Comments on: Väla Centrum

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:27:20 +0000

There was another 'Brännborns' in Ängelholm where I spent quite a lot of time as a kid. Not forgetting Tempo and Domus. Now all those stores have been re branded or forgotten. Väla is neither looking what it used to be and with the new expansion that are in the works, it will just be one of those big faceless huge shopping malls with no character or charisma.

By: calamityjem

calamityjem — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:12:48 +0000

I remember the canaries inside the birdcage too & the unforgettable smell of the awe-inspiring fountain. We used to drive from Örkelljunga to go shopping here; it was worlds apart from ‘Brännborns’, which presumably is where all our grocery shopping was done prior to 1974. Thanks for this enlightening post; you’ve just set me of on a nostalgia trip I think ;)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:59:00 +0000

I remember my daddy bought our first computer in the Väla square. An Amstrad, it couldent do anything. Must have been in 88 or 89. Ah, the memorys…

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 04 May 2007 20:00:00 +0000

Yes so sad. Hope when they are adding to it again in a year or so that they bring back some of the original features. Would love to see lots of water and trees in the ‘square’ of the mall, just like in the 50s and 60s in American malls.

By: Jim Rockford

Jim Rockford — Fri, 04 May 2007 17:49:00 +0000

Thats typical,everything really cool has to be destroyed by the small minded corporate types to fit it with whats currently in vogue.
I wish people would leave the old buildings alone

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:10:00 +0000

Yeash, I remeber Theo. He was a Beostare. I don’t know what the name in english is. Really good on talking to the customers =)

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:57:00 +0000

I remember that you could have Slush Puppies in the kiosk at the square near the bird cage, now when you point it out. I also remember the old Pet store where they had a talking black Parrot named “Theo”. It was located right next to the entrance of B&W.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:10:00 +0000

I remember you could have slush puppies sitting under the bird-cage-statue, listening to all the birds. It was super. It always made everything up for having to go through all the shops with your mum. If you were lucky you could return home with a star wars figure as well.

Later on when I was about 14 I remeber I worked for two weeks at B&W (prao, in swedish). The only thing they let me do for two whole weeks was lacing football-shoes. Incredibly boring.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:29:00 +0000

From observation and what people’ve told me, Europeans went in for the bold oranges, browns and greens more than American’s did in the late 60′s and 70′s – apparently thinking they were modern and “American”…

Of course, Sweden, as always, was ahead of the curve with Avacado – we had an Älvsbyhus from ’62 with avacado bathroom fittings and fabulous brown paneling!

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:30:00 +0000

Haha, never thought about it that way. Thought that orange, green and brown were universal colors in the 1970s and were used everywhere? Anyways, still looks very groovy! Wish they could have kept the color scheme with the plants and the fountain.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:42:00 +0000

I always forget how hard Sweden fell for (in love with) those dark oranges, browns and greens. If I ever move to Sweden I want a brown kitchen with orange Husqvarna appliances (except for the Futurum fan).

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:59:00 +0000

Yeah, stores like that have ruined malls all over the world. The demand for malls with 100′s of smaller stores have transformed every mall that was a great place with nice interiors and atmosphere into ugly places that all look the same.

By: Chris Sobieniak

Chris Sobieniak — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:45:00 +0000

I came across the webpage for this place today. Couldn’t help but notice an EB Games amoung the tennents. Stores like them kinda ruined the pleasure I have with going to malls nowadays. (of course nowadays I hardly play video games at all but it’s nice finding ways to tinker with my Playstation Portable in order to play the crappy Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man)