Ahahah B1M is forgiven ❤ …as all of us Nordic people look and sound the same to outsiders. We’re basically the East Asians of white people. I think our countries are each so individually insignificant and collectively homogenous that it’s not realistic to assume people will treat us as any other than a collective in their minds, if they even give us that much. Our current national borders and separate national identities are all so arbitrary. We’ve been trading sovereignty of each other backwards and forwards through various “Kingdoms of X & Y” combinations for well over a thousand years. That we’ve landed as the current separate nations (…at least, for now) is mostly a fluke of timing. But the rest of the world wouldn’t notice or care if all or some of us joined together. Or split further. Or… whatever. Bring an unlabelled world map when you go travelling internationally and ask locals that you meet if they can point out your country on the map. It’s an eye-opening experience. And I’m not talking about doing this in the third world either. anyway…
As a recently graduated Construction Management student and now working with a local parastatal, I can confidently say B1M is the channel to binge and rewatch to learn new innovative ideas. It also makes the industry of construction attractive to study and invest in. So glad to be part of this community.
where did you go to school? i wanted to attend the construction management program at KEA in copenhagen but sadly the danish government slashed the program and moved nearly all english taught bachelor programs to small towns so nobody would want to attend them.
I was expecting a deep dive on the whole västlänken-project including the new subterranean train stations, new bridges, tunnels and tram lines and other private investments like Karlatornet.
I live here. It’s a lovely city which has it’s issues but has been getting better these recent years. Excited for the future! They’re also building Karlatornet which will be the tallest skyscraper in scandinavia! Bit suprised you didn’t mention this.. and also Västlänken..
Im in Canada and as the end of the video notes: were screwed for homes. Similar country's otherwise and yours looks pretty af. Ill visit you one day sir/her!
Seeing my city on my favourite channel, what a pleasant surprise! Gothenburg is really going through quite a big building renaissance. Thank you for the video!
@@emilunreleased Jo, det gör de. Trafiken är helt ohållbar, alldeles för många lägenheter och byggnader i lugna områden byggs. För stor befolkning redan i centrum som kommer bli ännu större.
I was a part of the site management team of City Gate prefab structure contractor. It was a very challenging but an awesome project, from day 1 to the last massive slab. Nice to see my friend Jimmy on one of the best channels on UA-cam! Cheers
Nice! Gothenburg is going through a massive change when the industry along the river is rebuilt with housing and a cityscape instead, in the town plan "Älvstaden" if anyone interested. And Västlänken, the regional subway tunnel is well on its way. Gothenburg also has a heritage of nice scaled historical residential apartment buildings from before the modernist era.
I feel proud to have briefly been part of the city gate project, i was crane operator there for a short while. It was truly an amazing project in every way. The view was breathtaking from the big crane too 💪
Long live Sweden! Sweden is my favorite country in the entire planet. Been to Sweden 4 times. At some point I’d love to move to Sweden. I love everything about it, we’ll except for the cold weather… other than it is such a beautiful country, full of nice people, good looking people, everybody respects people’s personal space, Swedes are quiet, their public transportation is top notch, like in Stockholm you don’t even need car to get around. Don’t know what else to add… amazing country!
Gothburger here, born and raised! Great video, although I agree with the other comments about not mentioning Västlänken. Another interesting ongoing megaproject is "Västsvenska Paketet", where Västlänken actually is one of several parts. They recently replaced one of our main bridges (Göta Älvbron --> Hisingsbron) a few years ago and that was an awesome sight to behold, over a couple of years time. Thanks again, well done!
i hate the citygate building because at a certain angle while walking past it, only one side is visible. it looks like a giant flat wall going up into the sky
Beeing from Gothemburg this rebuilding phase do inpact the entire political landscape of the city. Road tolls + new trains (västlänken) + a decade of construction + The skyscraper (karlatornet) + the cancelled idea of a cable railway over the river + the replacement of the old city bridge with 4 lanes + the now proposed tunnel under the river. I do love to see that they did correctly identify the shift from port city to more of a general industry hub. This video could have been over 1h with the same pace. Still great work!!! =)
While I have no technical skills or interest in the world of construction, I AM interested in design, architecture, industrial planning, commercial projects, development, etc. You don't just show us construction projects, but you look at the ways in which construction intersects with other fields and the technology that enables these sorts of megaprojects. For example, I'm a keen follower of nuclear fusion development because of my physics studies, so it was great to watch your video on ITER! Thanks for making these videos so insightful and varied, yet captivating even for folks who have little to no experience in construction.
As an urban planning student i've had the current project in Frihamnen as a task for one of my courses and according to the detailed plan for the housing, it seems like they're aiming to mix social groups along with building affordable apartments. can't wait to see exactly how they will do it. GBG is one of my fav cities and i hope it improves over time!
