Attractions

The only rhubarb farm in Sweden, and with a unique self-service shop and it's located in the beautiful Alterdalen. We can guarantee that your visit will turn into a lovely food experience.Buy nice edible presents, for example cloudberry jam or rhubarb liquorice. We can also guide you through Alter ...

A nice hiking trail in our ancestors' footsteps.  In Jävre, where one of the oldest population groups is believed to have lived over 3000 years ago, there are a lot of remnants of graves, mazes and sacrificing stones.  Norrbottens Museum has marked out a trail that does not only connect th ...

The largest park in Piteå is located in central Piteå, next to the cozy Strömsund Canal. During the summer, activities relieving each other in the park. Flea markets, auctions and park evenings are some of the most popular events. Badhusparken is a meeting place for both young and old and often use ...

Baggen is one of the largest islands in the archipelago of Piteå. Here is an open-air chapel, cabins for rent via Piteå Touristcenter. The high steep rocks and intermediate Sandy bays on the southwest side of the island is suitable for a bath. In the vicinity of the overnight cabins - at Själahäll ...

The stone was erected in 1927 in memory of theology professor Nicolaus Bothniensius, one of the main church leaders in Sweden.

The Nature reserve of Bondöfjärden is located about 10 km southeast of Piteå in the Piteå archipelago. The reserve covers a 10-speech islands in Bondöfjärden. The islands are part of the geological nationwide interesting Pite River ridge. The reserve is about 5510 hectares, including 188 ha of la ...

Along the 55 kilometer long Rokån you can find Bröstfallet, a nice destination for an excursion. Back in the days there was a power station here which provided electricity for the villages Roknäs, Svensbyn, Bergsviken and Storfors. Today Bröstfallet is a popular stop for both locals and tourist ...

In the middle of the city you will find Byxtorget. It's a place where people gather to meet each other, looking and listen to any of Piteås performances.  At the Square you will find the tree called poppeln. Here you can also find embellishment in honor of pite sons Daniel Solander C and CJ Bostrom. ...

Cultural signs has been placed out in central Piteå so we can remember the environments and personalities in the cultural life that has shaped Piteå, to the great town it is today. So feel free to take a walk and follow the cultural steps of Piteå!

Enjoy the beautiful views of Piteå archipelago. The area has a dramatic character, and is also very rich in minerals. The upper part of the mountain is characterized by bare rocks. Up here are sheltered barbecue area and a gazebo. Wonderful views of the archipelago. At a small gravel extraction on ...

The remnants of Degerfors Bruk is located in the heart of Jävrebyn. Here they produced bar iron and lumber between the years 1797-1887.Today the factory consists of iron works remains, a restoreed mill, reminders of the smithy and some outbuildings. Some parts is still preserved original.

The nature reserve Döman is about 2.5 mil south of Piteå and about 9 km SE of Jävre in Piteå Kommun. The reserve includes the two islands Gråsjälen and Döman located just south of Jävre-Sandön in Piteå inner archipelago. The reserve domain is approximately 74 hectares and was formed in 1997. Nearest ...

Ecopark Rosfors is a unique area at Norrbottens coast land. Signs and paths will guide you through the extraordinary environment with a lot of things worth seeing for example Rosfors nature reserve, Lustgården reserve, Hällträsk reserve, Ristjäls mine and Bergtjärnsflygget.     Ecopark Rosfors ...

Almost in the centre of Piteå, in Inrefjärden is Fingermanholmen close and available by boat and kajak during summertime. At winter it's only a ski trip away. The sauna is only available during summer. Sandy beaches small paths and interesting history! Well worth a visit.

Gammelgården is the summer museum of Öjeby churchvillage history.

With its own wonderful sandy beaches and shallow water, Gläntan is Piteå's own little beach paradise. From Piteå town centre, drive towards Pite Havsbad on road 506, and turn left towards Haraholmen. Follow the road until you see the sign to Sandängesstranden naturreservat.

Gråträsk chapel is a chapel that conveys a sense of past times. It was built in 1934 on the same place where the old chapel once stood.      Directions: The chapel is only 30 km northwest of Långträsk. Follow the road 373 (towards Arvidsjaur) for 26 km and then right towards Gråträsk.

