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Ornskoldsvik

Country:
Sweden
State:
Vasternorrlands Lan
City:
Ornskoldsvik
Type of Location:
Multiple
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Places to Visit
How to Reach

By roads

Through and past the city passes a European routes E14 and E45 , which stretch in Sweden called Inland Road and Highway 87 .

By rail

The two rail lines My Line and Inland Railway goes through ostersund. Both freight and passenger traffic exists on both courses. SJ running trains (X2000 and InterCity) to and from Stockholm and night train to Stockholm , Gothenburg and Malmo . The regional train service between Sundsvall and ostersund, and further west towards are and Trondheim , called Mittnabotaget and run by Veolia Transport . In the Inland Railway is most tourist who mainly operated during the summer.
 

Key places to visit
Ostersund's city hall, Big church, Jamtland County Museum, Engelbrecht Church, Arctura

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Places to Visit

Ostersund's city hall

The landmark or the building which most predominantly associated with ostersund is the 51-meter-high hall . ostersund City Hall has 136 rooms and is structurally the principal representative of the national romantic architecture in ostersund. City Hall is similar to a fortress and reverts especially to Jamtland. The bell tower is a typical jamtsk such, the local sculptor olof Ahlberg did sculptural details and ornaments are made ​​of limestone jamtsk. Frans Bertil Wallenberg hall was seen by contemporary colleagues as the best of modern Swedish architecture. City Hall has since come to manifest the city of ostersund. The building's main body is highlighted by the stately bell tower and a grand staircase orientation. ostersund's city hall originally had two wings to the east, but the South was demolished in the 1970s when the building that was linked with a namndhus.

Big church

Big Church is a church building belonging to ostersund parish in Harnosands pins.The church is centrally located in ostersund and approximately 800 feet south of ostersund old Church.Large church was built and designed by architect Lars Israel Wahlman and opened July 14, 1940 by Bishop Torsten Bohlin . The church building is a structure of brick and rests on a pedestal of granite . In form, the church is a basilica with a high nave surrounded by two lower aisles. At the church's eastern short side is a three cows . At the western short side is a strong church tower with the entrance.

Jamtland County Museum

Jamtland County Museum, ostersund , founded by Jamtland County monument association , Jamtland County Art Association and the Association Still Crafts 1912th.The museum building, designed by architect FB Wallberg , inaugurated in September 1930th A new museum was built in 1990, and was completed and inaugurated 1995th It is located below the original museum. Jamtland County Museum using since 2008 the name Jamtli. Jamtli was previously the pure outdoor museum activities, while Jamtland County Museum was the county museum.

Engelbrecht Church

Engelbrecht Church is a parish church in Engelbrekt parish in the Diocese of Stockholm.It is located on top of the old left the mountain in Larch city of ostermalm . The church ,designed by Lars Israel Wahlman in Art Nouveau and National Romantic style was opened in 1914 .Stylistically it is closely comparable to Revelation Church in Saltsjobaden which was completed last year. Wahlman is also responsible for the design of furniture, such as altar ornaments, baptismal font, church silver and textiles. olle Hjortzberg kormalningen painted and decorated baptistery walls, Tore Strindberg did stucco reliefs and Filip Mansson created murals.

Arctura

Arctura is the name of the large storage tank at the ski stadium , ostersund , Jamtland County .The local power supplier Jamtkraft AB built a power plant in Lugnvik and it turned out that they also needed a large buffer. It was therefore Arctura, what could be called a thermos that holds 26 million gallons of water.The idea, which is 65 meters high and 27 feet in diameter,is coated on the outside with an exposed network. Top and bottom are 7600 small lamps that give the idea of different lights in different parts of the day. There are several programs that control how Arctura looks like, an example is the Northern Lights.

Right Time to Visit

July - August

Temperature

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