Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Jamtli Museum & Exercishallen Norr
ÖSTERSUND
FÄLTJÄGARGRÄND
B ROG
RÄND
FÄ R J E M ANSGATA N
FOOTBRIDGE
RESIDENSGRÄND
R E SIDENSGR Ä ND
BADHUSPARKEN
SAMU EL PERMANSGAT
A
STORTORGET
Sports
Hall
Östersund Västra
Train Station
Harbour
Gamla kyrkan
TÖR N STENS GRÄND
Winter Sauna
& Ice Hole
Stadsmuseum
BIBL I OTE K S
GATA N
BIBLIOT E K SGATA N
S/S Thomée
Boat Trips
Rådhus
Cinema
M AGISTRATS G R ÄND
POS TGRÄND
Lake
Storsjön
HAMNGATAN
Library
PASTORGRÄND
N
GUSTAV
III'S
TORG
Bus
Station
ARTILLE R IGATAN
THOMÉEGRÄN D
8
T U L L G ATA
N
BARS, CAFÉS & RESTAURANTS
Athena
Brunkullans Krog
Captain Cook
Cuprum
Eastern Palace
En Liten Röd
Paviljong
Sir Winston
Törners Konditori
Cinema
3
7
8
6
2
1
9
4
5
B R UNNS G RÄND
GRÄNSGAT A N
Stora kyrkan
ACCOMMODATION
Älgen
Best Western Gamla Teatern
Clarion Grand Östersund
Emma
Ledkrysset hostel
Nya Pensionatet
Östersunds Stugby & Camping
Rallaren Hostel
Scandic Östersund City
6
5
1
2
3
7
9
8
4
Train
Station
0
200
metres
a reconstructed farm,
Lillhärdal
, where life goes on pretty much as it did in 1785, when
the land was ploughed using horses, and crops were sown and harvested by hand
- even the roaming cattle and the crop varieties are appropriate to the period.
The indoor museum
he
indoor
museum
on the same site is the place to get to grips with Östersund's
monster
. Ask to see the fascinating film (with English subtitles) about the creature,
which contains a series of telling interviews with local people who claim to have seen it;
one very Swedish thing leaps out at you - having witnessed something unusual out on
the lake, many people took several months, even years, to talk about their experience
for fear of ridicule. Having seen the film, head downstairs for a further display of
monster-catching gear, alongside what's claimed to be a pickled embryo of a similar
