5 Sights in Luleå, Sweden (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Luleå, Sweden! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Luleå. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
1. Gammelstads kyrkstad
Gammelstad Church Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in Gammelstaden 10 km north of Luleå, Sweden, at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is the best preserved example of a type of town that was once widespread throughout northern Scandinavia. As Church Village of Gammelstad, Luleå, it was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1996.
2. The Opposite Sphere
The Opposite Sphere, commonly known as the Rust Ball, is an 8 meter high and 17.5 ton heavy sculpture of rust-resistant steel, placed in the Notvik roundabout where highway 97 arrives in Luleå. The sculpture will symbolize Luleå as a steel city and is designed by Dan Lestander, Ricky Sandberg, Jan-Erik Falk and Eva Gun Jensen. The sculpture is made up of 200 steel plates that were rolled in Borlänge, cut in Degerfors and assembled in Luleå.
3. Hälsans stig
Slí na Sláinte is an initiative developed by the Irish Heart Foundation. The initiative, which began in the mid-1990s in Ireland, is also in operation in a number of other countries. It is intended to encourage exercise and to increase the number of people walking. According to the Irish Heart Foundation, walking is a "perfect form of exercise", is free and "can be done anywhere, anytime and requires no special gear".
4. Porsökyrkan
Porsökyrkan is a church in Nederluleå parish in Luleå diocese. The church is located in the district and on the peninsula Porsön in Luleå, close to Luleå University of Technology. In addition to Porsökyrkan, students at the university also have access to the Campus Church, which is one of Nederluleå parish's projects.
5. Bergnäskyrkan
Bergnäs Church is one of five district churches in Nederluleå parish in Luleå diocese. The church is located in the middle of Trolleberg in the Bergnäset district of Luleå. It was inaugurated on August 29, 1976.
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