The idea of ​​a pedestrian street in central Piteå raised in Juli 1961. It was officially opened on August 11, 1961 and then closed to vehicular traffic until September 10th on the same year. After an extensive renovation, the main Street is now heated, which means that during the winter the street ...

Welcome to the glasworks and shop, enjoy the historic view of a traditional workmethod that dates back to the 17th century when watching our glassblowers in their everyday work at this smallscaled factory located in a part of Furunäsets old mental hospital.  

The church of Hortlax was finished in 1917 and the work had started in 1913 when Hortlax became it's own parish. The church is built as a cross church, made of stone in Jugend style and affected by the Gothic style.

Inre Mörögrund is an island in Piteå archipelago.  It´s a perfect place to visit for you who like to lay down on a sun warm archipelago slab. The island has a lagoon-like bay with excellent cliff plates.  The island is roaming friendly and has no cottage buildnings.  To the east of the bay ...

Jävre old mill and museum is located in the middle of Jävre. Open during summer or by reservation, welcome!

Jävre Touristcenter is located south of Piteå along the E4 and with a view over the ocean! This house is what we call The gateway to both the north and south counties, Norr- and Västerbotten. This 1960's listed building has been renovated with care and contains Tourist Centre and an interactive e ...

Piteå´s highest mountain with a view over the whole Piteå River Valley. From Kalahatten its easy to see the effects of the inland ice when it withdrew from south-east to north-west and how hills and lake systems were formed. The top is 243 m above sea which gives you a view over Svensbyn, Infjär ...

Jävrebodarnas Fiskecamp is the home for this museum boasting Europe's largest collection of old wood working tools, about 28 000 in all, and 2 000 other exhibits related to fishing, hunting and farming. Welcome!

Kluntarna is the pearl in the outer archipelago and is part of Patta Pekens nature reserve and is only 4 km from the mainland. The island has an exciting and barren nature with shiny polished slabs, graying rock rubble fields and wind-torn trees. On the rocky island there is also growing a lot of d ...

The Långnäs church village, reminder of the original Piteå where the first colonists arrived from Mälardalen, tempted by the generous benefits from the nobleman Nils Åbjörnsson Sparre in the 1300's. Remains of the foundations are still visible next Klockån.

Rural open-air museum in Lillpite with an old mill and power plant with activities relating to local history, keep a lookout for the events in the calendar and one tip is to taste the local specialty filbryta and pork smoked by Lillpite.  

The nature reserve Lustgården is about 2.5 mil north of Piteå and about 6 km EN of Rosfors Bruk in Piteå kommun. Lustgården is approximately 315 hectares and the reserve was established in 1997. The name Lustgården is a local name used long before the nature reserve was set up. The name implies t ...

The beautiful wooden church in Långträsk was built in the century shift, just after the rail route was formed in the railroad town Långträsk. The initiation was held on 20 October 1901 and the Church Council says that the Reverend Nygren consecrated chapel. In the same land areas as the långträsk c ...

Mellerstön is a large island, with good berry and mushroom picking in the season. A large pier with room for 15 boats makes it easy to stay. Water depth at the bridge is about 2.5 meters and in the bay about 5 meters. There is a cabin for rent but you need a boat to get here, experience the Pit ...

During the Swedish-Russian war (1808-09) Russian soldiers came to Piteå again but not nearly to the same harmful consequences as before. The very last shot on Swedish territory in this war was during the Battle of Pitsund August 25, 1809.

Mosesholmen - one of the most attractive areas in the Piteå Archipelago  Mosesholmen is on one of the most beautiful places in Pitea. In addition the bay inside the island offers protection from the wind. Here you can find a fireplace and chemical toilet.  The south beach´s depth makes it ...

Between 22-27 of may in 2023 the new Art festival OGJORT took place in Piteå. The theme for this year was murals,  and four artist painted four diffrent walls in the central of Piteå.  The four artworks are created by a local, a regional, a national and an international artist. Take a walk ...

