Nyhamn stands as one of Gävle’s significant urban development projects, situated on an almost unused landmass with heavily polluted soil. The district is a former harbor area that presents considerable challenges in terms of land contaminated soil and sediment.
The municipality needs to clean the land from pollution, partly because of the existing environment and leaching of pollution into the Baltic Sea. The municipality has also started work on transformation into new urban environments with housing, municipal and commercial services, parks and infrastructure. The Nyhamn project, first stage of Näringen – One of Europe’s most sustainable neighborhoods between the existing city and the sea (Baltic Sea).