Destination
Umeå
With the vibrant feel of a college town (it has some 22, 000 students), Umeå can be a welcome return to urbanity after a stay in the barren north.
With the vibrant feel of a college town (it has some 22, 000 students), Umeå can be a welcome return to urbanity after a stay in the barren north.
Notable for having managed to rebuild itself in fine style after a devastating fire in 1888, Sundsvall is a confection in pink and tan, with several remarkably pretty buildings of neo-Gothic, neo-Renaissance and neo-baroque architecture.
A very pretty town to approach by road, Luleå doesn't let up with the charm.
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