Northern archipelago, east of Trundön. It´s a shallow beach cove with occasional rocks. Popular anchorage with excellent swimming and ideal hiking areas. Provides good protection from winds except for the north and the west.  Nowadays there is a sandbank, Mörösanden, between what used to b ...

The church of Norrfjärden is the youngest in the area of Piteå and it was built in 1967 to replace the church that burnt down in 1963. The architect's name is Göte Lundström and the artist Fritz Sjöström created the interior of the church which clearly take the disabled in consideration.

Seeing a sky with the Northern Light in reality is something special that you do not forget. It is so unlike anything else you can see in the sky. Seeing the northern lights reflected in the glitter of water over the sea is a special experience, it can be done in Piteå before the snow covers the sea ...

The vision is of a symphonic instrument for the 21st century. An instrument that combines tradition, artistic renewal, and innovative technology, to create a tool for the music of the future and for research in such areas as interpretation. Moreover, the instrument will have a versatility ranging ...

Ottergården is a Norrbotten country estate located in the countryside of Piteå. Here is also a small museum with old tools from the agricultural era. Here you can hold your conference, meeting, wedding or perhaps something else. During the summer we offer a café and evenings with different themes ...

In Piteå we have lots of art that can be seen and experienced outdoors. Here we have a link to a PDF-file but only in Swedish for the moment. Welcome to the Tourist Centre for more information about this.

A popular walking trail along the Strömsund canal between the northern and southern harbours. After the trail you can find old buildings, a fishing cottage and St Barthhuset, the art park, playgrounds, the camping place at Västra Kajen and Piteå Boat Museum.  We'd definitely recommend a walk foll ...

Patta Peken includes a number of islands in the outer part of Piteå archipelago and have a rich flora and bird life. The reserve has many remnants of the old-time fishing. The islands are scattered in the north-south direction and the distance between the northern and southern island is just ...

Pite River, about 410 km long, is one of the Swedish national rivers, one of the four major unregulated except for a hydroelectric dam in Sikfors. Catchment area 11,285 km ². Pite River rises near the Norwegian border in Sulitelmamassivet, flows to the southeast and flows into the Gulf of Bothni ...

The island belongs to Västerbotten and is situated in the outer archipelago of the Gulf of Bothnia outside Kinnbäcks village, about 50 km north of Skellefteå and about 30km south of Piteå. Today Pite Rönnskär is a summer paradise with an interesting history as a fishing village, pilot station and li ...

Piteå archipelago offers unique flora, genuine historic environments with fascinating ancient monuments and wonderful, long, sandy beaches. Relax in peace and quiet, explore the archipelago in your own boat or head out on our tour boat on a seal safari, a sightseeing tour or a glorious day of swimmi ...

For boat enthusiasts there is a whole world waiting to be discovered in two of the beautiful old port warehouses. Old wodden boats, boat motors, fishing equipment as well as everything the old seal hunters needed for several months out on the frozen sea. Come visit our museum and experience the smel ...

In the center of Piteå beside the channel and Piteå hostel you will find this park. Here you can sit down at the bubbling fountain and enjoy the pretty perennial plantings or saunter in the gardens and get inspiration for your plot. Piteås City Park is located in central Piteå at Strömsund Cana ...

Visit Pite havsbad when you are in Piteå. The Riviera of the North presents a unique view of the Gulf of Bothnia in both summer and winter and the sandy beach which is about 5 km long. The river Piteälven is flowing out in the Gulf of Bothnia, also a beautiful sight.

Piteå Konsthall is located in the town center at Kaleido a meeting place for new art. Here a varied program of different exhibitions by artists with different expressions and techniques are shown. Each year we arrange ten exhibitions, five out of them are shown in cooperation with Piteå Konstförenin ...

Piteå kyrka is one of the oldest wooden churches in the upper Norrland. When Piteå got town privileges 1621 the center of the town was located in Öjebyn. After a fire in 1666 the entire town was deserted, and the decision of moving the town to where it is located today was taken. The population of P ...

Piteå Museum is located in the city center in a beautiful old yellow building that used to the Town hall on Rådhustorget. ​​​​​​The museum has a wide buisness that includes collecting objects and photographs, exhibitions, documentation and local historic research as well as cultural questions.  Pite ...

