Tensta
District of Stockholm
in Stockholm Municipality of Stockholm, Sweden
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Stockholm-Bromma Airport (5 mi) - Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (23 mi)
- Eskilstuna Airport (48 mi)
- Stockholm Västerås Airport (53 mi)
- Stockholm Skavsta Airport (56 mi)
- Norrköping Airport (83 mi)
- Gävle Sandviken Airport (95 mi)
- Visby Airport (116 mi)
- Skogskyrkogården (Unesco heritage, 4 mi)
- Royal Domain of Drottningholm (Unesco heritage, 6 mi)
- Birka and Hovgården (Unesco heritage, 18 mi)
- Gröna Lund (amusement park, (1 mi)
- Skansen (zoo, (2 mi)
- Sigtuna Båtklubb (marina, (23 mi)
- Märsta Båtklubb (marina, (22 mi)
- Junibacken (amusement park, (1 mi)
- Skyview (observation point, (3 mi)
- Stockholms stadshus (observation point, (0 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 59.333 and 18.065 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 59° 19' 57" and E 18° 3' 53"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Krona - SEK
- Spoken languages:
- Swedish, Northern Sami, Finnish
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 02:49 PM (Wednesday)
- Timezone: Europe/Stockholm
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:04 am and 8:26 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,5 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Sweden.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Sweden. Last Update: 2024-04-24 08:14:40
Delve into Tensta
The district Tensta of Stockholm in Stockholm Municipality (Stockholm) is a district located in Sweden and is a district of the nations capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 8°C / 47 °F
| Morning Temperature | 1°C / 33 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Night Temperature | 2°C / 35 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 47% |
| Air Pressure | 1010 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 70% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
8°C (46 °F)
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Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 26th of April 2024
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Rain and snow, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
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Hotels and Places to Stay
Best Western Plus Sthlm Bromma
SCANDIC STAR SOLLENTUNA
StayAt Serviced Apartments Kista
Ulfsunda Slott
Memory
Mornington Bromma
Brommavik Hotel
Maude's Hotel Solna
2Home Hotel Apartments
2Home Hotel Aaprtments
Videos from this area
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A Little Promenade
A little waltz about a little series of promenades. Here are the lyrics: A Little Promenade We took a little promenade on the frozen lake. It was 5 in the morning, but you wanted to go. ...
Martin's super awesome slow-motion throw!!
I bring da skills and da attitude, ja. Playing some disc golf at Järva disc golf park in Stockholm. Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/theswedishlad.
Paragliding i tenstabacken
Paragliding-övning i tenstabacken på järvafältet.
Klacken 140308
Video from an airsoft game at Klacken. It was recorded on March 8th, 2014. Unfortunately, out of the ca 50 minutes of video that I recorded, I only managed to get a bit more than 5 minutes...
Paraglider towing at Barkaby
Towing session at Barkaby field promoted by Fenix Paragliding Club.
Dance dans Ester!
Den här videon har lagts upp från en Android-telefon.
Skate how 2 get on the highest rooftop
im on the highest rooftop in skate. if you can find a higher one tell me.
Basket: Spirare Cup P01 - Spånga mot Uppsala, 2014-05-30
Spånga P01 möter Uppsala i gruppspelet för Spirare Cup 2014 och vinner med 26-23. Bra jobbat killar! Den segern är ni värda.
Basket: Spirare Cup P99 - Spånga Basket hos BBK Gladan, 2014-05-30
Spånga Basket möter BBK Gladan i gruppspelet för Spirare Cup 2014. Gladan vinner med 32-25.
Basket: Spirare Cup P99 - Spånga hos Visby, 2014-05-29
Första matchen i gruppspelet för Spånga som vinner med 30-29.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Rinkeby
Rinkeby is a district in Rinkeby-Kista borough, Stockholm, Sweden. Rinkeby had 15,051 inhabitants as at December 31, 2007. Rinkeby is noted for its high concentration of immigrants and people with immigrant ancestry (see definition of Swede). 89.1% of the population of Rinkeby has a first- or second-generation immigrant background as of 31 December, 2007. A sociolect called Rinkeby Swedish has been named after Rinkeby.
