Welcome to
umeå!
If Sweden was a person, Umeå would be the heart
sub arctic sweden
We love our summers but… …in winters we trust!
closeness.
 6 minutes from Umeå airport to city center with bus or taxi.
 Walking distance between all hotels, conference venues, shopping and culture arenas.
accommodation.
1465 hotel rooms
3000 beds
Worlds´ best new
boutique hotel 2014
accommodation.
Birds nests in the
trees
Eat & drink.
• 10 national award winning restaurants
• Impressive bar culture
• 4 micro breweries
Eat & drink.
Top 10 coolest restaurant
in the world 2015.
The Guardian
Meetings.
Top modern or classical
meeting and event venues
European capital of culture 2014.
World class art.
 Best design school in Europe and America.
 Sculpture park
 Centre for contemporary art
 Västerbottens museum - regional heritage
Guitars – the museum
Best guitar collection in the world.
A world unique venue!
Meet the future in umeå.
• 37 000 students (120 000 inhabitants in total)
• Leading technical innovation, science &
education environment
• Sliperiet - a new space for makers and
thinkers.
• The only Fab Lab in Sweden is located in
Umeå
• Någonting från Krister…
Nature & adventure. Always
close.
10 reasons to come to umeå
• New, rather unknown destination
• Excellent communications
• Walking distance to everything (including airport )
• High quality hotels
• Vibrant bar & restaurant culture
• Inspiring meeting venues
• World unique culture venues
• Leading technical innovation, science & education environment
• Nature & adventure around the corner
• We are nice people & easy to get to know!
Welcome to umeå!

Visitumea - MICE Presentation 2016

  • 1.
    Welcome to umeå! If Swedenwas a person, Umeå would be the heart
  • 2.
    sub arctic sweden Welove our summers but… …in winters we trust!
  • 4.
    closeness.  6 minutesfrom Umeå airport to city center with bus or taxi.  Walking distance between all hotels, conference venues, shopping and culture arenas.
  • 5.
    accommodation. 1465 hotel rooms 3000beds Worlds´ best new boutique hotel 2014
  • 6.
  • 7.
    Eat & drink. •10 national award winning restaurants • Impressive bar culture • 4 micro breweries
  • 8.
    Eat & drink. Top10 coolest restaurant in the world 2015. The Guardian
  • 9.
    Meetings. Top modern orclassical meeting and event venues
  • 10.
    European capital ofculture 2014.
  • 11.
    World class art. Best design school in Europe and America.  Sculpture park  Centre for contemporary art  Västerbottens museum - regional heritage
  • 12.
    Guitars – themuseum Best guitar collection in the world. A world unique venue!
  • 13.
    Meet the futurein umeå. • 37 000 students (120 000 inhabitants in total) • Leading technical innovation, science & education environment • Sliperiet - a new space for makers and thinkers. • The only Fab Lab in Sweden is located in Umeå
  • 14.
    • Någonting frånKrister… Nature & adventure. Always close.
  • 15.
    10 reasons tocome to umeå • New, rather unknown destination • Excellent communications • Walking distance to everything (including airport ) • High quality hotels • Vibrant bar & restaurant culture • Inspiring meeting venues • World unique culture venues • Leading technical innovation, science & education environment • Nature & adventure around the corner • We are nice people & easy to get to know!
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Editor's Notes

  • #6 3000 bäddar, 1465 rooms
  • #13 The world famous Guitars Museum holds a unique collection of electric guitars, including those missing from both Fender and Gibson’s own guitar collections. Here you will hear the story of the two Umeå twins who collected over 300 guitars played by ….. Told by the twins themselves. This is a perfect venue for an exclusive dinner…
  • #14 Sliperiet, an old wood mill - which houses the Media Lab, the Interaction Institute, the FabLab, the HumLab and the newly opened SoftLab - has 3D printers which can print the size of a car. As we are speaking they are developing a full size 3D-printer to be able to print full size houses…new material made from cellulose waste from the forest industry..
  • #15 As I mentioned, nature and adventure is just around the corner. you have all different kinds of outdoor activities to choose from, snow mobile safaries, quad trips, dog sleding, take a hot bath ourdoors when it is dark and hope that you get to see the amazing northern lights.
  • #16 As you see, there are numerous reasons to visit us in Umeå, we have a world class destination with something for everyone.