have everything!

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Bergshamra
Bergshamra is a small town in Solna and Solna is
a municipality in the north of Stockholm. As you
can see on the map, Bergshamra is surrounded by
water on three sides. But that doesn't makes it
any harder for you to go to Stockholm city,
theres a subway in Bergshamra that can take you
to the city in less than 15 minutes. Bergshamra
got about 7500 inhabitants. You can find a lot of
things in Bergshamra. Bergshamra has a
sportsgrund, which is newly renovated. In the
winter there is ice on the ground, so you can
play hockey or skate there.
In Bergshamra there is also a lot of forest,
which makes it easy for you to exercise and the
school can let their students practice
orienteering. On the south side of Bergshamra you
can find the lake Brunnsviken, where a lot of
people bath and fish in the summer. As you see
on this map the communication between Bergshamra
and Stockholms city is very good, in the summer
you can ride a bike there.
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CultureConfidencen
Confidencen, Ulriksdals Palace Theater, is the
oldest theater in Sweden. From the beginning it
was a stable for ridinghorses , but in 1753 it
converted into a theater. After the Swedish king
Gustav III's death it was forgotten, but it has
been revived of Kjerstin Dellert, a Swedish opera
sopran. It gives concerts and performances
throughout the summer.
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The coffee seahouse(Kafé sjösugan)
Kafé Sjöstugan have a wide history, it started
like a café in 1999, by three women from
Bergshamra. The café is placed at the north part
of the lake Brunnsviken. But its more then just
a café. They offer musical events and other
culture things like poetry for an example.
Year 2004 in February the café burned down. Many
people offered to help with the rebuilding of a
new café. They collected money together to make
it possible.
The café opened up again in June 2004.
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Ulriksdals chapel
Sweden's second most popular wedding church
(after Seglora at Skansen), built in 1865 during
the time of king Karl XV.
Here young christian people from Bergshamra and
Solna confirm (a christian ceremony) in spring.
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Happenings
In Bergshamra we used to have an annual festival
called Bergshamrafestivalen. But the tradition
stopped two years ago because there wasn't enough
people who wanted to be involved .
The festival was always the last weekend in
august. First it was on the Friday evening in
Bergshamra Centrum. On the Saturday it was
activities and performance the hole day in the
south of Bergshamra, it was for kids and grown
ups.
On the day, the activities was adapted more for
the kids. They could get their faces painted,
they could ride ponies, they could take a ride in
one of the attractions and much more.
In the evening there were musical performances
and everyone could buy food and drinks
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The National day
June 6th is the National day of Sweden. Last year
we started a new annual tradition to celebrate
the day. we have a big event in Ulriksdals
slottspark. There were performances like dancing
and singing and all the people celebrated the day
together. They offered coffee and coffee bread
and many people brought their own blanket and had
picnics on the grass in the sun.
Many people were pleased because the kings sister
came and held a speech, unfortunately the king
couldn't be there. She was not the only famous
person. A Swedish singer named Patric Isaksson
performed there too.
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Q-lan
There is a lot of teenagers in Bergshamra, and
almost everyone studies or have studied at
Bergshamraskolan. A place that is very popular
for teenagers to just hang out is a place called
Q-lan. You can watch TV, bake cookies, play ping
pong or billiard or just hang and talk to the
nice people who are working there.
They also have a lot of activities and courses
you can take, for an example you can learn how to
put your makeup on right or learn how to DJ.
On the afternoons there are kids from 11-12 years
there and on the night people who are from 13 and
up can spend their time there.
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Svedenbadet
We have our own heated pool in Bergshamra and
its called Svedenbadet. Its a child and
family-friendly outdoor pool with beautiful and
accessible location with good communications.
The bath is open from may to the end of august.

The bath has a 25-meter pool and two small
children pools. There is also a serving of fresh
lunch dishes, coffee, ice cream and other good
stuff. The bath is surrounded by beautiful lawns
for nice sunbathing or exercise. After a long
nice bath you can relax in one of the two saunas
we have available for the visitors.
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• By
• Alina and Emelie
• 9th grade
• Bergshamraskolan