Adrian is off to a week-long scout camp. The scouts gather in an industrial area near Spånga at a quarter past seven, get counted and checked off, and then picked up by buses. By lunchtime they will be at their camping grounds, which is at Kopparbo this year.

The procedure has evolved with time, and the pickup location as well. It used to happen on a green at the side of a road, where the road widened into a spot suitable for temporarily parking a few buses. Easy for the buses, decent for the kids, tricky for the drop-off cars. Then it moved to a different green behind a residential area, with more room for everyone and especially more room for parking for the parents. This latest spot is in an industrial area between two large parking lots with dozens of spots each, which are probably all full on weekdays but completely deserted at seven on a Saturday morning. Great for everyone.