Hässelby Villastad is a city district of Stockholm, in the north-western part of the
Swedish capital
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Stockholm
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. It forms part of
Västerort
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,
Stockholm Municipality
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.
Stretching west to
Lake Mälaren
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, it is largely a high-class area with notable landmarks being the central commercial area Åkermyntan, and the big
landfill
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Lövsta, which was used for all of Stockholm's refuse from the late 19th century to about 1950.
Schools
The city district has several schools, the biggest are Hässelby Villastadsskolan, Trollbodaskolan, and Smedshagsskolan, with all having approximately 1,000 students each.
Attractions
Riddersvik is a park and a mansion with two wings. Today used for conferences and a restaurant, it was originally built for a businessman in the 18th century, who used it as a leisure park.
Beside the mansion is a wooden
jetty
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attached to the rock stretching along the water from Riddersvik to Fargersstrand. Allmäna badet is the main beach in the municipality, with a newly built wooden deck. There are two piers from which one can jump into the water, and on the other side of the beach there is the children's beach.
In Hässelby there is a nature resort called "Lövstaskogen" which is a popular destination for promenades.
See also
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Hässelby
Hässelby is a Swedish town that is a part of Hässelby-Vällingby in the city of Stockholm, Sweden. It contains the suburban areas of Hässelby Gård, Hässelby Strand and Hässelby Villastad, and its territory also corresponds to Hässelb ...
References
City districts in Hässelby-Vällingby
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