Gothenburg is definitely a rapidly growing city. I was there 3 years ago and so many new towers have popped up all over the city since then. Karlatornet, which is going to be 245 meters tall, will be the tallest skyscraper in Scandinavia. It looks very impressive already! However, there are also downsides to these rapid developments. It looks like the city is selling its soul to investors. Many newly constructed buildings really feel out of place and have very little respect for the surrounding areas. Scandic Gothenburg Central really is an eyesore. An ugly glass box that can't be unseen. The same counts for Hotel Draken, which is located next to the beautiful old parts of Haga. Hotel Draken and the surrounding newly constructed towers really don't fit there. Hotel Draken feels a bit like Gothenburg's own version of Tour Montparnasse. The city really needs to step up the game and focus building a coherent, good looking city. Some experts need to oversee all the big projects and make sure they fit in better. Quality over quantity. The same counts for newly constructed apartments, many of them look really bland and cheap. Gothenburg can do so much better, really! Don't get me wrong: I do love Gothenburg!
Welcome to Gothenburg. They’ve been planning stupidly for at least 50 yrs. look at röda sten ferry stop. Wtf is it there for? There is nothing there. Why did they move it? Just to block the water areas with roads and tram limes. As usual.
I agree, they're investing in the wrong things and destroying the city's soul to turn it into an "event" city with ego-driven projects. I laughed when the video called it a "sustainable" city. When so much is invested in industry, car infrastructure, glass buildings (the most unsustainable kind of buildings there is) etc, there is no sustainability in mind. Could do so much better indeed.
With $100 bn Qatar and China would have built new cities with world's tallest buildings and these guys bragging about some LEED certificate on 20 something storey - European civilization is turning into joke with all the unnecessary regulation and standards.
Just got back from Gothenburg and I was pretty impressed at how liveable this city is. It has great potential. There is nothing wrong with spreading out as long as you have services and good transport infrastructure. Urban centres become satellite cities. It is manageable now because it has less than a million people. Good management means preparing for future growth. I'd like to go back and explore this interesting part of the world again. It has an interesting history too.
Considering there’s been nothing but suburbs built in Gothenburg for the past 100 years, I’ll believe it when I see it. Gothenburg was voted worst cycling city in all of Sweden a month or so ago, 2 highways run through the city center and 4 highway interchanges next to each other just north of the central railway station create total isolation and segregation.
long time fan and great to finally see a video about my hometown - two major gbg projects worth mentioning are Karlatornet (73 floors/ 245 m ) and Västlänken (2bn project to revamp the cities transport and road infrastructure) - the scale of the project is much more interesting than it seems as tunnels, tracks and highways are being built around historic parts of the city. an extra detail about Karlatornet, in it's current half built state has taken over the record for tallest building in Sweden. Great video again and looking forward to seeing more of Gothenburg soon
Project Platinan is another Platium Leed certified project that is been complete in Gothenburg. Hotel / Office space on the water front. Cirka (1,8 bn sek / 162 mil usd)
I'm from Gothenburg and it's crazy how much it has changed the past 5 years. It used to be more european style but now there are modern tall buildings/skyscrapers everywhere. Completely changed cityscape
I should clarify, they haven’t removed the european style. They also haven’t demolished too many buildings, more so built next to/on existing structures. There are also neighborhoods that haven’t changed, keeping the traditional european style. I don’t think it has destroyed my city (yet), but it’s a major change.
The thing is it's not sustainable in some unique way. A lot of cities in northern parts of Europe have more greenery than streets paved with concrete because people are used to living in close proximity to green areas and not be cramped in urbanized places.
@@winnied87 There's also a law in Sweden that all cities need to have 1/3 green space. But green space a sustainable city does not make. There needs to be way more to call it that.
Yea, he kinda skipped over the part about the massive train tunnel under the city and a few other minor details, like Älvstaden and other small sub-projects they have going on...
Gothenburg is also constructing the tallest building in all of the nordics atm. Karlatornet at 245m. It's an impressive sight to behold as a local to the area.
This is like 10% of what’s being built. You forgot the new central district, new harbor district, the new skyscraper district of buildings up to 250m, and much more.
I live in Gothenburg and yes, there is a lot going on, kinda looking forward to seeing some projects getting finished. Everywhere you look you'll see at least 2-3 cranes building something. However, it was badly needed, the heart of the city has been painfully crowded for years.
Proud to be a young electrician in this big project I lived in Gothenburg for 10 years and I can say it looks a lot different than the day I came here ✌️🙌🏻
i'm in canada and my university's residences have a platinum LEED certification. Its really hard to get. its École de technologie supérieures (ÉTS) for those wondering.
Thank you for making a video about my city! Was so happy to see this :) Surprised you didn’t mention the new train tunnel that will go below the city, as well as Karlatornet which will be the tallest building in Scandinavia. A lot of your footage is outdated, most prominently the first few seconds where none of the new projects can be seen. Felt more like a commercial for Skanska and Citygate... I hope you're coming back!
Grew up in Gothenburg. It was very cool to see this video and recognize landmarks from my childhood - Fiskekyrkan at 0:21, the Poseidon statue at 7:00-7:05, and Ullevi stadium behind the new building - and not transformed beyond recognition by skyscrapers and urban decay. But I do remember the insane scramble to move into an apartment that was large enough for two, and later three kids - from a studio apartment where my parents slept on a foldout couch in the living room and my sister and I shared a bunkbed in the hallway, to a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom place near Avenyen and the old opera house. A great city for walking in.
