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Benowitzka Says: Umea is located in a nice sorounding. You can experience that by go hiking on tavelsjöleden. Okay its not Kungsleden but its really worth ;). The trail is about 40 km at all with stops between that you can reach by car or bus. So you can also go shorter parts. You can bye a...
Going by bike along the river to "Baggböle"
nickenyfiken Says: If you come to Umeå in the spring or in summer-time (or in the autumn) I would recommend going by bike along the river in both directions from the central part of Umeå, but especially "up" the river, in the direction from the sea (towards the part of the city called "väst på...
1 Review and 4 Opinions I stay here every time I am in Umeå, and that happens approx. 10 times a year. I prefer to get a...
1 Review and 6 Opinions I didn't stay overnight here, but if I would, I will go as usual to one of the Scandic hotels which...
Restaurang Tajmahal: Indian food in northern Sweden
nickenyfiken Says: Just my favorite restaurant in this little town. They have sooo tasty food! (And a friend who has been in India says that it tastes really like in India, too. ) I have acctually just eaten there once som far, but I know that I will return many times. Athmosfere is really...
vec Says: Forget McDonalds and Burger King, if you want to get a good burger in Umeå, Mias Grill is the place to visit. Parisare. It's like a hamburger, but with sausage instead, you have to try it.
To the airport with the Airport bus
vec Says: The easiest way of getting from the airport to Umeå city is by the airport bus, in Swedish called "Flygbuss". The bus leaves the airport about 15 minutes after each landing. The trip to Ume˚ city cost 35 SEK and takes about 20 minutes.It's good to know that you on...
vec Says: With about 700 000 passengers each year, Umeå airport is the largest airport in north of Sweden, with a lot of daily flights to Stockholm (Arlanda and Bromma), Luleå, Kiruna and Östersund.The easiest way to get to the airport is by the airport busses from...
vec Says: Going by train is a cheap way to get to Umeå. The trains are operated by Connex which runs two lines, one from Gothenburg via Örebro to Umeå, the other from Stockholm to Umeå. Both trains continue to LuleåA seat on the train costs 400 SEK (a...
vec Says: The main public transportation in Umeå is the Ultra busses. With 11 main bus lines you can go to all places in the town.A single ticket cost 17 SEK, a 10 travel card cost 130 SEK. You can also buy a 15 days card for 220 SEK or a 30 days card for 380 SEK.
Garageland: Vinyl albums & CDs
lukky Says: Garageland Records has a lot of old vinyl records (from very cheap to quite expensive) and quite a few CDs as well, many of which aren't of the mainstream variety. If you can't find what you're looking for in the "regular" record shops in Umeå, try Garageland.
Kungspassagen: Galleria Kungspassagen
vec Says: The main indoor galleria in Umeå is Kungspassagen. At Kungspassagen you can all different kind of shopping, like clothes, music, photography, candy, food, cosmetics and tea, with stores like Gallerix, Naturapoteket, JC and Brothers.
Gili_S Says: Lisa Miskovsky, born in Umea to a Czech father and a Finnish mother and she is a great singer and snow boarding tooGo here to see the video:
vec Says: 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).
vec Says: 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.
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Are you coming to Umeå University as an International Student (Free Mover) !
Beware ! There are very very few student rooms available in Umeå City. Also Umeå University shows very little interest in arranging housing for International Students. (Not Exchange Students). So you have to find your housing yourself...though University claims that they arrange housing for International Students too. As Umeå University has 25,000 and more student...its tough for new comer to find housing in Umeå City...
There is company called Bostaden in Umeå City which arranges accomodation for students also....but beware...Its illusive...Bosatden website shows many student housing apartments,but to get one it might take one year or two year (when you actually finished your studies)
Please try to arrange some accomodation before coming to Umeå otherwise you will be frustrated and it will be hard to pay attention towards your studies.
I am sure, you will come to Umeå mainly for studies and not to look for housing all the time.
Best luck !
Updated Apr 19, 2012
Website: http://www.matob.com/
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Miscellaneous: There is no special rainy season
Avg. Temp. in Spring: max.: 0 – 12°C ( 32 - 53°F ); min: -7 - 2°C ( 19 - 28°F )
Avg. Temp. in Summer: max.: 16 – 18°C ( 60 - 64°F ); min: 8 - 11°C ( 47 - 51°F )
Avg. Temp. in Autumn: max.: 0 – 12°C ( 32 - 53°F); min: -5 - 5°C ( 23 – 41°F )
Avg. Temp. in Winter: max.: -5 – -3°C ( 23 - 27°F); min: -12 - -9°C ( 10 - 16°F )
Updated Oct 12, 2003
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On the north side of the city you will find the hill called Bräntberget, in the winter this is a slope for downhill skiing, but it's always a good place for getting a view over the north of the town. Here a picture showing the area Mariehem.
Written Feb 29, 2004
Zadig Says: I don't know if it's like this everywhere in Sweden but I purchased two 6cl shots (about 2 oz each) of Jack Daniels and the USD price turned out to be about $43. Buy your own alcohol before you get there. Other than that it's a very nice little university town.
vec Says: The Rådhustorget square in central of Umeå is the main place for street markets, speakers corner and just meeting people. The stairs with the speakers corner is called apberget (monkey mountain) and is always crowded with people on a sunny summer day.
vec Says: Every second year (odd years) the fair Stora Nolia is arranged in Umeå. This fair is the largets in the north of Sweden. During 9 days in August, about 125000 people visit Stora Nolia.http://www.nolia.seAt Nolia you will find everything from big trucks, cars, food, clothes...
vec Says: During the summer months you will find City Musicians playing on the streets in the central of Umeå. And it's not people playing to get money like in some other towns, the City Musicians are in Umeå instead employed by the community to play for the tourists and the local...
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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.
Umeå is a city that has grown a lot during the last few decades (which you can note on the sometimes pretty boring architecture) with pretty a large university and many students.
Umeå is relatively small city by the Gulf of Bothnia. I have been here only few hours so I don't really know much about this place.
It was a beautiful, calm and sunny day. Perfect weather for visiting Umeå. So we boarded my dad's motor ship and sailed over there from Vaasa. It took some 7 hours to sail to Umeå. The picture shows...
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