The Hyllie Water Tower, in the

Hyllie Hyllie () is an area and former city district ( sv, stadsdel) in the central of Malmö Municipality, Sweden. On 1 July 2013, it was merged with Limhamn-Bunkeflo, forming Väster. In 2012, Hyllie had a population of 32,998 of the municipality's ...

district of the

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city of

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, was designed by the architect Karl Ivar Stål for Kjessler & Mannerstråle (now part of WSP Sweden) and completed in 1973. The tower is white and has the shape of a

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. It is high and holds of water. It is operated by the local water organisation for southeastern Skåne, VA SYD, and has a small public park at its base. It is Malmö's newest

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, and its design the result of the winning proposal in an

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. The proposal called "Drabant" was carried out by Kjessler & Mannerstråle from Stockholm. Its construction cost was 8.6 million SEK. Hyllie Water Tower, which is by the

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railway line and one of the first things which can be seen after entering Sweden from

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, is a popular Malmö symbol and is lit blue at night, or other colours for special occasions. The ground level is about above sea level. Until 1996, a restaurant was housed at its top. After this moved, the room was used from 1998 to 2008 for educational displays. From previously standing alone in agricultural landscapes, the water tower has become the centre of the new Hyllievång local centre and is now surrounded by new buildings such as

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, the Emporia shopping centre and the '' Citytunneln'', with Hyllie station to its immediate south. The water tower is protected by several safety devices and has a high fence around it.

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External links

Vattentorn i Malmö
- report on the architectural competition
360 degree views
Buildings and structures in Malmö Towers completed in 1973 Water towers in Sweden 20th-century establishments in Skåne County {{Malmö