It’s funny how this video focused on basically just Citygate which, even though it’s a cool project, doesn’t even count among the three most important developments in the city. He didn’t even mention Västlänken (commuter line being built cutting through the city center), Karlastaden (housing the tallest skyscraper in the nordics) or Masthuggskajen (reclamation project that will expand the city centre), all of which are far more ambitios projects.
My university campus in India - Manipal University Jaipur - is LEED Platinum certified. Now I can relate with how Gothenburg is one of the most sustainable places on the planet.
Living in Gothenburg for 2 years and now moving to Oslo. Gothenburg is really an amazing city. It's so easy to reach the city center, transportation is really good ( its expensive). Only short bus ride to the lake and train to the beach. Also Slottskogen is amazing place to spend summer days or just having fun with friends. Amazing!
Not mentioned in the video: Gothenburg has become a giant car maze where every other road is blocked or limited to one direction. The slow flow and long lines of traffic with cars standing still, spewing exhaust fumes at idle in the centre should offset the sustainable strategy just fine.
Yeah they're not being very objective with those claims of sustainabiltiy. A city built around industry and car traffic is NOT sustainable. Not by a long shot.
This. Everywhere in gothenburg the road infrastructure for anything other than public transport has been intentionally sabotaged causing huge traffic jams. For example many dual lane roads have gotten smaller with bus stops merging two lanes into one on many locations around the city "for pedestrian safety" instead of just setting up a traffic light
As A Swede & Been Fellingsbro Resident Since December 2018 I Knew Gothenburg Would Be Massive Modern City or Town! It Feels Nicer To Developed Fast Than Other Sweden Cities.
I come from Gothenburg, but have lived in Stuttgart, Germany for a bit over a year now. When I went back last time in August, I was really surprised by the amount of new buildings which had popped up. I hope to eventually move back in a few years. Will be interesting to see how it's changed by then.
You missed out our largest project, Väst Länken (The West Link Project). Many argue that this is a total failure and is heavily delayed and costs soar. This project have made Gothenburg to a huge dig site and have cause both economical problems for small businesses and huge traffic problems. So not everything is great in Gothenburg! But I like my city anyway. :)
You should make a video on Karlatornet (Karlatower) also in gothenburg. It's going to be the tallest building in the Nordics and quite unique when it comes to buildings in the north.
Very good video indeed. Malmö - Sweden’s third city - has also gone through an amazing transformation - with a focus on sustainability. I think it would be a very good subject for a future video. Warm welcome.
its funny how little people seem to understand about sweden from the comments. somehow sweden remains mythical in all viewpoints. either its a caliphate in the making or its a futuristic supersociety, either its always dark and snowy or there is beautiful untamed wilderness. lol
Gothenberg city should pay you some commissions - cause many of us are now planning to visit Gothenburg, a city I have never heard of until this video.
Visited Gothenburg 20 years ago, just as they were starting the process of reclaiming the water front, high on my bucket list is to go back and see how that turned out
I’ve spent a lot of time surveying in Gothenburg, even with the epic amount of construction it’s still quicker to get around than in Stockholm. Side note did they do all the filming in the 3 days of summer 😂
Gothenburg is also building northen Europes tallest skyscraper. The 245 metre tall Karlatornen. It is set to be done in 2024 and the penthouse at the top was bought for 6,4 million dollars
Göteborg is not actually that bad for PV according to some random map I found online. It's more suitable than most of UK, being equal to southern England or northern Germany.
its just green washing. leed classification only means it employs lots of high-tech products, it was created to promote high-tech companies. same as the "green city" concept. they would not give any consideration to an expansion of the city based on traditional urbanism using natural materials, but they will give the HIGHEST praise to a bunch of glass office towers with some complex ac system and special glass panels and solar power, wich will be more expensive and most importantly, it will brake down and will have to be replaced in 20 years. and the buildings wont last 50. perpetual business for contractors and tech companies, it was never about the envoirnment. you dont make much money making a solid brick building that lasts hunderds of years,
Waiting time for apartments are 7-10 years, crime is soaring in the suburbs, buses and trams are raising the prices and traffic is a huge problem but otherwise it is a fantastic city with fantastic people
I was thinking about buying a pre-fab house from one of the Scandinavian companies that produce them. It's really cool, you can choose among many designs and the building is very fast.
That callout of Toronto at 8:26 hits a little close to home - literally. I live two hours from there and the housing situation here is DISMAL. Absolutely horrendous.
Fantastic vid as always, especially as GBG's been my home for 8 years. Bit surprised not mentioning Karlatornet given it's gonna seriously tower over CityGate, but hopefully that means you'll be back to cover that! Love all the investment and cool construction around Gothenburg - less keen on all the works causing the roads to move around like the staircase at Hogwarts!
As a person from Gothenburg, calling the Citygate construction “fast” is an understatement. It literally felt like one day there was just a big slab of concrete is the skyline, and the next day there was a massive office building.
