Att göra i Norrbotten | FREEDOMtravel

What can you do in Norrbotten and what can you see and experience? Honestly, we do not know as much as we would like, and we have only been in Norrbotten for about 7-10 days and we have not seen much. We know what we want to see and we need time and here is the list!

Proper Pitepalt in Piteå is a must and is served in most restaurants daily.
Flavour Kalix with the fantastic onion roe
Pick field berries, cloudberries and make a vanilla panna cotta with extra of everything with these exotic berries.
Treehotel in little Harads 4 miles north-west of Boden.
Eat coffee cheese (kahvijuusto in Meänkieli) with cloudberry jam.
Experience the midnight sun at midsummer when you have the sun up all 24 hours.
Sweden's northernmost cathedral in Luleå is a must-see.
The Norrbotten Museum, located in Hermelinsparken in Luleå.
UNESCO World Heritage Site is the world's best preserved church town "Gammelstads kyrkstad" with over 400 church cottages with Norrland's largest medieval stone church outside Luleå. A fantastic visit to a world heritage site on your holiday in Sweden.
Storforsen along the Pite River is one of Norrbotten's biggest attractions and, with a drop of 60 metres, one of Europe's largest rapids.
Lules archipelago with over 1000 islands
The Nolia Fair with more than 100,000 visitors every year where you can find everything!
The open-air village Hägnan where everything used to be just next to Gammelstad church town is a day trip on your holiday in Sweden.
Cape wild with domesticated elk and reindeer
Six forts in Boden that are part of Sweden's defence against the enemy.
Haparanda Archipelago National Park where you can experience the gems of the northernmost parts of the archipelago.

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Doing in Norrbotten

Norrbotten is a landscape in north-eastern Sweden. It borders to the west with Lapland, in the east to Finland and the Gulf of Bothnia and in the south to Västerbotten. The landscape of Norrbotten is the eastern part of the county of Norrbotten.

Piteå Havsbad

Now we have settled in here at Pite Havsbad. We are nicely situated with our motorhome at the campsite and have had time to learn a little more about this place. Here are some interesting facts for you who might also want to visit Pite Havsbad!

Stora Nolia in Piteå

We are on our third day at the Stora Nolia fair in Piteå and we can only conclude - this is the fair where you can find... all.

What to see and do in Norrbotten - facts

Part of the country: Norrland
County: Norrbotten County
Pin: Luleå Diocese
City of residence: Luleå
Biggest lake: Miekojärvi
Largest island: Rånön, (Luleå has 1312 islands)
Highest point: Vitberget - 594 metres above sea level.
Surface: 26 671 km 2
Population: 195 769 (2019)
Titular:
Element: Iron
Insect: Practising runners
Landscape fish: Sickles
Landscape bird: Common jay
Landscape moss: Yellow parasol moss
Landscape stone: Gabbro
Landscape singing:
Landscape flower: Gooseberries
Landscape animals: Common jay
Landscape mushrooms: Stone marble
Landscape apples: Silva
Constellation: Northern Crown
Star: Alphecca
Weapons: Seven times in waves of blue and gold, the field divided by a blue left oblique stem.
National park landscape: Haparanda Archipelago National Park
Known nature reserves: Storforsen nature reserve in Vidsel, Storhuvudet, Gavostjukke, Skåarnja nature reserve,
Cultural reserve: Hanhivittikko Fäbod is a uniquely preserved pastoral environment and agricultural landscape from 1860 located 10 km northwest of Övertorneå.
Largest centres: Luleå, Piteå and Boden
Largest watercourse: River Torne (513 km)
Landscape law: Cooked, rimmed elk brisket with horseradish sauce and pickles, Pitepalt, drifting on a frozen river. More on Swedish food.
Main sights: The Storforsen rapids along the Piteälven river are one of Norrbotten's biggest attractions and, with a 60 metre drop, one of Europe's largest rapids, Kalix for the lion's roe, the Lules archipelago with over 1,000 islands, Gammelstaden church town, Piteå sea baths,
Famous people: theatre manager Petra Brylander from Kalix, cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla from Tärendö-Pajala, nail technologist Ebba Josefin from Luleå, journalist Petra Nordlund McGahan from Boden, President of TCO Eva Nordmark from Luleå, actress Maud Adams from Luleå,
Unnecessary knowledge: At the Luleå Tourist Centre, where tourists come mostly from Germany, Norway and France, the most common question is "When do the Northern Lights start?".