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Solna Municipality
Solna Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, located just north of the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the 'city' of Solna....
, 5km north of central Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. It is known for the blue skyscrapers "Blåkulla" (Blue Hill) which, against a rather strong and long-lasting opinion, in the beginning of the 1970s replaced a picturesque working-class and craftsman neighbourhood built in the 1890s and portrayed by artist Olle Olsson Hagalund. There are still about half a dozen old houses preserved, a minor area called Gamla Hagalund (Old Hagalund) in the eastern part of the area.
It has eight large light-blue residential buildings that consist of 13 floors and an extra roof floor. The houses can be seen from Kaknästornet
Kaknästornet
The Kaknäs tower is a TV tower in Stockholm, Sweden. It has 72 pillars. The tower is a major hub of Swedish television, radio and satellite broadcasts. It was finished in 1967, designed by architect Bengt Lindroos, and the height is or with the antenna included. For many years Kaknästornet was...
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Hagalund is close to Solna centrum
Solna centrum
Solna centrum is a metro station and shopping mall in Solna Municipality, approximately 5 km from central Stockholm, Sweden. It is close to the Råsunda Stadium and opened on 31 August 1975. In Solna centrum there are around 120 stores and restaurants, 40 offices and 214 apartments.- External...
, about 1 kilometer. It is also near Haga Palace
Haga Palace
Haga Palace , formerly known as the Queen's Pavilion , is located in Hagaparken, Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm, Sweden. The palace, built in 1802 1805, was modelled after ballet-master Gallodiers Italian villa in Drottningholm by architect Carl Christoffer Gjörwell on appointment by...
which is in Hagaparken
Hagaparken
Hagaparken , or simply Haga in Solna Municipality just north of Stockholm, Sweden is a vast and popular nature area, with large parks, lakes, woods and gardens...
. It is near the Swedish national stadium Råsunda Stadium
Råsunda Stadium
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm and named after Råsunda, a zone of Solna.-History:...
. It is not very far away from Karolinska University Hospital
Karolinska University Hospital
The Karolinska University Hospital is a university hospital in Stockholm, Sweden, with two major sites in the municipalities of Huddinge and Solna....
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It is not far away from Huvudsta
Huvudsta
Huvudsta is a suburb of Stockholm in Solna Municipality. In Huvudsta, near Vasastaden in Stockholm, stands the Karlberg Castle which was built in the 17th century....
and Bergshamra, Solna
Bergshamra, Solna
Bergshamra is a suburb in Solna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It is part of the multimunicipal Stockholm urban area.Bergshamra has one of the 100 stations of the Stockholm metro system....
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