You can't compare Gothenburg to London or Toronto. Scandivavia as a whole only has 1 official skyscraper (>150 m). Thats for denmark sweden, norway and finland. Toronto (1 city) has 80. These cities are naturally not plagued by the same issues of affordable housing as places like toronto or new york.
Easy answer - don't use your car in the city use the trams and buses to get around. Much easier, and less pollution in the atmosphere! Because that's what I did on my three visits to the city before, during and after H-day!
@@rodneymcgovern5984 Pretty shitty excuse if you ask me..^^ If you’re traveling from someplace else in Sweden by car, or happen to pass through, it shouldn’t be needed. Not trying to start an argument, just casually observing that one of the drawbacks of all this construction is the high frequency of closed off roads, which also happen to effect bus routes btw.
"The building was put together like a giant Lego set"? C'mon, this is Sweden, not Denmark. It was put together like a giant piece of Ikea furniture!
But, with better instructions.
I was thinking the same thing. Giant missed opportunity
@@bwake the instructions are fine, consumers are just stupid.
Ahahah B1M is forgiven ❤ …as all of us Nordic people look and sound the same to outsiders.
We’re basically the East Asians of white people.
I think our countries are each so individually insignificant and collectively homogenous that it’s not realistic to assume people will treat us as any other than a collective in their minds, if they even give us that much.
Our current national borders and separate national identities are all so arbitrary. We’ve been trading sovereignty of each other backwards and forwards through various “Kingdoms of X & Y” combinations for well over a thousand years. That we’ve landed as the current separate nations (…at least, for now) is mostly a fluke of timing. But the rest of the world wouldn’t notice or care if all or some of us joined together. Or split further. Or… whatever.
Bring an unlabelled world map when you go travelling internationally and ask locals that you meet if they can point out your country on the map. It’s an eye-opening experience. And I’m not talking about doing this in the third world either.
anyway…
@@qzbnyv you kinda brought it up already but Gothenburg did indeed used to be a part of Denmark 🇩🇰
I have lived in Gothenburg for 12 years and we call it the biggest “small town” in Sweden. Great video! Learned a lot :)
Been there once, thought it was amazing. Nature, inner city, water, sustainability, atmosphere, all great.
I've lived here my whole life, and I can inform you that we do not call it that at all
@@TheCuskic I live less than an hour South of Göteborg, definently hear people say that.
@@TheCuskic I have also lived here all my life, and I have definitely heard it a lot, ever since I was a child
I definitely agree. I visited back in 2019 and found it a fascinating city. Quite walkable.
As a recently graduated Construction Management student and now working with a local parastatal, I can confidently say B1M is the channel to binge and rewatch to learn new innovative ideas. It also makes the industry of construction attractive to study and invest in. So glad to be part of this community.
Go kill it brotha
where did you go to school? i wanted to attend the construction management program at KEA in copenhagen but sadly the danish government slashed the program and moved nearly all english taught bachelor programs to small towns so nobody would want to attend them.
I was expecting a deep dive on the whole västlänken-project including the new subterranean train stations, new bridges, tunnels and tram lines and other private investments like Karlatornet.
Is this when i mention the stupid shit that happened during construction of the new hisingsbron?😅
@@theangrydiver nah we don't talk about that, or the animal crossing bridge that collapsed while being built.
@@theangrydiver Shhhh, we don't talk about that
I live here. It’s a lovely city which has it’s issues but has been getting better these recent years. Excited for the future! They’re also building Karlatornet which will be the tallest skyscraper in scandinavia! Bit suprised you didn’t mention this.. and also Västlänken..
Yeah I don't want my daughters to get raped by African immigrants gangs, thanks.
Im in Canada and as the end of the video notes: were screwed for homes. Similar country's otherwise and yours looks pretty af. Ill visit you one day sir/her!
Liseberg!
I’m pretty sure he mixed up västlänken with a nonexistent metro system…
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Seeing my city on my favourite channel, what a pleasant surprise! Gothenburg is really going through quite a big building renaissance. Thank you for the video!
They better worry about all the illegal migrants first before starting this expensive project…
But not for the better. They are ruining Gothenburg.
@@vika0194 nej lol
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@@emilunreleased Jo, det gör de. Trafiken är helt ohållbar, alldeles för många lägenheter och byggnader i lugna områden byggs. För stor befolkning redan i centrum som kommer bli ännu större.
As a Stockholmer it is pretty hard to admit this, but Gothenburg is excelling on all levels. Godspeed GBG!
Thank you STHLM!
@@mannomorth Alltid GBG! 🥂
Even shootings?
@@TheCJUN Especially shootings
@@BillViolator lol no
surprised this wasn't about the Karlatornet skyscraper, which will become the tallest building in the nordics when completed
Same
Maybe this topic will be covered in the next episode? Could Fred be on his way there to shoot a report?
@@winnied87 I certainly hope that’s the case! Might as well cover the West Link tunnel while they’re at it.
