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The Best Attractions In Overtornea

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Övertorneå is a locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,917 inhabitants in 2010.It is located at the shore of the Torne River, opposite to their Finnish twin town Ylitornio. Övertorneå means Upper Torneå, based on a division of the Torneå parish in two parts in the 16th century. Until the border between Sweden and Finland was drawn at the Torne River in 1809, the two villages on both sides of the river were one.
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  • 3. Gammelstad Church Town Lulea
    Gammelstad Church Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in Gammelstaden near the city of Luleå, Sweden, at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is the best preserved example of a type of town that was once widespread throughout northern Scandinavia. As Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå, it was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1996. The town is located about 10 kilometers upstream the Lule River. At its centre is the 15th-century Nederluleå Church surrounded by 424 wood-built houses. The houses were only used on Sundays and during religious festivals to accommodate worshipers from the surrounding countryside who could not return home the same day because of the distance and difficult traveling conditions.Because the buildings are built from timber, regular maintenance ...
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  • 8. Teknikens Hus Lulea
    Teknikens Hus or The Technology House is a Swedish science center located on Porsön in Luleå. Supported by Luleå University of Technology, it mentions itself as Swedens northernmost science center.Since 2005, it contains a Sedna 3D model, as part of the Sweden Solar System.
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