Umeå Local Customs

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  • The alternative spelling
      The alternative spelling
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  • Snow in Umeå
      Snow in Umeå
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Snow and more snow
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Snow in Umeå

During the winter it's normally snow in Umeå but sometime it can come quite much snow at the same time.

I lived for three years in Umeå while studying, and this is the house where I lived, after a night when it came a lot of snow.

Written Jan 26, 2004

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Games in the centre
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playing Kubb

While strolling around I noticed several playgrounds in the centre. On one some kids played basketball, on an other was an artistic show of mountain bikers. Here you see several guyes playing a game I didn't understand. Two teams tried to threw a stick in the centre of a green fied. Perhaps the aim is it not to hit the wooden obstacles.



Finally I know the game. Thanks to our fellow VTer "El_Sueco". The game is called Kubb and here you can see how to play.

Updated Nov 30, 2003

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The music of Lisa Miskovsky
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Lisa Miskovsky

Lisa Miskovsky, born in Umea to a Czech father and a Finnish mother and she is a great singer and snow boarding too

Go here to see the video:

Updated Apr 4, 2011

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You can find more information about Umeå here on this website.

Written Dec 5, 2009

Website: www.visitumea.se

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Here you find more infor about Umeå.

Written Dec 5, 2009

Website: www.umea.se

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Say Ume, not Umeå
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The alternative spelling

Umeå is the real name of the town, but most native of Umeå use the dialect form, Ume.

It's funny to find even an ambulance where the name is written Ume(å).

Written Mar 5, 2004

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 Umeå is the real name of the town, but most native of Umeå use the dialect form, Ume.It's funny to find even an ambulance where the name is written Ume(å). 

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 With 106000 people, Umeå is the largets town in the region of Norrland. Umeå is a main student town with around 20000 people attending the university. 

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