Probably couldn’t get a sponsor for that
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I was a part of the site management team of City Gate prefab structure contractor. It was a very challenging but an awesome project, from day 1 to the last massive slab. Nice to see my friend Jimmy on one of the best channels on UA-cam! Cheers
Well done, Thank you.
Nice! Gothenburg is going through a massive change when the industry along the river is rebuilt with housing and a cityscape instead, in the town plan "Älvstaden" if anyone interested.
And Västlänken, the regional subway tunnel is well on its way.
Gothenburg also has a heritage of nice scaled historical residential apartment buildings from before the modernist era.
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SKF definitely deserves to be mentioned with Volvo and Astra.
And Hasselblad
I feel proud to have briefly been part of the city gate project, i was crane operator there for a short while. It was truly an amazing project in every way. The view was breathtaking from the big crane too 💪
That sounds exciting!
Long live Sweden! Sweden is my favorite country in the entire planet. Been to Sweden 4 times. At some point I’d love to move to Sweden. I love everything about it, we’ll except for the cold weather… other than it is such a beautiful country, full of nice people, good looking people, everybody respects people’s personal space, Swedes are quiet, their public transportation is top notch, like in Stockholm you don’t even need car to get around. Don’t know what else to add… amazing country!
Thank you for such nice words! Welcome back to Sweden and Stockholm!
Ja mig också! Jag har aldrig varit i Sverige men det ser ut som ett jättebra land att bo i! Skål från Amerika
@@Splinter4077
Välkommen till Sverige du också! 🇸🇪🇺🇸
@Deadpoppin wtf
@Deadpoppin Why does that even matter? As long as someone is a good person, works, and doesn’t commit crimes, then their skin color shouldn’t matter.
It's been a minute B1M, masterful as always.
Haha, thanks so much!!
I am impressed 😂. Recommended B1M channel to AREA 2071 in Dubai.
The last thing I though I would se today was B1M make a video about my city. I kinda feel honored
Sweden 🇸🇪 Is pretty popular tho
Gothburger here, born and raised! Great video, although I agree with the other comments about not mentioning Västlänken. Another interesting ongoing megaproject is "Västsvenska Paketet", where Västlänken actually is one of several parts. They recently replaced one of our main bridges (Göta Älvbron --> Hisingsbron) a few years ago and that was an awesome sight to behold, over a couple of years time.
Thanks again, well done!
i hate the citygate building because at a certain angle while walking past it, only one side is visible. it looks like a giant flat wall going up into the sky
Splendid country I've been meaning to visit... hopefully next year I'll finally get there!💛
A country that harbors PKK terrorists is not a splendid country. Unless you are one of them of course.
Me too
Yeah I don't want my daughters to get raped by African immigrants gangs but thanks.
Beware of rampant crime
@@Undaglibenglaubengloben lol no
Always love watching B1M!
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Beeing from Gothemburg this rebuilding phase do inpact the entire political landscape of the city.
Road tolls + new trains (västlänken) + a decade of construction + The skyscraper (karlatornet) + the cancelled idea of a cable railway over the river + the replacement of the old city bridge with 4 lanes + the now proposed tunnel under the river. I do love to see that they did correctly identify the shift from port city to more of a general industry hub.
This video could have been over 1h with the same pace.
Still great work!!! =)
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While I have no technical skills or interest in the world of construction, I AM interested in design, architecture, industrial planning, commercial projects, development, etc.
You don't just show us construction projects, but you look at the ways in which construction intersects with other fields and the technology that enables these sorts of megaprojects. For example, I'm a keen follower of nuclear fusion development because of my physics studies, so it was great to watch your video on ITER! Thanks for making these videos so insightful and varied, yet captivating even for folks who have little to no experience in construction.
As an urban planning student i've had the current project in Frihamnen as a task for one of my courses and according to the detailed plan for the housing, it seems like they're aiming to mix social groups along with building affordable apartments. can't wait to see exactly how they will do it. GBG is one of my fav cities and i hope it improves over time!
I'm skeptical that the solar park will power the building in the dead of winter. There just isn't a lot of daylight - about 6.5 hrs per day
Gothenburg is definitely a rapidly growing city. I was there 3 years ago and so many new towers have popped up all over the city since then. Karlatornet, which is going to be 245 meters tall, will be the tallest skyscraper in Scandinavia. It looks very impressive already! However, there are also downsides to these rapid developments. It looks like the city is selling its soul to investors. Many newly constructed buildings really feel out of place and have very little respect for the surrounding areas. Scandic Gothenburg Central really is an eyesore. An ugly glass box that can't be unseen. The same counts for Hotel Draken, which is located next to the beautiful old parts of Haga. Hotel Draken and the surrounding newly constructed towers really don't fit there. Hotel Draken feels a bit like Gothenburg's own version of Tour Montparnasse. The city really needs to step up the game and focus building a coherent, good looking city. Some experts need to oversee all the big projects and make sure they fit in better. Quality over quantity. The same counts for newly constructed apartments, many of them look really bland and cheap. Gothenburg can do so much better, really! Don't get me wrong: I do love Gothenburg!
