Every design for Upplands Väsby

Sometimes a place name alone is enough to loosen something inside. Upplands Väsby lies in the middle of the old Uppland countryside, with the E4 and the East Coast Line running straight through and tying the town to both Stockholm and Uppsala. But beyond the commuter trains and the through routes there is an entirely different span of time to step into.

Here Uppland rests heavy with the Viking age. At Gunnes gård the old farm surroundings have been recreated, and all around lie burial grounds, ancient enclosures and raised rune stones such as the Ladbro stone. The Viking ship Åfare recalls the waterways that once tied villages and trade together, and up on Zamore's hill the history meets the sky. Castles such as Stora Väsby and Edsby mark the landscape, and the Ingrid statue is among those locals recognise from a distance.

It is a district where the historical and the everyday live side by side - where you can wander among thousand-year-old stones in the morning and take the train into town in the afternoon. Wearing the map of Upplands Väsby is to carry the feeling of knowing exactly where you belong, however far away you go.