Nuns, Traffic, and BBQ Force Sweden’s Silent Order to Flee Their Convent

A group of nuns living under one of the strictest vows of silence in Sweden is being forced to relocate after their convent in Glumslöv became surrounded by traffic noise and the smell of barbecues from a nearby housing development. The disruption has become too great for the cloistered order, which values stillness and prayer, and architect Carl Kylberg has taken on what he calls the strangest assignment of his career: moving the nuns—both the living and the dead [167871].

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The convent, located in a quiet village in southern Sweden, was once isolated from urban life. However, the construction of a new housing development has brought constant sounds of vehicles and the intrusive odors of outdoor cooking, breaking the silence essential to the order's spiritual practice. The nuns have decided to leave their home to preserve their way of life. The relocation project involves not only finding a new, peaceful site for the living nuns but also respectfully moving the remains of those buried on the convent grounds. The move highlights the growing challenge of maintaining religious sanctuaries in the face of expanding residential and traffic infrastructure.

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