Welcome to Gothenburg. They’ve been planning stupidly for at least 50 yrs. look at röda sten ferry stop. Wtf is it there for? There is nothing there. Why did they move it? Just to block the water areas with roads and tram limes. As usual.
I agree, they're investing in the wrong things and destroying the city's soul to turn it into an "event" city with ego-driven projects. I laughed when the video called it a "sustainable" city. When so much is invested in industry, car infrastructure, glass buildings (the most unsustainable kind of buildings there is) etc, there is no sustainability in mind. Could do so much better indeed.
With $100 bn Qatar and China would have built new cities with world's tallest buildings and these guys bragging about some LEED certificate on 20 something storey - European civilization is turning into joke with all the unnecessary regulation and standards.
@@adad-ec6ht No Göteborgare would want their city to turn into Qatar ffs
@@lsamoa Well you guys CANNOT - you cannot afford to. Do shit with your GREEN ENVIRONEMTN BS.
Just got back from Gothenburg and I was pretty impressed at how liveable this city is. It has great potential. There is nothing wrong with spreading out as long as you have services and good transport infrastructure. Urban centres become satellite cities. It is manageable now because it has less than a million people. Good management means preparing for future growth. I'd like to go back and explore this interesting part of the world again. It has an interesting history too.
I love Sweden, been to Stockholm twice and it’s my favourite European city. It’s just so nice! Good to hear they are limiting sub-urbs, they suck!
They better worry about all the illegal migrants first before starting this expensive project…
Considering there’s been nothing but suburbs built in Gothenburg for the past 100 years, I’ll believe it when I see it. Gothenburg was voted worst cycling city in all of Sweden a month or so ago, 2 highways run through the city center and 4 highway interchanges next to each other just north of the central railway station create total isolation and segregation.
So happy to have another video on my feed from you!
Thanks!
long time fan and great to finally see a video about my hometown - two major gbg projects worth mentioning are Karlatornet (73 floors/ 245 m ) and Västlänken (2bn project to revamp the cities transport and road infrastructure) - the scale of the project is much more interesting than it seems as tunnels, tracks and highways are being built around historic parts of the city.
an extra detail about Karlatornet, in it's current half built state has taken over the record for tallest building in Sweden.
Great video again and looking forward to seeing more of Gothenburg soon
Project Platinan is another Platium Leed certified project that is been complete in Gothenburg. Hotel / Office space on the water front. Cirka (1,8 bn sek / 162 mil usd)
73 floors*
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I'm from Gothenburg and it's crazy how much it has changed the past 5 years. It used to be more european style but now there are modern tall buildings/skyscrapers everywhere. Completely changed cityscape
.. That just sounds horrible
@@janniesneed4511 nope that sounds awesome. I am jealous. Skyscrapers are so much cooler.
@@N1ckZ Boring and ugly architecture
I should clarify, they haven’t removed the european style. They also haven’t demolished too many buildings, more so built next to/on existing structures. There are also neighborhoods that haven’t changed, keeping the traditional european style. I don’t think it has destroyed my city (yet), but it’s a major change.
@@isaka3719 since the city now is middle eastern its suiting that it doesnt look european anymore.
Did I just miss the whole part about the 100BN city upgrade part? I feel like the video was only about how sustainable Gothenburg is...
The thing is it's not sustainable in some unique way. A lot of cities in northern parts of Europe have more greenery than streets paved with concrete because people are used to living in close proximity to green areas and not be cramped in urbanized places.
@@winnied87 There's also a law in Sweden that all cities need to have 1/3 green space. But green space a sustainable city does not make. There needs to be way more to call it that.
and none of this is sustainable
Yea, he kinda skipped over the part about the massive train tunnel under the city and a few other minor details, like Älvstaden and other small sub-projects they have going on...
WOW! My home town! Featured on the B1M! This is awesome! I recommended you guys to take a look at this a while ago, and you did!
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Gothenburg is also constructing the tallest building in all of the nordics atm. Karlatornet at 245m. It's an impressive sight to behold as a local to the area.
This is like 10% of what’s being built. You forgot the new central district, new harbor district, the new skyscraper district of buildings up to 250m, and much more.
Was in Goteborg this summer and toured the Uni3 campus. Seriously impressed by it and the projects currently in development!
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I live in Gothenburg and yes, there is a lot going on, kinda looking forward to seeing some projects getting finished. Everywhere you look you'll see at least 2-3 cranes building something. However, it was badly needed, the heart of the city has been painfully crowded for years.
Proud to be a young electrician in this big project I lived in Gothenburg for 10 years and I can say it looks a lot different than the day I came here ✌️🙌🏻
I had no idea a project like this was even going on. Extremely interesting video!
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i'm in canada and my university's residences have a platinum LEED certification. Its really hard to get. its École de technologie supérieures (ÉTS) for those wondering.
Thank you for making a video about my city! Was so happy to see this :)
Surprised you didn’t mention the new train tunnel that will go below the city, as well as Karlatornet which will be the tallest building in Scandinavia.
