A mild revolution in Önneköp: the people prepare to take over the country’s trade

A mild revolution in Önneköp: the people prepare to take over the country’s trade

He has occupied a television house and has applied for a ministerial position in Paraguay. Carolina Castillo is now at the forefront of another much milder revolution, in her hometown of Önneköp. One where he hopes the residents form a company that will take over the country store and bring life to a new house of culture.

Carolina Castillo has been fascinated by all the people who enter and leave her store. “This type of business is really a social project. We must be a service point, but to maintain it, it must be jointly owned, it must be a cooperative ”.Image: Patrik renmark

Önneköp is already a special place. The nature here, a good distance southeast of Hörby, is so unspoiled that the area is considered one of the last quiet areas in Skåne. Here is a cannibal museum and the only bakery in the region that knows how to bake a butter cake.