From Wikitravel

Umeå [1] is a city of about 108,000 located near the mouth of the Ume River and is the capital of Västerbotten County in Norrland in Northern Sweden. The city's nickname is the "Town of Birches".

Contents 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By train 2.3 By car 2.4 By boat 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Learn 7 Work 8 Buy 9 Eat 9.1 Budget 9.2 Mid-range 9.3 Splurge 10 Drink 11 Sleep 11.1 Budget 11.2 Mid-range 11.3 Splurge 12 Contact 13 Stay safe 14 Cope 15 Get out

Understand

Get in

By plane

• SAS has four flights a day from Stockholm-Arlanda
• Malmö Aviation has five flights a day from Stockholm-Bromma.

The flight time from Stockholm to Umeå is 50-60 minutes. Umeå Airport [2] lies 4 kilometres east of the city center.

By train

The train from Stockholm takes about 12 hours. Umeå railway station is at the city centre.

For bookings by train contact Connex

By car

649km (403 miles) north on E4 from Stockholm

By boat

RG Line [3] runs ferries from Vaasa, Finland across the Gulf of Bothnia to the port town of Holmsund down the river.

Get around

See

• Gammlia [4] is the city's open-air cultural showcase, centered around the Västerbottens Museum. Exhibits focus on the region's history, with art exhibits and musical performances as well. Free entry, closed Mondays.
• Umeå Rådhus (City Hall).
• Björklöven is the local ice hockey team.

Do

Learn

With 27,000 students, Umeå is Sweden’s fifth largest university city.

• Umeå University (UmU), [5]. Faculties include Humanities, Medical, Teacher Education, Science and technology, Social Sciences, Fine Arts, Restaurant and Culinary Arts, Institute of Design, Business and Economics, Environment, Physical Education and Sports and Technology.

• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). Forestry, Agriculture, Landscape planning and Garden science, plus the School of Environmental Studies.

Work

Buy

Eat

Budget

Mid-range

Splurge

Drink

Sleep

• Scandic Plaza Umea Four stars hotel in centre.

Budget

Mid-range

• Ramada Hotel Botnia, Obbolaväg 125, +46 90-13 54 90. Located near the airport some 3km from the city center, but provides free car transportation to and from locations within the city; also bicycles. Originally the "Flyghotel" or "Aviation Hotel", its decor is entirely aircraft-related.

Splurge

Contact

• The centrally-located library (Umeå Stadsbibliotek) has internet PCs for public use (10 minute limit).

Stay safe

Cope

Get out

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