Stockholm, a war zone

They are tearing down a building at Klarabergsviadukten, right in the central of Stockholm, 7 pm 18 January 2008.
My wife and I stopped to watch the excavators work. I took out my cell to film "The Mighty Claw" in action.
Just after a few seconds, the whole building just came down!
Don't miss the guy welding at the lower left, you se the sparks.
You can also glimpse the Stadshuset in the background (that's where the Nobel price ceremony is held).
At the end we start running towards the entry of the central train station, cause the giant cloud of dust is coming right against us. A few moments later, the visibility is zero. Everybody is coughing and cars are honking.
Stockholm, for a moment, has turned into a war zone...

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• War
• zone
• Stockholm
• Sweden
• demolition
• excavators
• Klarabergsviadukten
• Klarabergsgatan
• Stadshuset
• Kungsbrohuset
• Jernhusen

[simahasas]

the guy welding was just welding something, but when the house started falling down he stood like... i didnt expect that...

[HaHbSv]

cool

[sirgossegull]

kommer bli riktigt "top-notch" när de e klart konferens lokaler o annat skit:)

[agardebring]

Helt galet flyt att träffa rätt o fotografera just när det där hände!

Underbart att se den byggnaden rivas iaf, blir najs med lite nytt på den tidigare trista platsen!

[mike1642784594]

Undra vad arbetsmiljöverket tycker om det här?

[xxxola1]

Äh,Hillgren har läget under kontroll,lite damm i näsan bara...eh