Sights and Attractions in Västerbotten: Coast
Skelleteå Kyrkstad (Skellefteå Church town) Bonnstan
There are 116 church cabins with over 400 rooms in Bonnstan. These houses
were built for people who could only manage to get to town during high
church holidays. On these occasions they needed somewhere to live since
to travel back and forth on the same day was impossible.
Phone: 0910-73 60 20
Cultural historical museum which represents the whole province. The
emphasis is on technique and industrial history. Exhibition covering the
history of Skellefteå. There are also smaller exhibitions of mint and coinage
history as well as weights and measures.
Bergrum (The Mountainroom) Boliden, Skellefteå
A mining and mineral museum located near Sweden's only gold mine. The
museum has a large exhibition area and contains a fact/reference library,
café, reception with souvenirs. In the cellar are workshops with equipment
for stone-polishing. You can also take a multi-media tour of the mine.
Phone: 0910-600 60
Bjuröklubb Nature Reserve, Skellefteå
Three areas with remains from the Iron Age and Middle Age. On Grundskataräftan
you can see more than 40 excavations of houses typical for the coastal
area during the Iron Age. The remains of a Middle Age harbor are also found
here.
Nordanå Culture Center, Skellefteå
Enjoy theater, exhibitions in the museum, a meal in the inn and dance
the night away on an outdoors dancefloor. All this and more can be found
at Nordanå Culture Center located in the beautiful Nordanå Park.
Phone: 0910-73 55 10
Lilleputtlandet is a paradise for children. Kids can participate in
numerous activities - there are trampolines, workshops, gold-panning, a
children's zoo, ponyriding and much more.
Phone: 0910-563 33
The Fish and Maritime Museum, Umeå
Exhibitions on seal hunting, fishing and boat building. See s/s Egil,
a steamboat dated from 1914, given to the museum and now repaired.
Gammlia Open-air Museum, Umeå
An open-air museum with cultural and natural historical exhibitions.
During the summer the museum functions a "real" farm with typical
farm animals. A restaurant is open in Sävan's manor.
Umeå Energy Center, Umeå
Umeå's first powerplant at Klabböle
forms the base for Umeå Energy Center. The Center includes exhibitions
about energy resources and techniques. Demonstrations how energy is produced,
distributed and consumed. The exhibition is complemented with experiments
where the visitor can actively take part.
Västerbottens Museum, Umeå
Cultural historical museum for Västerbotten with primary exhibitions
which reflects Västerbotten's history from the earliest times, to the present.
Extensive collections of Lapplander crafts. Open-air museum during the
summer months when local craftsmen demonstrate their skills.
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