Things to do in Umeå

9 activities, venues and outings in Umeå, from theatres and live music to parks and tours.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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Megazone
Adventure centre on Rådhustorget in central Umeå. Here anyone can get their dose of action in the 600 m² area for Laserdome, Phazerzone and 26 Fort Boyard style cells with various problem solving tasks. This wonderful place also holds an arcade game centre and a large pool and snooker hall. On top of this, there is a reasonably priced grill restaurant.
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Navet - Public Swimming Pool
Water slides, climbing wall, wave machine, stream channel, children's warm pool, jacuzzi, steam bath.
Adults 145 kr, discounted 100 kr
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Norrlandsoperan
The city has an opera house and a famous opera company. Besides opera, the building hosts a large number of other events.
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SF cinema
The main cinema in the city centre mostly showing Hollywood blockbusters and Swedish films.
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Brännbollsyran
Last weekend every May, Umeå changes it shape into a celebration of the upcoming summer break. Brännbollsyran is an unofficial world cup in the Swedish game of brännboll spread out all over the city. Anyone can join and over 1000 teams of 8-11 competitors so do. The final games are held on the university campus on Sunday. This Thursday-Sunday event has grown into a festival with virtually every part of the city holding some kind of event. Nordic Rock arranges an annual Friday-Saturday hard rock music event at Hamnmagasinet in downtown during Brännbollsyran.
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House of Metal
House of Metal is a two-day indoor festival concentrating on rock and metal in different forms, held in late February or early March. It has three main stages and two cover band stages, with approximately 25 bands from Sweden and all over the world performing.
360 kr one-day pass, 625 kr two-day pass
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Umeå Open
Annual popular music festival during three days in mid-April attracting thousands of visitors. This is the biggest music event in Umeå. Most of the artists and bands are of Swedish origin.
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Umeå Europeiska Filmfestival
Umeå European Film Festival
November
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Umeå Jazz Festival
Annual jazz festival, usually held in October.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Umeå (CC BY-SA 4.0).