To do in Hemavan Tärnaby - 22 matches
”Stalo grounds”
Prehistoric times & New settler culture This is the name given to a form of ancient remains in the mountain regions which have not yet been fully explained.
Biellojaure and the trail to Ammarnäs
Prehistoric times & New settler culture, Hiking in the mountains, Hiking overnight The trail goes to Biellojaure roadless settlement.
Gamla Kyrknäset
Churches In the deep forest with a wonderful view over lake Gäutajaur you will find the small chapel Gamla Kyrknäset.
Gammställnäset
Prehistoric times & New settler culture This is one of the oldest settlements in Tärna.
Gratian Museum in Umnäs
Point of interest, Prehistoric times & New settler culture, Museum Permanent displays feature Sami and settler artefacts, 1920s/’30s medical equipment, a school classroom, and old photographs. There is also an ever-changing programme of tempora...
Hemavankyrkan
Churches This little church is beautiful situated close to the mountains in the village Hemavan.
Hut foundations / "Stalo ground"
Prehistoric times & New settler culture, Sami culture You are in the mountains and the ground is almost completely flat, this is where you can find the Stalo grounds.
On the way to the frontier and Norway
Prehistoric times & New settler culture WAR MEMORY IN KÅTAVIKEN During the Second World War the homestead at Kåtaviken was an important link in the chain of communication between the Norwegian resistance movement and...
Slipstensbäcken Hemavan
Prehistoric times & New settler culture The brook in the middle of the village, known as Slipstensbäcken or Kvarnbäcken (= the grindstone brook or the mill brook) has been used for driving the village’s grindstones an...
Stone cowshed, Umasjö
Prehistoric times & New settler culture A cowshed which is unusually large for a mountain district.
Tärna kyrka
Churches The church was designed by S. Cronstedt and was consecrated in 1908 by bishop O. Bergqvist. It was restored in 1953 and the chancel wall was removed so that the former chancel b...
Tärna Parish
Prehistoric times & New settler culture “It would seem that building permanent dwellings by the mountains, in places where no crops or coniferous trees grow, is a truly risky experiment.” The new settlers had come to ...
The Björkvattnet valley
Prehistoric times & New settler culture, Geology & flowers Colonists settled here in the 1800s for the fertile soil sake.
The Jovattnet valley
Sami culture, Prehistoric times & New settler culture Artscape without borders. Krutfjellvegens artwork gives you time to see the landscape with new eyes.
The Sami settlement at lake Gausjosjön
Prehistoric times & New settler culture, Sami culture, Hiking in the mountains [...] A beautiful and easily accessible path leading to the summer settlement used by the northern Sami in the 1930s. The settlement is located at the foot of Artfjället and on the ba...
Tingsholmen
Prehistoric times & New settler culture, Sami culture An early description of the little islet out in the middle of the Tängvattnet waters off Rönäs village is found in Egil Skallagrimson’s saga. This tells that King Torulf Kveldul...
Trapping pits at Biellojaure
Prehistoric times & New settler culture The trapping pits are on the other side of the brook where the road ends at a car park. The first pit is situated on the height beyond the swamp about 100 metres directly west o...
Trapping pits in Solberg
Prehistoric times & New settler culture, Sami culture 24 trapping pits wich are easily accessible.
Vila kapell
Churches The small chapel with a nice view over the lake Överuman.
