Umea Travel Guide: Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping Highlights

Publisher Marketing: Umea is the largest city in northern Sweden. Once just the unassuming capital of the Vasterbotten province, this university-town has recently gained international prominence after it was named as the European Capital of Culture for 2014. Umea is set in picture-postcard natural surroundings and has a vibrant and diverse culture, thoroughly justifying its selection to the coveted European title. A visit to Umea will make you wonder how a city so beautiful and with so much to offer could stay out of the tourist radar for so long. Umea, Sweden - Culture - Location & Orientation - Climate & When to Visit - Sightseeing Highlights - Day Trip to Umea - Two Day Trip to Umea - Umea University - Umea University Library - Bildmuseet Picture Museum - Umea Town Hall - Umea City Church - Kyrkbron Bridge & Unknown Graveyard - Storgatan (Main Street) - Old Hospital (Gamla lasarettet) - Lt. Grahn's Yard - Dyers Hoglanders Yard - Court of Appeal, Upper Norrland - Gamla Bankhuset (Butter Dish) - Umea Old Prison - Guitars, The Museum - Umedalen Sculpture Park - Vasterbottens Museum - Elk House (Algens Hus) - Olofsfors Ironworks - Norrland's Opera - Recommendations for the Budget Traveller - Places to Stay - Best Western Hotel Botnia - Hotel Gamla Fangelset - Hotell Dragonen - Comfort Hotel Winn - Scandic Umea Syd - Places to Eat - Guitars - Allstar - Koksbaren - Scandic Restaurant & Bar - Great Eastern - Places to Shop - Shopping Centers - Handicrafts - Antique & Second-Hand Shopping - Uniquely Swedish - Food & Farm Shops Contributor Bio:  Taylor, Christina Susan Alexander BA (Hons), MCogSci, MLS Born in a storm in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Susan's life was never going to be plain sailing. She's been married, de-factoed and single again a number of times and along the way she has raised a few children, not all her own. Currently residing in Sydney, Australia, she maintains a number of full and interesting lives - as a consultant, an academic, a personal counselor, and a serious and sometimes not so serious writer. Christina Taylor BA (Hons), BA Psych, MASS (Counselling) Born, educated and first married in England, Christina divorced, re-married and divorced again in Australia, where she now lives. Along the way she learned a lot about parenting, step-parenting, and relationships - often the hard way. Christina worked in the corporate world as an executive search consultant. Now, as a qualified sex therapist, she has moved from the boardroom to the bedroom.