Attraction
Kågegården
See a Västerbotten farmhouse arranged to show how a family lived in 1904.
Skellefteå
The best things to do in Västerbotten: history
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The best things to do in Västerbotten: history
Attraction
Västanträskskidan
Go to see the place where a millennium-old ski was found and a full-sized replica of it.
Bygdsiljum
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Ranked by the Herald score: recognition (guides, heritage, visitor numbers, the tourism boards), interest from abroad (English Wikipedia), what Sweden Herald readers rate and read, how recently the facts were checked, and the editors. Nothing a place pays changes its place in the list.
Updated 3 November 2026
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