Heimen

[Fox 1,444]

Awesome work on that transport map!!

 

Love the look and feel of the suburbs and all those winding roads.

 

Sorry for being away and missing some updates.

 

In reply to your previous response, I'm sure that with the quality of your pictures, some people wouldn't even notice you didn't have rushhour You have a lot of custom content and your skills at playing and making other things like maps is some of the best I've seen.

 

Can't wait to see your next update.

[SimCoug 5,972]

Awesome work.  I often forget that you don't have Rush Hour, which is a testament to you great city building skills.  

[Thunderman 30]

looks like another great update to me viva!  

but you maybe should give the waterlines an update in leveling them? maybe it is just me but i always hate it when those edges aren't leveled properly to match everything up, i know i got more of a "close to realism" playstyle 

[simlink 1,098]

Wow - continues to look awesome. The colours are really vivid this update - something I'm still trying to get right in my updates. Continue with the awesomeness!

[Benedict 3,119]

You know from the 'show us your transport map' thread that I am a fan of your S-tog map. I'm also a fan of your update showing us the small town, very charming.

[vivapanda 422]

Heimen|Tid for å gjenopplive...

 

Time to revive...

 

 

 

I was nominated for two trixies, thanks!

 

[SimCoug 5,972]

Congrats on your nominations! Well deserved, I might add. 

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Agreed! And I look forward to seeing new stuff!

[Forthwall 1,118]

Congrats on your nominations!

[vivapanda 422]

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Awesome work on that transport map! Love the look and feel of the suburbs and all those winding roads. Sorry for being away and missing some updates.

 In reply to your previous response, I'm sure that with the quality of your pictures, some people wouldn't even notice you didn't have rushhour. You have a lot of custom content and your skills at playing and making other things like maps is some of the best I've seen.

Can't wait to see your next update.

@Fox: Thanks! I try to keep my roads as windy and curvy as the game allows me to. I’ve been away quite some time too, I understand

Awh, that’s really sweet! The problem is is that I have only few time to spend on SC4. Being involved in a Simcity Alliance would be impossible right now. The next months will be less busy !

 

Awesome work.  I often forget that you don't have Rush Hour, which is a testament to you great city building skills.  

@Simcoug: Thaaaaanks <3

 

Looks like another great update to me viva!

but you maybe should give the waterlines an update in leveling them? maybe it is just me but i always hate it when those edges aren't leveled properly to match everything up, i know i got more of a "close to realism" playstyle 

@Thunderman: Dankjewel! I’m not really sure I follow you on the waterlines, as for the little habour in the village, that was meant to look some sort of ‘naturalish’.

 

Wow - continues to look awesome. The colours are really vivid this update - something I'm still trying to get right in my updates. Continue with the awesomeness!

@Sim_link: Thanks, I experimented in GIMP, as did I in this update, albeit a little less extreme.

 

You know from the 'show us your transport map' thread that I am a fan of your S-tog map. I'm also a fan of your update showing us the small town, very charming.

@Benedict: From the same threas you know I am a huge fan of your hexagonal map of the S-Tog! Do you mind if I show it some time here? –With the proper acknowledgement of course

 

Congrats on your nominations! Well deserved, I might add. 

@Simgoug ²: Thank you

 

Agreed! And I look forward to seeing new stuff!

@Schulmanator: Merci beaucoup, new stuff is on its way!

 

Congrats on your nominations!

@Forthwall: Thanks!

 

Thanks for all of your dear comments!

[vivapanda 422]

Some Scottish-Gaelic music on the background

 

 

 

In this update we visit the small village of Bærby. Inhabitants: barely 3.000. Situation: at the end of a mountain lake, right where the river Bær begins. It is crossed by a national road, T19 which runs East-West trough the province of Tissenfjell. Almost parallel to the road runs the Tissenjernban, one of the highest railways in Heimen. A warm welcome to Bærby!

