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260  SWEDEN AREA B Y AREA

e The High Coast

Sweden’s spectacular high coast is best experienced on
a light summer evening, when the wooded hills are
reflected in the calm waters of the bays, or on the quay
in Ulvöhamn during the surströmming season (see p259),
when the peculiar speciality of fermented herring is
enjoyed with flat bread, tiny potatoes and snaps. A boat
is ideal for getting around, but the Höga kustenbron
bridge provides easy access and ferries sail regularly
from several ports. The dramatic landscape is the main Skuleskogens National Park
attraction. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Watched over by Skuleberget hill, the
park covers 30 sq km (12 sq miles) of
2000, it is the result of the land rising 300 m (984 ft) since wilderness, with walking trails through
the ice receded around 9,600 years ago. At that time magical ancient forest and over the
Skuleberget hill, north of Docksta, was a tiny island. clifftops along the coast.
Örnsköldsvik

E 4

Docksta
Norrfjärden
Ullångersfjärden
Motorists on the E4 rejoin the Gulf of Bothnia at Ullångersfjärden
bay which, with its high, sheer cliffs, is almost fjord-like. Ullångersfjärden
Ullånger Mjällom

Nordingrå Omnefjärden
“Fair Nordingrå” was a
tourist destination long
before the term High Coast Nordingrå
was coined. Beautiful roads
lined with steep hills pass
through stunning scenery.

Gaviksfj.

Högakustenbron E 4
Since 1997, the
1,800-m (6,000-ft) Å
bridge, suspended n g e r
on 180-m (600-ft) high Norafjärden
pylons, has offered
travellers breathtaking
views. There is a tourist m a n ä l v e n
information point in STORÖN
the hotel on the north
side of the bridge. Härnösand
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp288–9 and pp300–301

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