Flogsta
Flogsta is a neighbourhood in the west part of the Swedish city of Uppsala. Most of its inhabitants are students attending Uppsala University or the SLU. A couple of hundred international exchange students give the area an international atmosphere.
The neighbourhood is located approximately 2.8 kilometres (about 4 km by road) west of Uppsala city centre. There are bus connections and bicycle tracks connecting Flogsta to different parts of the town. To the Uppsala University main building, the University Hospital, the Ekonomikum and the Biomedical Centre, the distance is between 2.2 and 2.7 km, while the distance to the SLU exceeds 6 km.
Every evening at 10 p.m. the "Flogsta scream" may be heard, when students scream collectively from windows, balconies and roof tops.[1] There is controversy over how the tradition started. Some locals say it was simply a stress reliever, which started during exam times and then became a daily occurrence. Others say it started in remembrance of a student who committed suicide in the 1970s. A similar tradition exists in one of the student dormitory neighbourhoods in Lund, as well as in the student areas of Lappkärrsberget in Stockholm and Manipal in India.
External links
- Studentstaden, student housing in Uppsala
- Heimstaden, student housing in Flogsta, Uppsala
- YouTube video of the "Flogsta Scream" at 10 PM lasting 4 minutes
References
Coordinates: 59°51′0.70″N 17°35′32″E / 59.8501944°N 17.59222°E