The industrial area Snösätra in the Stockholm suburb of Rågsved has in recent years been transformed into a vibrant cultural district with northern Europe's largest graffiti exhibition.
However, a third of the graffiti park will be demolished to include it in an adjacent nature reserve, and now the first wall has been demolished.
- The entire nature reserve is 94 hectares in size, and the part they now want to demolish is about one hectare.
So it is about a small part of the nature reserve but a large part of Snösätra, says Mikael Rickman, chairman of the association Kulturkvarter Snösätra.
"Feeling excluded"
Mikael Rickman sees no contradiction between nature and culture, and according to him, the southern part of Snösätra, which is threatened with demolition, can cooperate with the nature reserve and arouse commitment to climate issues.
- We have presented visions of how we want to see the area develop, where the southern part would focus on green infrastructure and change.
But he believes that the cultural association was not involved in the discussions.
- We are still the organization that created Snösätra.
We feel very excluded in the process, says Mikael Rickman.
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16 on Monday, the cultural association together with about fifty people protest against the demolition, outside the city hall in Stockholm.
Kulturnyheterna is looking for those responsible for the demolition at Enskede-Årsta-Vantör's district committee.