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258  SWEDEN AREA B Y AREA

E Sundsvalls Museum
Kultumagasinet. Tel 060-19 18 00.
Open daily. Closed Easter Mon,
Whit Mon, Midsummer’s Eve.
8 by appointment. - = 7
E Sundsvalls Stadspark
Norra Stadsberget. Tel 060-15 40 00.
Open daily. Closed eves of public
holidays. & (by Stadsparken). 8 by
appointment. - 0 = 7

0 Härnösand
Ångermanland. * 18,000. £ @
 n Stora Torget, 0611-204 50.
_ Midsummer celebrations at
Murberget, Nostalgic Days (Jul),
Park Festival (2nd–3rd week in Jul).
The county town of western
The carefully restored Hotell Knaust’s marble staircase Norrland has a proud history.
It received its town charter
9 Sundsvall Stora Torget stands the statue of from Johan III in 1585, became
the founder King Gustav II Adolf. diocesan capital in 1647 and
Medelpad. * 50,000. £ @ ~
Midlanda.  n Stora Torget, 060- The square is flanked by the had an upper secondary
658 58 00. _ Sundsvall Street Festival town hall and the Hirschska school by 1650.
(1st or 2nd weekend Jul), Dragonboat Huset with its extravagant Härnösand’s rich history,
Festival (1st week in Aug), Selånger pinnacles and towers. A notable combined with the fact that,
market (2nd weekend in Aug). building on Storgatan is the in contrast to other Norrland
∑ visitsundsvall.se newly renovated Hotell Knaust, coastal towns, it was spared
built in 1890, with its superb major fires for almost 300 years,
The view from Norra and Södra marble staircase. The cultural makes it an interesting place to
Stadsberget hills shows centre, Kulturmaga sinet, near stroll around. The Russians
Sundsvall sandwiched between the harbour, contains the town plundered Härnösand in 1721.
the mouths of the Ljungan and library and Sundsvalls Museum. A new wooden town replaced
Indalsälven rivers. The sheltered On Norra Stadsberget lies the old and charming districts
inlets attracted traders to this Sundsvalls Stadspark, which such as Östanbäcken and
spot in the 6th century, as has a collection of buildings Norrstan still remain. Standing
can be seen from the Högom from Medelpad, as well as out among the many public
burial ground near Selånger. animal enclosures and lookout buildings are the town hall from
Alongside Selånger’s towers. Södra Stadsberget’s the 1790s on Stora Torget, the
12th-century church lay outdoor recreation centre has old upper secondary school and
St Olofs Hamn, the starting adventure trails for children. the county governor’s residence.
point for trading missions At Murbergets Frilufts museum,
and pilgrimages to Environs which is part of Länsmuseet
Norway’s Nidaros Linked to Västernorrland, 18th-century
(Trondheim). Sundsvall by buildings have been preserved,
Sundsvall was the Alnöbron including the town hall built
founded in 1624. bridge, Alnön in 1727. This large open-air
It took off in the has many museum also reflects farming
mid-1800s with Statues on the roof of Sundsvall monuments culture, with crofts and farms,
the advent of the town hall to the timber a blacksmith’s and sawmill,
steam-powered industry. The 13th- and a Norrland church village.
sawmill. Sweden’s first such century church is interesting Skeppsbron fills with yachts in
sawmill was built in 1849 in for its wooden interior and July when the town’s maritime
Tunadal; when the industry was medieval paintings and history is celebrated at the
at its height there were 19 sculptures, and the fishing Härnösandskalaset festival.
sawmills on the island of Alnön village of Spikarna is well worth
alone. In 1888, fire destroyed a visit. E Länsmuseet Västernorrland
large parts of the town centre. Around 26 km (16 miles) south- Murberget. Tel 0611-886 00.
The railway station survived, and east of Sundsvall lies Galtström, Open Tue–Sun (mid-Jun–mid-Aug:
the attractive wooden building Medelpad’s first ironworks, daily). Closed 1 Jan, Easter, 1 May, 24,
is now a casino. A grand “stone built in 1695. The works have 25, 31 Dec. 8 by appointment. -
town” rose from the ashes. In been restored. = 7 ∑ murberget.se
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp288–9 and pp300–301

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