"Umeå" Umeå by dave_21

Umeå Travel Guide: 38 reviews and 71 photos

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Umeå - The city of Birch Trees

Umea is situated on the 64th latitude in northern Europe, in Sweden one hour by air from Stockholm. Umeå was founded year 1622, so it's not very old, but it has some great history anyway.
A little more than 100 000 people live here. Biggest employers are the Community, Northern University Hospital, Umea University and Volvo Trucks.
Lots of snow in Winter, Aurora Borealis in the sky at night and blistering cold at times. It's so far north that the Summer nights never get dark, hot days but also a lot of rain. It's located on the Northern Taiga.

I'm currently living here, studying Biology and Ecology at the University of Umeå.
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Wierd Facts

The Provice of Väserbotten shows many sides

Inhabitants: 106,000
Woman surplus: 1,500
Biggest part of population: 20-24 years
People living by themselves: 37%
People living 2 together: 31%
People living 5 or more together: 6%
Number who voted in last election: 85%
Number of students at Umeå university: 25,000
Number of Moose brought down last year: 850
Number of Birch trees in Umea: 3,000
Hours of sun in December: 22 and in August: 298
Number of pupils at municipal music school: 3,500
Number of theatregoers: 65,000
Number of electrically lit ski tracks: 33
Speed of the Ume River water at tide: 5 knots
Number of single men earning more than 600,000 SEK: 16
Number of single women earning more than 600,000 SEK: 3
Number of cars, buses and trucks in Umeå: 59,000
Distance from Stockholm: 700 km (430 miles)
It takes 50 minutes by air to Umeå from Stockholm
20 bikes are stolen per day
The University library contains 650,000 books and 5,000 magazines
Umeå university also holds one copy of every printed matter in Sweden
165 litres of milk per person is consumed by the ume people
World´s oldest ski at the Ski museum at Västerbotten county museum
In mid winter the sun rises 9.30 am and sets 1.45 pm
In mid summer the sun rises 2.00 am and sets 11.00 pm
Minus centigrades average in November, December, January, February, March and April
In 1714 the Russians came to Umeå and plundered and burned the City
And again in 1720
And finally (!) in 1809 – the last war for Sweden
Over 3,000 birch trees along the streets of Umeå
Umeå is called The city of Birch Trees

Umeå Right Now!

Intro Updated Jan 9, 2004
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Polska Mar 29, 2005 at 8:32 AM

ouch ;) impressive job, really, shall return to your pages and hopefully shall take advantage of your tips this summer ;) greetz ;)
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ZanieOR Sep 25, 2004 at 9:40 PM

Your lake in the Autumn travelogue resembles the glacier lake I live near in Oregon. Outstanding photos you take.
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Azhut May 1, 2004 at 12:30 AM

Go North I agree :-)))) Wondeful Sweden :-)
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Aurorae Oct 31, 2003 at 4:04 AM

Fascinating aurora!!! Oh, you are so lucky to live in the area where they can be seen...
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sim1 Oct 30, 2003 at 10:46 AM

Wowww, what an amazing photo of the Aurora Borealis!! Did you take that one this week?? I had snow down here as well about a week ago, but luckely not that much!! :-)
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herzog63 Oct 30, 2003 at 1:22 AM

Intressant se fact !! Vacker Norrsken!!!!
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Todd64 Oct 22, 2003 at 1:38 PM

Maybe it's one of the homeless 26% who are stealing the bikes? Yes,...they must be intoxicated by all the milk! I think one of the "Desirable 16" should hire a detective to uncover this conspiracy! ;) Great shots Dave! As always! :)
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jenniferchin Oct 1, 2003 at 7:21 PM

Fascinating statistics, Dave !! Great pics (as expected !) :-)
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alma_h Sep 30, 2003 at 7:53 AM

Not just very informative, but funny as well...... :)) Great start.... I am looking forward to seeing more about "weird" city ....:)