Travel Reference
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ina, and
A Cry from the Expanses
by Carola Granh, a haunting sound installation that's all
about the Sami presence on the northern Swedish landscape. Take bus 1, 5, 6, or 8.
Umedalens Skulpturpark
SCULPTURE
(
www.umedalenskulptur.se
; Umedalen; 24hr)
Perhaps appropriately located in the vast grounds of Umeå's former psychiatric hospital,
this contemporary sculpture park features the efforts of Anthony Gormley and Sean Henry,
among others. Works range from the eerie
New Perspective
sound installation by Lin Peng
and humorous
Eye Benches
by Louise Bourgeois to the baffling
Untitled
by Carina Gun-
nars that consists of eight half-buried bathtubs. Take bus 1 or 61 to the Löftets gränd stop.
Friluftsmuséet
MUSEUM
(Gammliavägen; 10am-5pm)
Part of the Gammlia museum complex, this open-air historic village presents a ye olde
church, a smokehouse, a windmill, a 17th-century gatehouse and traditional Sami dwell-
ings. Decked out in period costume, staff demonstrate traditional homestead life. Become
a baker's apprentice and learn to bake
tunnbröd
(a thin unleavened bread) or else take the
kids for a spin in a horse-drawn carriage.
Guitars - The Museum
MUSEUM
11am-6pm Mon-Fri, to 4pm Sat & Sun)
If you're into the six-string, then this result of two brothers' lifelong hobby, a huge collec-
tion of vintage guitars, is for you. Want to see a 1959 Les Paul Standard, identical to the
one on which Keith Richards played the 'It's All Over Now' riff? They've got it. Or perhaps
a 1958 Gibson Flying V, made famous by ZZ Top?
Älgens Hus
FARM
(
0932-500 00;
www.algenshus.se
; Västernyliden 23; adult/child Skr120/60;
noon-6pm Tue-Sun
mid-Jun-mid-Aug; )
This elk farm, 70km west of Umeå along Rte 92, near Bjurholm, is your chance to meet
the (tame) King of the Forest face to face. There's a museum dedicated to all things elk,
