Österköpingsregionen / The Österköping Region - October 1

[shanghai kid]

That's a wonderful airport

Det er en virkelig lekker flyplass

[bat]

Great work on that parking place! Nice!

[graesloek]

Supersnygg flygplats! Önskar jag hade skills och tid till att göra något liknande!

Awesome airport! I wish I had the time and skills to make something like that.

Det er en virkelig lekker flyplass

Jag trodde man sa lufthavn på norska? eller det kanske är danska? haha

(*nordic languages talk*)

[krbe]

Staten ser gjerne at du kaller flyplassene deres "lufthavn", for eksempel Oslo lufthavn, Gardermoen. Alle oss andre ville bare si Gardermoen flyplass 

Danskene gjør det samme, f.eks. Københavns lufthavn Kastrup - men der har jeg bare hørt at man skal "i flyveren". 

Other than etymologies; I'll have to agree it's a neat airport. They got to travel far a lot, especially as it's a communist state Well then, will the rest of signs ever see a release though?

[shanghai kid]

som krbe sier, så sier den vanlige mann i gata flyplass men staten bruker lufthavn 

[io_bg]

Very nice update, I really like the greenery you've put around the parking lots

[Nexis4Jersey]

nice looking airport and nice parking areas

[kwakelaar]

Gratulerer med OSITM.

Nice work on your airport, and the previous update with the suburbs.

[Sciurus]

Waow, just wonderful!! And congrats for your entry in the OSTIM!

Guillaume

[Swesim]

Kul att se en uppdatering till, flygplatsen var intressant att se!
Dock skulle det kanske varit mer passande med BAs nya dekor (fast de målade ju några 747:or i "retro" dekor iofs)... 

Nice to see another update so soon, the airport looks good!
However if one is to be picky I´m not sure BA used their "old" livery at the same time as Lufthansas newer livery seen beside it.
On the other hand BA painted at least one 747 in a "retro" livery as a celebration of their anniversary some years ago. 

[riiga]

Svar / Replies:

Battlecat: Thanks!

Haljackey: Well, I'm considering expanding the airport, so some A380's might show up later on.

shanghai kid: Tusen takk!

bat: Thank you!

graesloek: Tack så mycket! Angående hur man säger det på norska och danska så trodde jag som du.

krbe: Jag har alltid trott att det heter "lufthavn" på norska och danska, även i vardagligt tal. Nu vet jag hur det ligger till, tack så mycket!

io_bg: Thanks!

Nexis4Jersey: Thank you!

kwakelaar: Takk! And I have to say, I checked out your MD, and it is fascinating. 

Guillaume (Sciurus) : Thank you very much!

Swesim: Flygplanens dekor kan jag inte göra mycket åt, men jag märker ingen skillnad ändå.

Uppdatering 13:
Update 13:

OSITM 3 - Åter till Västerköping / A trip to Västerköping again

Jag tänkte att vi skulle ta en kort tur till Västerköping, då jag hittade en gammal busslinjekarta som jag gjorde när Västerköping var relativt litet. En översiktskarta där vi jämför staden från uppdatering 1 med dagens har jag även gjort.
It thought we should revisit yet another place. This time it's Västerköping of which I found and old maps of the bus lines back then. And I made an overview comparison, comparing Västerköping from update 1 with present day Västerköping. You could say it has grown quite a bit...

Statistik / Statistics:
Befolkning/Population: 81 599 (64 646)
Affär/Commercial: 81 % (77 %)
Industri: 19 % (23 %)

(Warning! Wide images!)

Då / Then:


Nu / Now:



Busslinjekartan. Det gråa området visar stadens dåvarande storlek, och det rutade visar dagens Västerköping.
The bus line map. The grey area is the city back then, and the checkered is the present day size of the city.


(click for full resolution!)

Oh, and here's an translation of the names on the map. Just for fun!

Konstapelgatan - Constable Street
Norra vägen - Northern Road
Mandelgatan - Almond Street
Centralen - The Central
Österköpingsvägen norra - Österköping Road North
Universitetet - The University
Österköpingsvägen södra - Österköping Road South
Lilla torget - Small Square
Stora torget - Large Square
Industristationen - Industry Station
Handelsgatan - Trade Street
Västra yrkesvägen - West Profession Road
Östra yrkesvägen - East Profession Road

- riiga

[ecoba]

Wow, riiga.

