Lycksele

Lycksele ( South Sami: Liksjoe, umesamisch: Likssjuo ) is a town in the Swedish province of Västerbotten County and the historic province of Lapland. Lycksele is located 130 km northwest of Umeå on the European road 12 and is the capital of the municipality of the same name. Lycksele has a station on the railway line Hällnäs - Storuman.

History

Lycksele is one of the oldest places of Lapland and was from the 17th -century center for southern Lapland. Lycksele market in 1929 and 1946 got city rights. With about 2,900 inhabitants, the city was at that time one of the smallest towns in Sweden, but has a dynamic development as a trading and service center for the Southern Lapland through.

Attractions

Lycksele is an important winter sports center, but also a gliding center. Lycksele is located in the northernmost zoo in Europe. This can be primarily indigenous North Swedish animals see. A special attraction are the musk ox and the Aquarium with flowing water dar. In Lycksele is held every year in early March, a market place, a tradition that can be traced back to the 17th century. He used to be a meeting place for seeds and merchants, today he is a folk festival that attracts thousands of visitors from near and far, the seeds make another landmark in their national costumes.

Gammplatsen is now an open air museum, but used to be the old meeting place and marketplace of the seeds. In addition to the open-air museum is also the Forest Museum ( Skogsmuseum ).

Personalities

• David Rundblad (* 1990), ice hockey player