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04: Bromma

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Bromma, enough said! Trendy shops, cosy cafes and vibrant arts scene all combined with several beautiful historic sites and cultural centres are what shapes Bromma we know today. Bromma has always been a low-key residential district approximately 8 kilometres north east of Nystad (Godthab city centre). Since the end of 19th Century, Bromma has always been the "creative" district with many artists, liberal-minded people and young university students who live in the area. Since 2000s, Bromma has gone through a massive transformation and gentrification that cemented Bromma's position as the highly regarded area of Godthab.

Godthabs Konstskola (Godthab School of the Arts) and Sverlandic Art Gallery both are based in Bromma. Even though Godthabs Universitet is a very academic-type university with a greater emphasis on Law, Mathematics/Engineering and Science, the University has one of the highest ranking Arts Faculty in Europe. Godthabs Universitet is ranked in the world top 20 for the Arts degrees of all types. Bromma is also home to Hammer Dance Company, one of the most famous theatre company in Europe. In 2023, a new Hugo Karlsson Centre of Modern Arts will be open to the public in Bromma. Hugo Karlsson was one of the leading contemporary visual artists in Sverland that changed the face and meaning of the "modern art" in the 1980s.

Transport-wise, Bromma is served by Tunnelbana Line T2 (to Enkoping). The frequency of T2 metro trains is 5 minutes during peak hour and 15 minutes off peak. If the proposed plan has been approved by the Sverlandic National Government, Bromma will soon hvae a new underground Tunnelbana station for the new Line T8 from Jonkoping to Norrmalm via Bromma, Godthabs Universitet and Johannesfred. Bromma also has three major Sparvagens (tram) lines - S7, S8 and S11. All three tram lines starts in Nystad (city centre) near Godthabs Centralstation (Central Railway Station) and goes directly to Bromma via Osterrmalm and Eriksberg before diverting after Margitsplan (Margit's Plaza).

Since 1760 when Bromma was planned and established as a new town, Margitsplan has always been the central market square. Margitsplan was deliberately designed as a circular plaza intended to be the central meeting point for farmers. Many farmers from different directions would travel to and meet at Margitsplan to sell fresh produces and food. The markets continued to operate until 1992 when Godthabs Stad decided to relocate the markets from Margitsplan to Karlaplan (1 kilometre east). Godthabs Stad decided to relocate the markets because Margitsplan tram station became overcrowded due to its small station design. Margitsplan tram station was demolished and rebuilt as a 4-platform tram station with two U-turns for trams in 1994. Like Margitsplan, Karlaplan is a much larger version of a circular square in the same area, Bromma, but with more green spaces. Karlaplan is better suited as an outdoor market place and is still operating today.

In the 1960s due to a widespread popularity of motor cars and exacerbating traffic congestion in Godthab, the Government decided to construct the first fast-road motorway in Sverland in 1966. At the time Norraleden (loosely translated as the Northern Motorway) was widely supported by locals because people were very excited with the new concept of "fast-road". In the 1960s, "fast-road" was just starting to emerge in urban planning in Europe and many Europeans were still largely unaware of drastic changes and impacts on cityscape.

Despite a significant support from locals, many residents were horrified when they realised a lot of buildings and houses along the riverbanks of 700-year old Gamla Stan were demolished to make way for a new Norraleden. Many buildings in Johannesfred, Bromma and Kristianstad were also demolished. The new motorway provided direct fast-road connection between Nystad (city centre) and Godthabs-Nyborra flygplats (Godthab-Nyborra International Airport).

As a result, the Government received a fierce backlash from residents in Godthab. This level of backlash sent through shockwaves through Europe which stopped many motorway proposals in Amsterdam, London, Paris and Berlin in the 1970s. Bromma was one of the epicentres of European resistance to motorway construction. In 1974, an estimation of 28,000 protesters met at Margitsplan to protest block the construction of a new elevated Soderleden (Southern Motorway) that would tear through Bromma in half. 

Nyborraleden is the Airport motorway link and Soderleden is the elevated motorway that connected the new sea Port of Godthab (constructed in the 1960s) in the northwest directly to Jonkoping in the southeast via historic districts of Laasta, Kungsholmen, Johannesfred and Bromma. 

Despite fierce and ongoing resistance from protesters and the community in general, the construction of Soderleden was completed in 1978. After construction of a third motorway (at a much less scale and impact) along the riverbanks in Norrmalm and Kungsholmen in 1983, there has been no new fast-road motorways at a significant scale in Sverland. 

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