Husby, Stockholm, Sweden

Music: The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)[a] by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players[b]: From The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi; Live, Unedited performance at Wiedemann Recital Hall, Wichita State University; John Harrison (Violin) and Robert Turizziani (Conductor). The music, and this movie, is released under the CC-BY-SA[c] license.

The end of the track, looking back from the edge of Långjökelgatan. Here's a panorama from the same spot from 2012.

The highest point on the track, just as it would turn left and descend to the goal line. Just at the start of the patio, you can see a small path leading up to the right. That is not part of the jogging track, but used to be a much smaller path. This is what the view looked like before the houses were built.

Looking back toward the highest point of the track from the edge of the patio.

The start of the little path that takes you to the track.

The start of the little path that takes you to the track, and the path connecting Heklagatan (seen in the distance) and Västfjordsgatan.

Looking up towards Västfjordsgatan from the path connecting it and Heklagatan.

The new view.

Runners come in to Husby Centrum via Edward Griegsgången from Akalla.

D-Kaoz dance ensemble, headed by Tania Delgado Jara[d].

The audience.

What Husby normally looks like. The only thing missing is a photo of my ice cream.

The damage was minimal. This bus stop (and the one on the other side of the road) were smashed, but they are both on the outskirts of Husby where nobody goes.

Rrriotsambistas[e] from Rrriotsamba[f], a feminist music association served up some samba and samba funk.

I went to the cafe[g] for some waffles and coffee.

Husby Konsthall[h], a gallery.

A wonderful band called Falakumbe[i]. These guys play a wonderful fusion of reggae and metal with an intensity that would have lit the Walpurgis night bonfire, if it weren't already.

I don't know what this is - perhaps an old obstacle course by Folk och Försvar[j] (FoF)?

The hill contains a subterranean sand silo used for road maintenance. I'm assuming that this hole was used to dump sand into the silo.

View from the top. The smoke stack of Akalla heating plant can be seen to the left of the sun.

Curt Cobain Rest in Peace, graffiti on the back of the tunnel opening.

Sunset on top of the hill. The new road can be seen to the right in the image.

Updated 2017-08-23: All panoramas, in a click-able, navigable, tour!

This photo was taken approximately where the start of the track used to be, facing in the direction you'd run. The red brick building to the right is IBM's headquarters, which gave this area the nickname "The IBM-forest".

This is a small surviving part near Lagtingsgatan - and the only part that I thought was left on this side of the road. If you look ahead, down the slope, you can see the road cutting across the track.

Here we have crossed Lagtingsgatan. If you look back across the road, you can see a small yellow sign near a birch tree. That's where the previous section of the track ended.

This is where the track turns around and makes its way back up over Töjnanberget and back to the start point. Every time I ran the track, I would think of this as the half way point - and I'd be wrong every time. In reality, there's about 2/3rds left.

This is the lowest part of the track, 35m above sea level.

This is the second point where the track has been cut off by the new road.

This section is remembered by me for not being remembered. Every time I'd run the track, I'd be surprised that this part was so much longer than I remembered. I would typically expect the goal to come up about now, and be equally disappointed every time.

The sign on the tree says "Forbidden Entry" - strangely enough, it only applies to entering the track from this direction - there were no signs on the other end of this segment.

The track used to go where closest lane of the road is now. This part had a "workout station" consisting of three logs that one could lift.

Here the newest road cuts across the track. The big rock that is in the middle of the track a little bit back wasn't put there by the construction, but had slid down prior to this.

The other side of the newest road.

The sign that you can see hanging up ahead is another "Forbidden Entry" sign; and as with the previous one, it appears to only apply to people going the other way.

This is one of the most beautiful spots on the track. Not only does the forst open up a bit so you get a clear sky, when you passed this you knew that the goal was right up ahead. For real, this time.

This the highest spot on the track, 52m above sea level

This was the final slope coming down to the goal, which was a little bit beyond where the track currently ends.

Autumn leaves in Husby, after the rain. Photo taken in October 2004.

The water stairs at the south end of Husby Centrum. Unlike the fountain in Rosengård, this fountain has been foamed a number of times, yet not filled with concrete.

This is a new development in Husby. A year ago the whole area looked like the part between the two white houses - sand and gravel.

This is a relatively new development, thus the industrial look with no greenery, no nothing. These houses used to be connected with a long corridor called "gula gången" ("the yellow corridor"), running about where I stood taking this photo. I don't know about later years, but way back in '86 or so the corridor was one of the "bad places" you just stayed away from. I'm not surprised tearing it down was one of the top items on the list of things to do in order to improve Husby.