Västerort
Västerort (sometimes translated to West Stockholm) is the western part of Stockholm Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden. It also forms part of Stockholm urban area and of Stockholm Metropolitan Area. It constitutes the western suburban area within Stockholm's municipal borders. The eastern part of Västerort was annexed by the City of Stockholm in 1916 and the western part in 1949.
Akalla
Akalla is a district in Rinkeby-Kista borough, Stockholm, Sweden. Akalla has 8,153 inhabitants as of December 31, 2007, in which immigrants, mostly from Asia, make up 64% of the population. Akalla is located on the blue metro line. Modern Akalla, with its concrete apartment buildings, as well as smaller houses, was constructed in the mid-1970s as a part of the Million Programme. The suburb is built close to, and named after an old farm from the 17th century.
Rissne
Rissne is an area in Sundbyberg Municipality in Stockholm urban area, Sweden. Rissne has a metro station, inaugurated on August 19, 1985, and is home to several businesses.
Hjulsta
Hjulsta is a working-class suburb of Stockholm. It is considered being part of Tensta, but with its own subway station which was opened in 1975 and is the end station of the blue line. The modern urban area of Hjulsta took its name from an old village known to have been located in the area at least from the 1480s.
Flysta
Flysta is a part of the congregation Spånga in the western-most parts of Stockholm municipality. It is a part of the Spånga-Tensta borough. Despite its location in a predominantly residential suburban area, this community has much of what smaller villages used to have, e.g. a bakery, grocery shops, carpenters, hairdressers located along the main road - Spångavägen. This is a testimony to the fact that it used to be its own village, and a summer residence area at the beginning of the 1900s.
Barkarby Airport
Barkarby Airport was a disbanded Swedish Air Force base, near Akalla north of Stockholm used for general aviation. Barkarby Airport was one of Sweden’s oldest active airports until it was closed in 2010. A large shopping complex is still situated close to – and partly on – the airfield. Current plans are to construct houses, apartments and offices on large parts of the airfield. December 2008 was due to be the last commercial flight date, after which houses were due to be built.
Bromsten
Bromsten is an upper-middle-class district of northwestern Stockholm and belongs to the Spånga-Tensta borough. The ruins of an ancient hill fort located in the area are believed to be the source of the district's name.
Beckomberga Hospital
Beckomberga Hospital was a Swedish psychiatric hospital, situated in Bromma west of Stockholm. Opened in 1932, Beckomberga was in its mid-20th century heyday one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in Europe, housing some 2,000 mentally ill patients. The hospital was closed in 1995.
Eggeby stone
The Eggeby stone, designated as U 69 under the Rundata catalog, is a Viking Age memorial runestone that is located at Eggeby, which is 2 kilometers northwest of Central Sundbyberg, Sweden, which was in the historic province of Uppland.
Barkarby
Barkarby is a district of Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden and part of the contiguously built-up Stockholm urban area. Barkarby has a station of the Stockholm commuter rail network.
Bällstaån
Bällstaån or Spångaån is a small stream in northern Stockholm. Flowing through the municipalities of Järfälla, Stockholm, Sundbyberg, and Solna, it empties in the bay Bällstaviken, the innermost part of Ulvsundasjön. Some 1,4 km of the stream is passing through culverts and long stretches of it have been straitened out to form part of the local stormwater system. Notwithstanding, other sections are furnished with promenades and ponds and therefore considered as of local recreational interest.
Husby, Stockholm
Husby is a district in Rinkeby-Kista borough, Stockholm, Sweden. Husby has 11,551 inhabitants as of December 31, 2007. Husby is located on the blue (T11) Metro line. The main construction of modern Husby, with its multi-level concrete apartment buildings, started in 1972 as part of the Million Programme. The subway station was opened in 1977 and the train takes approx. 20 minutes to Stockholm City. The name of the suburb was taken from a former royal farm, still located in the area.
Spånga
Spånga is a community and parish in Stockholm County, Sweden.
