Selånger Pilgrim Center

30 km west of Sundsvall you´ll find one of the last preserved self-subsistent households in Sweden. Between 1779 and 1944 the fields here were farmed by five generations, no roads connecting to the farm. The 22 buildings preserved are listed and the area is a nature …

Main roads 86 and 87 between Sundsvall and Östersund are called Indalsleden and said to be one of the most beautiful tourist routes in Sweden. The entire route along the Indalsälven valley is an Eldorado of outdoor activities. If you are interested in history, you have many opportunities to stop and see old rural …

The 17 of June 2018 opened the first stage of the pilgrim center in Selånger. It will be a place where the local history is highlighted, but also a starting point for those who wants to hike or bicycle along the S:t Olav trail. Here you can also stop for a cup of coffee …

Welcome to a meeting place many thousands of years old, which tells a part of the exciting history of Västernorrland. Enjoy the landscape and the views. Traces from previous generations are practically clear here: burial mounds, house foundations, early medieval church ruin, roads and a runestone bear witness to earlier lives. The display at Nolby …

Svartvik bears the memories from 200 years of northern Swedish industrial history. From wharves to shipyard, from steam saw production to pulp factory. Today Svartvik is a point of interest with displays of its history, park like environment, playgrounds for the children, one of the oldest water towers in Sweden and a skittle alley, …

Galtström is located at what once was Medelpad´s first, largest and last ironworks, alongside the coast south of Sundsvall. A visit at Galtström is like time travel. In the wonderful environment you can feel the wing beat of history, take a ride with the steam locomotive, just wander in the nature or take …

The Merlo Slott, or Villa Merlo that is the building´s real name, is a grand, fairytale castle-like house in Timrå, built in 1883–1885 as a summer residence for the timber owner and merchant Fredrik Bünsow, at this time one of Sweden’s most powerful business men. The architects were Isak Gustaf Clason and Fritz Eckert. …

Around 60 km west of Sundsvall you´ll find Flataklocken that in 1947, after different calculations, was decided to be the geographical midpoint of Sweden. This means that if you were to put Sweden on a needle it would be in balance just over the mountain Flataklocken. Now it´s a popular tourist destination with a …

Welcome to Alnö - “The Hawaii of Northern Sweden”, just outside Sundsvall, a volcanic island created 570 million years ago. The island’s bedrock demonstrates this. It contains several minerals found nowhere else in the world, including Alnöit. Around the end of the 19th century, Alnö had around 19 sawmills that were in use at …

Kulturmagasinet consists of four former harbor warehouses that today hold the Museum of Sundsvall, the city library, Photo museum with one of Europe’s biggest camera collections, café, the archive of Medelpad, activities for children of all ages and of course culture for …

The first race took place in 1932, and now Bergsåker arranges about 50 racing days every year, and is the fourth biggest track in Sweden. The, without hesitation, largest race is Sundsvall Open Trot that takes place at the end of August every year. Except races it takes place a variety of other events …