A lot of your footage is outdated, most prominently the first few seconds where none of the new projects can be seen.
Felt more like a commercial for Skanska and Citygate... I hope you're coming back!
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Another great video, one of my favourite channels. Keep it up
Grew up in Gothenburg. It was very cool to see this video and recognize landmarks from my childhood - Fiskekyrkan at 0:21, the Poseidon statue at 7:00-7:05, and Ullevi stadium behind the new building - and not transformed beyond recognition by skyscrapers and urban decay. But I do remember the insane scramble to move into an apartment that was large enough for two, and later three kids - from a studio apartment where my parents slept on a foldout couch in the living room and my sister and I shared a bunkbed in the hallway, to a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom place near Avenyen and the old opera house. A great city for walking in.
Nice to see the city. Lived there ten years ago for half a year for Erasmus and had a lot of lectures in the science park.
It’s funny how this video focused on basically just Citygate which, even though it’s a cool project, doesn’t even count among the three most important developments in the city. He didn’t even mention Västlänken (commuter line being built cutting through the city center), Karlastaden (housing the tallest skyscraper in the nordics) or Masthuggskajen (reclamation project that will expand the city centre), all of which are far more ambitios projects.
I was sitting here thinking "this feels like propaganda" then I saw "The B1M" and went - oh yeah, this IS propaganda.
I use Bluebeam everyday at work so that was kinda cool to hear as your sponsor
My university campus in India - Manipal University Jaipur - is LEED Platinum certified. Now I can relate with how Gothenburg is one of the most sustainable places on the planet.
This channel, Corridow Crew and Captain Disillusions channel have the BEST video quality in all of UA-cam. The research and editing alone is top-notch
Curious Droid. Tom Stanton. Not just bikes, are some other great ones.
Savagegeese, too.
Watched pretty much all your videos and I’m a huge fan. Makes me very happy to see that you now have made a video on my hometown, lovely :)
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Living in Gothenburg for 2 years and now moving to Oslo. Gothenburg is really an amazing city. It's so easy to reach the city center, transportation is really good ( its expensive). Only short bus ride to the lake and train to the beach. Also Slottskogen is amazing place to spend summer days or just having fun with friends. Amazing!
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Not mentioned in the video: Gothenburg has become a giant car maze where every other road is blocked or limited to one direction. The slow flow and long lines of traffic with cars standing still, spewing exhaust fumes at idle in the centre should offset the sustainable strategy just fine.
Yeah they're not being very objective with those claims of sustainabiltiy. A city built around industry and car traffic is NOT sustainable. Not by a long shot.
This. Everywhere in gothenburg the road infrastructure for anything other than public transport has been intentionally sabotaged causing huge traffic jams. For example many dual lane roads have gotten smaller with bus stops merging two lanes into one on many locations around the city "for pedestrian safety" instead of just setting up a traffic light
Imagine driving in Central Gothenburg lol. Take the damn tram
That is what public transport is for. Like london, you're stupid if you try to drive there.
As A Swede & Been Fellingsbro Resident Since December 2018 I Knew Gothenburg Would Be Massive Modern City or Town! It Feels Nicer To Developed Fast Than Other Sweden Cities.
I come from Gothenburg, but have lived in Stuttgart, Germany for a bit over a year now. When I went back last time in August, I was really surprised by the amount of new buildings which had popped up. I hope to eventually move back in a few years. Will be interesting to see how it's changed by then.
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You missed out our largest project, Väst Länken (The West Link Project). Many argue that this is a total failure and is heavily delayed and costs soar. This project have made Gothenburg to a huge dig site and have cause both economical problems for small businesses and huge traffic problems. So not everything is great in Gothenburg! But I like my city anyway. :)
Great video. Didn't know gotenburg was famed for its architecture - ill have to add it to my bucket list
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Every video on this channel is excellent, and the host is so easy to follow. Great stuff
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Great Video!
Would love to see a video about the West Link railway project and the Karla Tower as well.
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We should spend $100BN to end the criminal gangs in Göteborg
I was just there this summer. A perfect City for children, commerce, University Student and trade.
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You should make a video on Karlatornet (Karlatower) also in gothenburg. It's going to be the tallest building in the Nordics and quite unique when it comes to buildings in the north.
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Very good video indeed. Malmö - Sweden’s third city - has also gone through an amazing transformation - with a focus on sustainability. I think it would be a very good subject for a future video. Warm welcome.
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its funny how little people seem to understand about sweden from the comments. somehow sweden remains mythical in all viewpoints. either its a caliphate in the making or its a futuristic supersociety, either its always dark and snowy or there is beautiful untamed wilderness. lol
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Gothenberg city should pay you some commissions - cause many of us are now planning to visit Gothenburg, a city I have never heard of until this video.
My favorite channel doing a video on my city!
Visited Gothenburg 20 years ago, just as they were starting the process of reclaiming the water front, high on my bucket list is to go back and see how that turned out
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I hope to see in the future a video exclusive to Karlatornet skyscraper of Gothenburg (the tallest in scandinavia). Great video !
