It has been on the platform since 1987 when Linköping celebrated 700 years as a city. It was the craft students who, with their teacher, built the stink using waste wood. A simple device where the air has been able to circulate through the structure during the 32 years it has been in place.

It was crucial for the survival of the stink, says the carpenter Pål Rydberg, who was given the assignment to give the wooden structure a facelift.

- The students nailed the wood with a little air gap which made the wind blow through the frame. That is why it has succeeded. Otherwise, it would have been a heap just, says Pål Rydberg.

Must be completed by New Year

Worst hit were the shoes on the pinstripe. It was bad luck. Using their own old work shoes as a model, Pål Rydberg is now carving new more durable shoes for the stinsen, so that it can stand for another 32 years.

By New Year, the work will be finished. Then Stinsen will once again welcome travelers at the train station in Linköping. But the question is whether Pål Rydberg and his colleague Patrik Arlid will be ready in time?

- That's the worst question you can get as a carpenter. But in two or three weeks it should be ready I hope, says Pål Rydberg with a smile.