Open-air cultural showcase, centered around the Västerbottens Museum. Exhibits focus on the region's history, with art exhibits and musical performances as well.
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The city has an opera house and a famous opera company. Besides opera, the building hosts a large number of other events.
Water slides, climbing wall, wave machine, stream channel, children's warm pool, jacuzzi, steam bath.
With some 500 guitars it is one of the largest of its kind world-wide. The facility also houses a rock club, a restaurant, a music store and a record store.
An art museum which is part of the arts campus of Umeå University, in a spectacular modernist larch building.
A small park in central Umeå, next to Umeå Stadskyrka. The park contains art related to each of Umeå's sister cities around the world.
Founded in 1965, it is Sweden's fifth oldest university. Foreign students are welcome to apply here.