Vinterviken
Coordinates: 59°18′41″N 17°59′16″E / 59.31133°N 17.98783°E
Vinterviken ("Winter-cove") is a bay in the Mälaren lake in southern , Sweden. Vinterviken is located in a valley surrounded by the Gröndal and Aspudden suburb areas. The origin of the name Vinterviken can be traced back to the 17th century. Back then a common winter route (on the lake ice) used to go from Fittja and the Mälaren islands, and entered the city through Vinterviken and lake Trehörningen (nowadays named Trekanten).
Vinterviken has gone through major changes during history since it has transformed from being a vital industrial area to a recreational region. However, the most important stage was when Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist, established his new research lab and factory in Vinterviken. In his lab, Nobel invented an enormous revolution for armaments and explosive manufacturing, Dynamite.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel bought the whole area of Vinterviken in 1865. Due to safety issues he moved his research lab and his factory (Nitroglycerin Aktiebolaget) from a populated area in Stockholm to Vinterviken which was surrounded by cliffs and was therefore very suitable for the dangerous exploits of Nobel. Gradually, Alfred developed the area by constructing a local rail-road, a harbour, testing grounds/tunnels (Nobel's Spränggroparna) for exploring dynamite and also, housing for factory workers. Dynamite used to be manufactured in this area until 1921 but Nobel's factory remained working until the 1980s.
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