I'm remembering Vasterkoping from the earlier updates of your MD, and seeing it in it's grown form is really a shocking comparison to the picture from update 1. I also remember all of the construction updates from Vasterkoping, with the step by step instructions, I like that style maybe we could see some more of it? But you don't have to.. just my silly suggestion...

Ethan

[Swesim]

Ha! Busslinjer, nu börjar det verkligen likna något!
Eftersom jag är lite bussnörd själv så trivs jag som fisken i vattnet på jobbet som går ut på att hålla rätt på Stockholms bussar... 
Översättningen var inte så dum, vi har ett stående skämt här i Stockholm gällande Vasagatan som ju med lite fantasi kan översättas till What did You say street... 
Kul annars att få ett återseende med Västerköping, viss skillnad mellan nu och då skulle man kunna säga...

Wow, a map of the busroute network, now I´m really interested!
Since I´m interested in buses as a hobby I quite like my work as a coordinator of the buses in Stockholm in RL...
The translation of the streetnames I´m sure will be useful to many of the readers of this MD and speaking of translations we have a joke here in Stockholm which plays with the words in the name of one of the main streets in Stockholm.
The joke is really just a direct translation and play with words as the street´s name in Swedish is Vasagatan and Vasa if separated into Va sa´ means What did You say? the translation of the streetname can be What did You say street. 
A long explanation of a boring thing that doesn´t hava anything to do with this MD, but hopefully enjoys someone nonetheless... 

[bat]

Nice bus route map there! Also nice overview of that city!!

[Battlecat]

Beautiful looking city!  Love the wind farm up at the edge of town! 

[sumwonyuno]

Those are some huge windmills, compared to the size of the buildings in the city!

[warconstruct]

splendid upadate 

[vester]

For mig er en flyveplads (på dansk) en mindre sted hvor fly kan lande, mens en lufthavn er kommerciel flytrafik og med faste afgange.

[kwakelaar]

Västerköping has certainly been growing, and nice use of the windmills you don't see them that often in MD's, but in real life some places are littered with the things


Just one question "torget" does not mean market in Swedish? In Norwegian this would be the case as we use "plass' for square.

[riiga]

Svar / Replies:

Ethan (ecoba) : I thought I would do another revisit, and this one includes construction work. 

Swesim: Jag har faktiskt sett att du är aktiv bussfotograf och forumit på bussnack, så man kan säga att jag inte blev förvånad precis. Du kan nog förvänta dig mer bussrelaterat innehåll inom en snar framtid, eftersom jag själv är väldigt bussintresserad. 

bat: Thank you very much!

Battlecat: Thanks!

sumwonyuno: Yes, I've noticed that. However, smaller ones won't give you enough power.

warconstruct : Thank you!

vester: Jag tänker ungefär likdant när du säger det. Fast inte på svenska då, utan när jag tänker på de norska/danska orden.

kwakelaar: Thanks! Indeed there's great misuse of windmills in some places, and while it may not look very nice they're still better than dams and nuclear power. (From an environmental perspective that is.) Regarding "torget", in Swedish it translates as market, marketplace or square depending on the use.

Uppdatering 14:
Update 14:

OSITM 4 - En till returtripp / Another revisit

När vi ändå håller på och återbesöker så varför inte ta en tripp till den lilla staden Spetz som vi såg i uppdatering fem? Jag tänkte att i denna uppdatering så ska vi kolla på hur Spetz har expanderat genom så kallad "urban sprawl" (fast bara i liten skala )
While we're at it, I thought we'd make another revisit. This time it's the small town of Spetz, as seen in update five. Currently, Spetz is slowly expanding through urban sprawl (but just on a small scale ).


Villaområde / Suburban housing:





Nu till lite konstruktion. I takt med nya hus krävs det även fler affärsområden. Nedan kan man se det område man valde att exploatera.
And now for some construction work. The area shown below is to be exploited for the construction of a new commercial area to meet the demands of the increasing population.



De olika byggnadsfaserna / The building phases:









Närbild / Close-up:



Avslutande översikt / End of this update-overview


- riiga