On Friday, 21 August, the Dutch Chamber gathered at Slussenrummet for a presentation and guided walk through Nya Slussen, Stockholm’s largest climate adaptation project, organized together with the City of Stockholm’s study visit program.
A fitting topic for a mostly Dutch audience. The first lock here was built in 1642 with the help of Dutch carpenters, and “Slussen” itself echoes the Dutch “sluis.” Six centuries later, the site is being rebuilt again, this time to handle rising sea levels and the growing swings between Mälaren and the Baltic, made more intense by heavier rainfall.
Our guide walked us through the beautiful maquette, explaining the engineering and the everyday stakes. Slussen is one of the busiest transit junctions in Stockholm, so rebuilding it while keeping hundreds of thousands of daily commuters moving is no small task. One tip that stuck: step back and look at Slussen from a distance, and it reads almost like part of the granite mountain it sits on.
Questions ranged from the architecture to the new bus terminal (opening later this fall) to how sustainably the new Slussen is being built.
If you missed it, the exhibition at Slussen rummet is open to the public and worth a visit on its own. And if you can’t make it there either: Stockholm runs a live webcam of fish swimming through the Slussen fish passage, a fun way to watch the project from your desk.
We closed off the day with after work drinks at the Slussen terrace nearby.
Thanks to all who joined, and to the City of Stockholm for hosting us.
/M.V.
A fitting topic for a mostly Dutch audience. The first lock here was built in 1642 with the help of Dutch carpenters, and “Slussen” itself echoes the Dutch “sluis.” Six centuries later, the site is being rebuilt again, this time to handle rising sea levels and the growing swings between Mälaren and the Baltic, made more intense by heavier rainfall.
Our guide walked us through the beautiful maquette, explaining the engineering and the everyday stakes. Slussen is one of the busiest transit junctions in Stockholm, so rebuilding it while keeping hundreds of thousands of daily commuters moving is no small task. One tip that stuck: step back and look at Slussen from a distance, and it reads almost like part of the granite mountain it sits on.
Questions ranged from the architecture to the new bus terminal (opening later this fall) to how sustainably the new Slussen is being built.
If you missed it, the exhibition at Slussen rummet is open to the public and worth a visit on its own. And if you can’t make it there either: Stockholm runs a live webcam of fish swimming through the Slussen fish passage, a fun way to watch the project from your desk.
We closed off the day with after work drinks at the Slussen terrace nearby.
Thanks to all who joined, and to the City of Stockholm for hosting us.
/M.V.
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