Kista

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Kista (Swedish: /'ɕiːsta/) is a district of Stockholm Municipality in Sweden belonging to Kista borough. Located northwest of central Stockholm, Kista is divided by the Stockholm Metro blue line into a western part which is primarily residential, and an eastern part occupied by commercial ventures, mostly in the telecommunication and computer industry. Kista hosts the IT University, a joint venture between the Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University. The streets in Kista are named after towns and famous people from Denmark. 25 000 people has their jobbs in Kista but doesn't liv there. Most of the workers travells by subway or busses.

Kista is named after an old farm, still located in the area. Kista became referred to as Chipsta or Sweden's Silicon Valley in the 1980s.

[edit] Business and industry

The construction of the industrial section of Kista began in the 70s with companies such as SRA (Svenska Radio Aktiebolaget, now a part of Ericsson), RIFA (later Ericsson Microelectronics and now Infineon Technologies) and IBM Svenska AB (the Swedish branch of IBM). The number of employees in Eastern Kista now ranges between 25,000 and 35,000.

[edit] See also

• Kista Science Tower

[edit] External links

• Kista Science City
• The IT University

Stockholm Metro - Blue line
Line 10: Kungsträdgården - Hjulsta Kungsträdgården | T-Centralen | Rådhuset | Fridhemsplan | Stadshagen | Västra skogen | Huvudsta | Vreten | Sundbybergs centrum | Duvbo | Rissne | Rinkeby | Tensta | Hjulsta	Line 11: Kungsträdgården - Akalla Kungsträdgården | T-Centralen | Rådhuset | Fridhemsplan | Stadshagen | Västra skogen | Solna centrum | Näckrosen | Hallonbergen | Kista | Husby | Akalla
Interchanges: Metro Green line | Metro Red line | Pendeltåg (Commuter rail)