To do in Hemavan Tärnaby - 26 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.
Alpine Botanical Garden and Vindelfjällen Nature Reserve visitor center
Alpine Botanical Garden, Geology & flowers, Guided activities Sweden’s highest botanical garden and one of the world’s most northerly. Located next to the botanical garden, at the start of Kungsleden (The King’s Trail), you find the visit...
Atoklimpen - Sami cultural heritage
Geology & flowers, Sami culture, Hiking in the mountains [...] Atoklimpen is a large hill rising high above the surrounding landscapes. It is part of the Sami cultural environment and provides an insight into how the nomadic Sami reindeer h...
Biellojaure and the trail to Ammarnäs
Prehistoric times & New settler culture, Hiking in the mountains, Hiking overnight The trail goes to Biellojaure roadless settlement.
Gammställnäset
Prehistoric times & New settler culture This is one of the oldest settlements in Tärna.
Gieravardo, the flower mountain
Geology & flowers, Hiking in the mountains, Hiking daytrips [...] Walking the path leads through a luxuriant birch forest with alpine blue-sow thistle, monk’s-hood and wood millet as tall as a man. No wonder why this is called the flower mount...
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...
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...
Rock crystal mine
Geology & flowers, Hiking in the mountains, Culture & attractions [...] Small parts of rock crystal can be found in the debris heaps to bring home as a souvenir.
Rödingsnäset and the Brudkulla orchid
Geology & flowers, Hiking in the mountains, Hiking daytrips A mountain with orchids on the slopes.
Ruttjebäcken brook
Geology & flowers, Waterfalls and rapids, Hiking in the mountains [...] Beautiful formations in the soft shale rock and the crystal clear water makes Ruttjebäcken a favorite destination in this area.
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...
Soapstone at Laisholm
Geology & flowers Soapstone can be sawn, cut and polished.
Stone cowshed, Umasjö
Prehistoric times & New settler culture A cowshed which is unusually large for a mountain district.
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...