Akalla metro station
Akalla is a station in the Stockholm metro in the Akalla district of Stockholm. The station was opened in 1977, and this is the final stop on Line 11 of the Blue Line. As part of Art in the Stockholm metro project, the station features an ochre colored grotto. The work includes ceramic pictures illustrating the ideals, daily life, leisure and work of all people, created by Birgit Ståhl-Nyberg in 1977.
Tensta Konsthall
Tensta Konsthall is a centre for contemporary art on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1998, the art centre has exhibited works by international artists which include: Wolfgang Tillmans, Julian Opie, On Kawara, Shirin Neshat, Susan Hiller, Tracey Moffat, Kutlug Ataman, Mark Wallinger Rainer Ganahl and Tris Vonna Michell. The Centre has also exhibited many leading Swedish artists such as: Elin Wikström, Ulf Rollof, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Magnus Wallin and Karl Holmqvist.
Spånga Church
Spånga kyrka is a church in the Spånga-Tensta borough in Stockholm, Sweden. The oldest part of the church origins from the time period 1175 – 1200. Large reconstructions and enhancements took place during the 14th century and the 15th century. Baron Gustaf Bonde (1620–1667), owner of the nearby Hässelby castle, made considerable donations to the church.
Hjulsta metro station
Hjulsta metro station is a station on the blue line of the Stockholm metro, located in Hjulsta, northern Stockholm. The station was opened on 31 August 1975.
Husby metro station
Husby is a station on the blue line of the Stockholm metro, located in the district of Husby, northern Stockholm. The station was inaugurated on 5 June 1977. The distance to Kungsträdgården is 15 km.
Kista metro station
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Rinkeby metro station
Rinkeby metro station is a station on the blue line of the Stockholm metro, located in the district of Rinkeby. The station was inaugurated on 31 August 1975. The distance to Kungsträdgården is 12.3 km.
Tensta metro station
Tensta metro station is a station on the blue line of the Stockholm metro, located in the district of Tensta. The station was inaugurated on 31 August 1975. The distance to Kungsträdgården is 13.5 km.
Råcksta
Råcksta is a district of Västerort, Stockholm, in Hässelby-Vällingby. It is next to the suburbs of Grimsta, Vällingby, Nälsta, Flysta, Beckomberga, Norra Ängby and Blackeberg. It had 4,484 inhabitants in 2005 and is 1.42 km.
Uppland Runic Inscription 80
Uppland Runic Inscription 80 or U 80 is the Rundata catalog listing for a Viking Age memorial runic inscription that is located in Sundby, which is in Solna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden, and in the historic province of Uppland.
Fascinate
Fascinate is a graffiti painting at an industrial park in Bromsten, Stockholm. Fascinate was created by Circle and Tarik, then 17 years old, in 1989 and was then the largest graffiti painting in northern Europe. It is painted on an outside wall of an industrial building and was made with consent from the property owner. Fascinate is one of the world's oldest still existing graffiti paintings. In 1989 graffiti was a relatively new phenomenon in Sweden.
These districts also belong to Stockholm.
- Akeshov
- Albano
- Alsten
- Alvsjo
- Bagarmossen
- Beckomberga
- Blackeberg
- Djurgarden
- Duvnaes Udde
- Eneby
- Enskede Gard
- Fagersjo
- Farsta
- Farstanaset
- Flysta
- Fredhaell
- Gamla Stan
- Gashaga
- Grondal
- Haegersten-Liljeholmen
- Herrangen
- Hoglandet
- Hokarangen
- Johanneshov
- Kaerrtorp
- Kungsholmen
- Ladugardsgardet
- Langholmen
- Lappkaerrsberget
- Lilla Essingen
- Liseberg
- Malarhojden
- Marieberg
- Mariehall
- Nalsta
- Nockeby
- Nockebyhov
- Norra Angby
- Norrmalm
- OEstermalm
- Olovslund
- Ostberga
- Riddarholmen
- Roedabergen
- Satra
- Skarpnack
- Skeppsholmen
- Skondal
- Skrubba
- Skuru
- Smedslatten
- Sodergarn
- Sodra Angby
- Soedermalm
- Solhem
- Spanga
- Sundby
- Svedmyra
- Vasastan
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