Västernorrland County, Västernorrlands län in Sweden, largely consisting of provinces Ångermanland and Medelpad. The region is dominated by forests, with most of the 240,000 inhabitants living in the coastal cities of Sundsvall, Örnsköldsvik and Härnösand.
Cities
editOther destinations
edit- 1 High Coast, the dramatic coast of Ångermanland has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Understand
editVästernorrland ("Western Norrland") might sound like a strange name for a county at the eastern seaboard. However, it represents a shift in Swedish borders; Jämtland (to the west) used to belong to Norway, while what today is Finland belonged to Sweden, and therefore its northern part was considered part of Norrland; see Sweden#History.
Since the late 19th century, the county has been the centre of the Swedish wood industry.
Get in
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By plane
editBy train
edit- SJ has direct trains from Stockholm, Arlanda airport and Umeå, to Sundsvall, Härnösand, Kramfors and Örnsköldsvik.
- Norrtag has trains from Sundsvall/Timra and stop in Kramfors, Härnösand, Ornskoldsvik, and Umea.
By bus
edit- Y-buss has buses Stockholm-Sundsvall-Umeå
- Tapanis Buss has a route between Stockholm and Tornio, Finland serving coastal region along road E4
Get around
editBy public transportation
edit- Norrtåg has trains Östersund-Sundsvall and Sundsvall-Härnösand-Kramfors-Örnsköldsvik-Umeå
By bus
edit- Länstrafiken i Västernorrland[dead link] has local and regional buses.
By car
editWhile public transportation is scarce outside the city, roads are in good tradition.
The E4 is the main arterial road.
See
edit- Höga Kusten (High Coast) is on the UNESCO World Heritage list. This coast line on the Gulf of Bothnia still rises at the rate of about one centimetre per year, still being affected by the last ice age.
Do
editThe county is a gratifying destination for outdoor life, especially fishing in the rivers, and winter sport.
Eat
edit- Surströmming (see Nordic cuisine).