Swedish town Götene selling land for the price of a coffee

3 Replies, 299 Views

Swedish town's attention-grabbing campaign to sell land for price of a coffee could save it

By Michelle Rimmer and Andrew Greaves for ABC News on 31 August, 2024.

Quote:Götene has about 5,000 residents, while there's another 13,000 in the wider municipality.

The community is on the shores of Lake Vänern — Europe's largest lake outside of Russia — and boasts a UNESCO-recognised mountain plateau.

It's a popular spot for tourists, but few people stay long term.

In April, the local government put 29 blocks of land on the market at the heavily reduced rate of 1 Swedish krona per square metre, the equivalent of 15 Australian cents.

Anyone in the world can buy the cheap plots on the condition they begin building a house on the land within two years, can open a Swedish bank account and pay water and sewerage connection fees.

Quote:[Gothenburg University social sciences lecturer Ylva Norén Bretzer] blames a lack of job prospects for the mass exodus to metropolitan areas, but Götene is in a different position; it has a booming jobs sector with vacancies ready to fill.

"We jokingly say that we are Sweden's Silicon Valley for the food industry," Mr Månsson says.

"We are located in a very strong industrial region where the industrial sector right now is growing rapidly."

Your new home, @Brian?
(This post was last modified: 2024-08-30, 09:32 PM by Laird. Edited 1 time in total. Edit Reason: Added byline )
[-] The following 4 users Like Laird's post:
  • Ninshub, Sciborg_S_Patel, Brian, Typoz
(2024-08-30, 09:31 PM)Laird Wrote: Swedish town's attention-grabbing campaign to sell land for price of a coffee could save it

By Michelle Rimmer and Andrew Greaves for ABC News on 31 August, 2024.



Your new home, @Brian?

What a lovely idea!  Shame it's too late in my life for upheaval, besides which I haven't got the faintest idea how to build a house.  Sweden is good for that though.  My wife's parents built their house in Dalarna and it is a lovely comfortable home with everything you could need or want.  Sadly they will soon have to vacate it for something smaller and closer to important services as they are getting older and it is harder to maintain it.  Thanks for the heads up @Laird
[-] The following 5 users Like Brian's post:
  • nbtruthman, Silence, Sciborg_S_Patel, Laird, Typoz
What is this - is it spam or does it come from you Laird?

David
It's a news article that I posted because it was potentially of interest to one of our members.
[-] The following 1 user Likes Laird's post:
  • Brian

  • View a Printable Version
Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)