 

 

A few kilometers down the lake shore is the hamlet of Helsøy, part of Bærby Kommune.

 

 

The village center is small and situated around Jernbansplas, Railway Square.

 

 

While the center is located on the lake shore the village it self is located up the hills.

 

 

Its major tourist attraction, and reason of existence is the Festning, the old castle located on a rock overlooking the lake.

 

 

 

Thanks for reading!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

A very nice small town. I like it.

[Benedict 3,119]

I don't think I've ever seen anyone create a square with a wavy design like that - very interesting.

[vivapanda 422]

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A very nice small town. I like it.

@Schulmanator: Building small towns is the thing I like to do most in Simcity you can expect more of these coming!

 

I don't think I've ever seen anyone create a square with a wavy design like that - very interesting.

@Benedict: I believe it was some portugese texture set, hidden very, very deep in the STEX.

 

 

In this update a short view of the small village of Hensbår, situated at the place where the Witz flows into the river Låpe. Though it has only 4,000-something inhabitants it is a mjor regional center for transport and commerce.

 

 

Because of the steep hills inbetween the valleys the village’s neighbourhoods are defined by the valleys they’re in.

 

 

Thanks for reading!

 

One more thing…

 

We get a new king in The Netherlands tommorow!

Hurray for King Willem-Alexander!

 

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Great new town. I gee up in a town with valleys dividing parts of it too.

[89James89 1,169]

Nice. Will have to go back through and have a look at everything but from this page I can tell I'll love it.

I love them terraced houses the most, it just looks really cool winding up the hill amongst all the houses and retaining walls.

 

Cheers

 

89James89

[nas786 104]

You got some serious skills when it comes to building on hills.  I like how you build on it but in a fashion that stays true to the natural slopes of the hill, good job.

[Benedict 3,119]

Always good to see a cosy small town in Heimen.

[vivapanda 422]

It's been a while...

 

 

– Heimen

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Looks like quite a drive!

 

Glad to see you back with more.

[Fox 1,444]

Love the name... 

 

Glad to see an update, love the roads as usual, would make a very scenic drive in a fast sports car .. Top Gear Heimen here we come.. look out for the episode airing soon!

 

[Dazzyls 576]

I don't like that last update, sorry. I think it's because the ways in the mountains are too straight.

[vivapanda 422]

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"Looks like quite a drive! Glad to see you back with more.  :D"

@Schulmanator: Thanks, it took me a while to come back with stuff haha

 

"Love the name...  

Glad to see an update, love the roads as usual, would make a very scenic drive in a fast sports car .. Top Gear Heimen here we come.. look out for the episode airing soon!"

@Fox: That would make for a nice update! As a die-hard scandinavia fan I like to come up with city names that have the most æ's, ø's and å's as possible

 

"I don't like that last update, sorry. I think it's because the ways in the mountains are too straight."

@Ultimare727: Mountains happen to be straight per definition, I don't see why these mountains would be too straight or anything, thanks for commenting though!

[vivapanda 422]

Heimen

 

 

It's been a while...

 

Quoting myself from the last update, again it has been a while haha!

 

The last half year I enjoyed myself a lot but I didn't play Simcity nearly at all.

Nevertheless I am glad to see that many of my favourite cityjournalers are still around here and actively updateing their city journals

 

 

Today I will take you to the city of Svensund. It has approximately 80,000 inhabitants and is actually one of the highest populated cities I have built in years.

Here in the high north winter days are short and dark. The sun will rise in the late morning and will be down before it's fika time. 

It is the time of cozy lit streets, hot chocolate and christmas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading, hopefully until soon!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Nice to see you back! It looks great after dark... I don't like short days but I do like things looking awesome at night!

[Benedict 3,119]

Great to see you back - and with some great images, too.

[Fox 1,444]

Mmm.. Hot Chocolate..

 

Great looking pictures for your long awaited return.

 

Welcome back old friend and looking forward to more updates.