Nice - you managed to shoot all this video on the 1 day of the year when it isn't raining and grey skies in Gbg. Good job!
I’ve spent a lot of time surveying in Gothenburg, even with the epic amount of construction it’s still quicker to get around than in Stockholm.
Side note did they do all the filming in the 3 days of summer 😂
Gothenburg is also building northen Europes tallest skyscraper. The 245 metre tall Karlatornen. It is set to be done in 2024 and the penthouse at the top was bought for 6,4 million dollars
there's 4 penthouses on top
@@mangoo7879 4 o my bad then. :D
Not really that tall is it. This height is pretty normal now for Manchester.
@@choncord Well we are not talking about manchester here, are we?
@@choncord But this is not for Sweden cuz we don't raise for the skies. This is revolution for swedish consctrucion
I am Swedish but not from Gothenburg but I am from Stockholm, Sweden. It's great to live here.
And don’t forget that Gothenburg is also the home of Hasselblad -whose cameras went to the moon with the Apollo astronauts.
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@2.00 What metro system? 😅
Sweden, Europe's prime tropical destination with twelve months of sunny summer, no snow, the perfect place for solar panels!
Gothenburg the snow capital of Sweden!
Göteborg is not actually that bad for PV according to some random map I found online. It's more suitable than most of UK, being equal to southern England or northern Germany.
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its just green washing. leed classification only means it employs lots of high-tech products, it was created to promote high-tech companies. same as the "green city" concept. they would not give any consideration to an expansion of the city based on traditional urbanism using natural materials, but they will give the HIGHEST praise to a bunch of glass office towers with some complex ac system and special glass panels and solar power, wich will be more expensive and most importantly, it will brake down and will have to be replaced in 20 years. and the buildings wont last 50. perpetual business for contractors and tech companies, it was never about the envoirnment. you dont make much money making a solid brick building that lasts hunderds of years,
As a swede, you never hear people talking about this, thank you
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Waiting time for apartments are 7-10 years, crime is soaring in the suburbs, buses and trams are raising the prices and traffic is a huge problem but otherwise it is a fantastic city with fantastic people
The crime is the migrants fault.
I was thinking about buying a pre-fab house from one of the Scandinavian companies that produce them. It's really cool, you can choose among many designs and the building is very fast.
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Gothenburg must be one of the coolest sounding city names in the world 😎
The actual city name is Göteborg. Gothenburg is just the English version of it. Personally, Helsingborg takes the win for best city name in my book.
"It's not possible to build affordable housing-"
Because builders refuse to build Housing that won't make them a generous profit margin.
the guy you interviewed sounded so passionate and proud about the project
Too early for this. Great content, B1M.
That callout of Toronto at 8:26 hits a little close to home - literally. I live two hours from there and the housing situation here is DISMAL. Absolutely horrendous.
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Fantastic vid as always, especially as GBG's been my home for 8 years. Bit surprised not mentioning Karlatornet given it's gonna seriously tower over CityGate, but hopefully that means you'll be back to cover that! Love all the investment and cool construction around Gothenburg - less keen on all the works causing the roads to move around like the staircase at Hogwarts!
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Great project! I am a Nigerian and I love Sweden so much.
As soon as the notification went in, I played the video. This channel always uploads great content 🙏🙏🙏
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Brilliant video as always
Thanks so much!!
This was very enlightening and a great explanation!
As a person from Gothenburg, calling the Citygate construction “fast” is an understatement. It literally felt like one day there was just a big slab of concrete is the skyline, and the next day there was a massive office building.
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Hey Toronto, did you notice that shot across your bow?
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You can't compare Gothenburg to London or Toronto. Scandivavia as a whole only has 1 official skyscraper (>150 m). Thats for denmark sweden, norway and finland. Toronto (1 city) has 80. These cities are naturally not plagued by the same issues of affordable housing as places like toronto or new york.
Sweden's upgrade to zero Swede's in Sweden, ja.
Born and raised in Gothenburg. Still living here. Thanks for the video guys :)
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As a person born in Göteborg, i can confirm that we do not have a metro system. we have trams. We dont need a metro. Trust me.
Heard of västlänken? It’s basically a metro
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It will be interesting to see how the discovery of rare earth metals is worked into Sweden's overall infrastructure and ongoing plans
Don’t forget that Gothenburg is widely known as a being a nightmare to visit with car from out of town because of all the construction 😂
Easy answer - don't use your car in the city use the trams and buses to get around. Much easier, and less pollution in the atmosphere! Because that's what I did on my three visits to the city before, during and after H-day!
@@rodneymcgovern5984 Pretty shitty excuse if you ask me..^^
If you’re traveling from someplace else in Sweden by car, or happen to pass through, it shouldn’t be needed. Not trying to start an argument, just casually observing that one of the drawbacks of all this construction is the high frequency of closed off roads, which also happen to effect bus routes btw.
@@simeonhagstrom Cares have no right to be in cities. Honestly just park your car outside the city and use public transport. Much better for everyone.
"super sustainable Swedish skyscraper" lol how many takes to get that one right mate? Well done!
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