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What is helvete and what is himlen?​

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Helvete is a location in the video game Goat Simulator. It is found on the other end of a tunnel outside GoatVille, with a sign hanging over the tunnel indicating its distance as 3 kilometers away. Considering developer Coffee Stain Studios AB's Swedish heritage, Helvete is a reference to the Swedish word for hell. Unlike Him Len, the city found on the opposite side of GoatVille, Helvete can not actually be seen over the hills despite being allegedly closer geographically. This may imply that Helvete is within the hills, an allusion to Hell being below the Earth, whereas Him Len towers above GoatVille and is viewed as an idiom for "the light at the end of the tunnel." This could also imply GoatVille, located between heaven and hell, is actually a Purgatory where Pilgor is invincible and not bound to the physics of reality.

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