Närhetsliv #12

Närhetsliv #12

Here you can read all the articles from the autumn 2025 issue of #Närhetsliv – A Good Place on Earth. 64 pages of good things about Boden – all gathered in one place online. Happy reading!

Kvinna i brunmönstrad blus och jeans sitter i grå soffa och håller en uppslagen bok om pelargoner, bokhylla och krukväxt i bakgrunden.
En man i gul varseljacka och hjälm går längs en skogsstig
Dirk Laubscher walks along a path through a lush grove of trees. Behind him he leaves the noise of construction at Boden Industrial Park and several thousand workers. Like a portal between two worlds,…
Grön och rosa bil
Racing driver Michael Koegel moved from Texas to Boden for a job at Stegra. Quickly, the whole family drifted into a completely new life with new friends and a large welcoming motor family. Engines…
En dragqueen med rosa hår och regnbågsfärgade kläder ler och slår ut med armarna
"You're born naked and the rest is drag," quotes David Forsberg. Through his alter ego, the flamboyant MissKnapsu, David Forsberg challenges prejudice, claims space, and paves the way for greater open…
Kvinna med mellanblont hår och mörk jacka står lutad mot en tegelvägg
It’s not always visible, but you can feel it. In the conversations after a theatre performance. When someone dares to sing out loud, writes their first poem, or attends a concert and feels at home. Cu…
Blond kvinna med hästsvans i svart Kempa-matchtröja nummer 11 med Bodens handbollsklubbs emblem står med korslagda armar mot helsvart bakgrund.
The final whistle cuts through the arena. The ball bounces for the last time. On the bench, players rise in a roar, coaches fall into each other's arms. Four years of struggle boil down to a single mo…
Leende kvinna i lila dunjacka och man i gul dunjacka med rödvit mössa sitter på huk på en frostig gräsmatta tillsammans med en brun och en grå pudel framför röda ladugårdsbyggnader.
It's early autumn and instructor Meya Johansson at Boden Artillery Regiment A8 has busy days. She spends much of her working time in the field, training groups of conscripted men and women - barely yo…
Siluett av en man i kamouflagekläder och keps som blåser i ett älghorn från en jakttorn av trä mellan tallar i skymning.
It started with a lure and a seven-year-old's persistence. At home on the kitchen floor, little Micke held the opening with a finger, twisted his hand slightly, and discovered that the tones could be …
Leende ung kvinna med blont uppsatt hår, vit kockrock och svart förkläde med texten Viljar Restaurang, sedd genom ett serveringsfönster i ett restaurangkök.
For Marcus Ek Edenhagen, it all began with a passion for food. Now he stands in the middle of a kitchen where ideas become reality and dreams turn into future careers. Restaurant Viljan is the place w…
Ung man i grå tröja och mörka byxor står leende i högt gräs framför ett nybyggt mörkbrunt trähus med svart plåttak, branta gavlar och stege på taket, under blå himmel med lätta moln.
The Närhetsliv followers were right. Last spring, Instagram was filled with comments like "a house well worth showing off!" and "show us the castle now". Curiosity was piqued. What was this home every…

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