What to do in Jämtland and what to see and experience? High mountains, deep valleys, forests and swirling rivers, Sweden's largest ski resort is located in Åreskutan, with the country's highest restaurant Stormköket (1,274 metres above sea level). Sweden's largest waterfall Tännforsen in Åre municipality, with a total drop of 37 metres, including a vertical drop of 26 metres and a width of 60 metres. Here you will find Östersund, Åre, Krokom and Strömsund. Join us!
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Things to see and do in Jämtland
Jämtland is a landscape in the southern Norrland hinterland in central Sweden. Jämtland borders Norway to the west and Norway to the north-east. Lapland, in the east to Ångermanland and in the south to Härjedalen and Medelpad. Jämtland accounts for 8.2 per cent of Sweden's land area.
In Östersund as a tourist - a lovely winter town
We visited Östersund when we were on site during the Alpine World Cup in Åre 2019. Östersund is a cosy city with nice houses and nice streets. What I really liked, so here in February, was that there was snow on the streets in the middle of the city. Among other things, we checked out Stortorget, the old church, the beautiful central university and the magnificent town hall. In the winter park there is really everything to do for the whole family and take a lunch at the bathhouse park café in the middle of the winter park and cosy up in the beautiful atmosphere.
Alpine World Cup in Åre 2019 - royal, festive, fast-paced!
Alpine World Championships in Åre 2019, and we've been following the World Championships with the Austrian Tourist Board. Peter watched the women's downhill, where Ilka Štuhec from Slovenia came first and Corinne Suter from Switzerland came second. The funny thing was that we got to meet both of them in the "Tirolberg" in the evening. The men's downhill went well for Austria and in third place came the Austrian Vincent Kriechmayr. Guess who we also met in "Tirolberg" in the evening? Well, Vincent Kriechmayr of course!
Tirolberg in Åre - Austria's party house during the Alpine World Cup
Austria took part in the World Cup in Åre with its own house, right next to the Holidy Club Åre. The Tirolberg house has two floors totalling 400 square metres with its own chefs, service staff, music group, bar with staff and a large stage. Austria takes the Alpine World Cup more than seriously. What an experience!
Spa hotel in Åre - Copperhill Mountain Lodge
Copperhill Mountain Lodge is located on a mountain 730 metres above sea level, right at the tree line on Förberget, 7 km from central Åre and 2.5 km from the centre of Åre Björnens. Up here you'll find one of the largest wooden buildings in the Nordic region: a 19,000 square metre hotel with 112 hotel rooms, six conference rooms, a restaurant, spa, gym and ski rental. first class spa!
Things to see and do in Jämtland - facts
- Part of the country: Norrland
- County: Jämtland County, Västernorrland County, Västerbotten County
- Pin: Diocese of Härnösand
- City of residence: Östersund
- Biggest lake: Storsjön
- Largest island: Frösön is also the 29th largest island in Sweden.
- Highest point: Storsylen - 1 743 metres above sea level.
- Surface: 34 009 km 2
- Population: 117 688 (2019)
- Titular: Counties
- Element: Acid
- Insect: Big-hatted bumblebee
- Landscape fish: Trout
- Landscape moss: Pipe cleaner's marmalade
- Landscape stone: Soapstone
- Landscape singing: How we march away together
- Landscape flower: Brown coal
- Landscape animals: Moose
- Landscape mushrooms: Blodriska
- Landscape apples: Red Riding Hood
- Constellation: The Bear Guard
- Star: Arcturus
- Weapons: In a blue field, a walking moose of light silver with red hooves and horns, a lifting falcon on its back and a dog on its hind legs in front of the moose, both in gold.
- National Park: None
- Known nature reserves: Bjurälven, Andersöns, Gaustafallet, Hoverbergsgrottan, Vildmarksvägen, and Döda fallet.
- Cultural reserve: None
- Largest centres: Östersund, Åre, Krokom and Strömsund.
- Largest watercourse: Indalsälven 426 km
- Vattenfall: Sweden's largest waterfall Tännforsen in Åre municipality, with a total height of 37 metres, including a vertical drop of 26 metres, and a width of 60 metres. Hällingsåfallet in Strömsholm municipality in northern Jämtland, where the waterfall is located in Hällingsån and is 42 metres high. The river flows through an 800 metre long canyon.
- Landscape law: Bouillabaisse of char with fermented root vegetables, served with goat's cheese fillets in a thin bread bowl, Elk steak with morels, Jämtland game goulash, Elk stew. More about Swedish food.
- Main sights: Tännforsen
- Åre
- Vildmarksvägen
- Millest Moose Farm when you want to pet moose 10 km west of Åre and also eat waffles made from moose milk.
- Strömsund local history centre
- the famous Fröjas Oasen café in Ås.
- Skärvången's village dairy with about 30 cheeses that are only available here and much more from a real farm shop.
- Lanthandelsmuseet, the old farm shop in Krokom.
- Glösa rock carvings at Glösabäcken, In Krokom municipality there are rock carvings in Gärde and on the rock face in the middle of the rapids there are three moose. One of these is carved in life size and is the largest single figure carving in Sweden, made during the Stone Age 7000 years ago.
- The Hoverberg Cave, Scandinavia's largest cave with a depth of 170 metres and a length of 81 metres.
- beautiful Inlandsbanan
- Jamtli open-air museum where the Loch Ness monster, which actually lives in Storsjön, is also on display?
- The Lockne Crater and Meteorite Centre is a great destination for the whole family. 458 million years ago, a twin meteorite hit where Locknesjön is today. Locknekratern Meteorite Centre is a museum in Ångsta where you can learn about everything that happened long ago.
- Bergsjögrottan is a 200 metre long cave system located 7 kilometres north of Kall. To reach the caves there is an easy 30-minute hike before reaching the cave openings behind a waterfall. The Upper Kvarnbäck labyrinth is the most difficult and is done with a guide who also has a watery entrance. Time to get wet!
- The Beppe Museum was previously located at Öhn but is now housed in the old dance hall in Strömsund. Beppe Wolger who I have experienced as a child for many years and was just the best.
- The Jämtland Triangle is one of the Swedish Tourist Association's signature trails consisting of 3 stages with a total length of 47 kilometres. The stages form a triangle, hence the name.
- Chef Niklas Ekstedt grew up in Järpen and knows his flatbread, which is said to be a must in Jämtland. Here you go out of your way for the best flatbread and there is also the famous restaurant "Fäviken magasinet".
- Famous people: Hockey players Henrik and Joel Lundqvist from Åre, actors Hans Henriksson and Urban Sahlin, TV presenter Hans Fahlén, freestyle skier Henrik Windstedt, alpine skiers Hans Hansson, Sixten Isberg, Kajsa Kling and Sarah Thomasson.
- Unnecessary knowledge: Jamska (not Jämtian) is a language according to the Jämtians themselves. "Jamska is an umbrella term for all the dialects.
- In Jämtland the sparrow is called a 'sparsk'. In fact, in the summer, some people mount wheels on the sparsk in order to be able to use this practical means of transport all year round.
- In Jämtland you will certainly be served Sweden's best Thai food. Many Thais live in Jämtland, which the Thai king has recognised and donated a temple (Thai pavilion) as a gift of friendship to Ragunda municipality in the village of Utanede.
- Next to Petter Stordalen's hotel Copperhill Mountain Lodge at the top of Åre, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has his house.
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