Online Survey

The respondent distribution are illustrated in figure 22 and 23:

Sense of Community in Bakklandet

All the respondents described the feeling of living and spending time in the neighborhood in a positive manner as seen in figure 24.

Only one respondent wrote about a problematic aspect, an increase of speed in bicyclists traveling through Bakklandet.

Most of the respondents answered that there existed a sense of community in the neighborhood, and 12 respondents mentioned the welfare association as a provider for this sense of community. The sense of community was also a result of good neighborly relations, “dugnadsånd” (a collective voluntary effort or “team spirit” among the residents), and activities happening that gathered the community. Some were unsure whether a sense of connection and community existed, especially among the temporary residents like the student population, and two answered it is nonexistent.