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October 2009
This is just across the road from where I grew up in Umeå. It's actual quite central and for some reason this area hasn't been wiped out and replaced with apartment complexes. It's a reminder of how
During winters, this is where the kids in the area used to hang out. I wonder if they still do. Snowball fights, digging caves in large snowpiles and riding "bobs" down hill towards the stream (that i
Following the stream Tvärån towards the road a bridge goes over the stream...
...but under the bridge there is a tunnel, and here we used to play a lot me and my friends. It was our secret cave.
In the bushes and undergrowth on the hillside on the other side the road this old forgotten cellar lies. I have a long story about it, but I'll add it later in the comments for this picture.
Another view of Tvärån. Much more undergrowth around these days. But then it's over 23 years since I played in this area, so one could have expected more.
More shots of Tvärån. Got some quite nostalgic about this area. I think this is just downhill from where we used to ride "bobs" during the winter. (I have no idea what bob is supposed to be in engli
The roof of the backside of Dragonskolan. Going to add a story about this in the comments too.
A view of Rödberget (Redmountain), which actually is just a hill. Or maybe not even that, more like a hillside. During winters we kids used to ski here, and I think kids still do. It's not much to th
Just a closer view of the hillside.
In the forest parts of the hill there was a lot of places that used to stimulate our imagination. Like this small hatch for example. I remember us having lots of theories about it, just can't remember
There's a lot of paths whirling up the hill. We used to compete about who could find the fastest way up to the top and play hide and seek here.
This is the most steep part of the hill. Again we used to compete here who could climb fastest. We also had a few "secret" cliffs here.
One of those secret cliffs is this place. I have another one of my longer anecdotes about it so I'll fill in later in the comments-
More cliffside. Imagine me climbing here like a damn spider when I was a kid. Our parents had no idea of course. The way it should be.
Just had to take another pic of the hillside. I find this view charming somehow. So many memories.
At the top of the hill (which ironically is just on level on the other side with the E12-road).
The view from the top of the hill is actually really great even if it isn't exactly that high up. Here's an overlook at the closeby industrial area. Got a story about that too. Well, actually many, Bu
You also have a great view over the western parts of Umeå from the hill. Sadly this pic got a bit grainy, but you can see the town stretch quite far into the horizon. The reason you don't see so many
More of the industrial area. Filling in with another anecdote here in the comments.
Here used to be a busstop when I was a kid, just where the dogs are. I remember it very well because of a certain event at one Valborgsmässoafton. I'll fill in with a story eventually. It's short tho
Some of the houses in Rödäng where Kristoffer lived. An not too well known fact is that this part of the city is actually built upon a subterranean lake. This makes the ground move slightly from yea
Ok, this doesn't necessarily have anything in particular to do with any specific childhood memory. There used to be two apartment houses here. They just got torn down this year. Sometimes hanged out w
Tvärån again. This stream was a very central factor in my childhood, because of all the green areas surrounding it. In this area, close to Nolia and Västerslätt, we used to climb into sewerpipes a
You really can't spot the sewer pipes anymore, they've become naturally camouflaged with time. At least not until you get close enough.
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