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Søndrehallen; a symbol in the landscape in my village. The new sport hall in my community is a relative new symbol in the landscape, but it is probably the most important one. It is located near the local school and the regions heritage museum, which contains authentic rural houses with authentic content. The new sports hall is built on a voluntarily basis by the inhabitants in my municipality. This is in Norway called “dugnad”, and indicate an effort and a commitment on the local inhabitants part, to create a meeting point and a uniting sports arena for the future. The hall contains a café, which is also driven voluntarily. The café replaced the grocery store as the most important meeting place in my village and the café have become a place where the local population meet family and friends. The sports hall is meant to add a location of quality to the village and could potentially prevent depopulation and avoid centralization, which are two of the biggest problems in my municipality. The hall was built to offer a suitable sport and recreation arena for the general population, where the local schoolchildren also would be given a suitable exercise and playing arena. As the structure where built it became a bridge between generations, a common project where retirees and high schoolers alike worked together to raise the hall and make a difference in the community. Today the sports hall stands as a symbol of the amazing things cooperation produces, as well as being a high quality sports facility.