The Line between Älvsbyn and Piteå was built in the years 1911-1915. It was one of many cross paths built between inland areas and the coast. At Sikfors it was built at a location where the river channel was very deep, a bridge was therefore constructed. Railway bridge, which was introduced in 1 ...

Southern archipelago, close to Högsböleskiftet. Nearest marina on the mainland is Småskärsudden. A beautiful area to walk in, nice little beach at the side of the bridge.  

Roka kvarn, an old mill in the middle of Roknäs.

Rosfors is an old mill environment that is like a bright, green oasis, surrounded by dark coniferous forests.  Unique history In the early 1830s it was discovered that there was iron ore in the bedrock in Rosfors. In 1838, 15 farmers and workers from the area started a mining company. In the be ...

Sikfors old power plant, currently owned by Sikfors Interest Group, was commissioned in 1912, and became Norrbotten's first major water power plant. It was Sikfors power plant which started electrification of Norrbotten industry, of which Luleå Träsliperi AB in Karlshälla was the first industry. Th ...

Skags fyr is one of Swedens oldest lighthouses. It was used outside of Örnsköldsvik between the years 1871 - 1957. The lighhouse was moved and mounted in Jävre during the 70's. The lighhouse is a gift from the National Maritime Administration in Sweden and it stands in Jävre as a memory of the ...

The Solander Society was formed in spring 1999 in Öjebyn, Old Town of Piteå, the birthplace of Daniel C Solander. The aim of the Society is to honour the memory of Solander. The Society has layed out a small garden, the Solander Garden, at the very spot where Solander was born. The garden is love ...

Museum and summer café adjacent to Solanderparken. Built to honour the memory of botanist and pupil of Linneaus Daniel Solander, who circumnavigated the globe with Captain Cook.

St Bartheélemy promenade is a walkway surrounded by beautiful green open areas with shrubbery and trees. Green surfaces frequently used as football pitches, for the equestrian competitions and similar events. It runs along the beach between City Hall and the neigborhood Svartudden.

The quiet, sparkling lagoon at Stenskär attracts many visitors with its long sandy beach. The island also has a rich bird life, archaeological remains of old labyrinths and far into the creak there is a picturesque fishing village with redpainted, fishermen's cottages. It should be remembered that ...

The nature reserve was established in 1971 and expanded in 1997. Europe's highest unbound rapids are located by road 374, 40 kilometers west of Älvsbyn. The fall distance is five kilometers and the fall height 82 meters. The last two kilometers the river falls 60 meters. In addition to the rapids, y ...

Stor-Räbben is a very beautiful island, with a catastrophic barren nature different from the nature that exists on the mainland. The island is included along with Lill-Räbben, Stenskär, Norra Bondökallen and Olasvenskallen in a nature reserve. The latter two islands are bird protection of nesting gr ...

In Piteå a new lovely oasis has been built up next to the channel and Tages bro (Tages bridge), the wooden deck, Strömkajen - a meeting and recreation space for all, designed by Sture Berglund.

Reserve Svartliden is approximately 65 hectares and was formed in 1997. The reserve consists of an old forest with a lot of herbs. The forest is dominated by spruce with large element of aspen, birch and sallow. Partly very coarse spruces and aspen occur. Lying dead trees (logs), holestree and coars ...

Piteå Boat Club has its club headquarters at Svinöra. There is a club house, sauna, dance floor and lots of activities during the summer months. Boat enthusiasts gather here for pleasant get-togethers.

Museum of rural life in Svensbyn including a pond, water mill, mill house and farm animals. There is a cafe with homemade cakes and a vibrant cultural life during the summer months. Guided tours by appointment. Welcome!  

Program: opens every day at 7 pm. The church is open for conversation, refreshments, loan of books, newspaper reading, etc.

Fiskarstugan at Kurirkajen (Norrmalm) is a copy of a culture environment at a fishing place during the early 20:th century. Today this environment consists of a fishing cabin in which objects with a fishing connection are being shown, and much more!

This monumental stone is made to honor the brave men and woman working to maintain peace in service of the UN. It's located between Vänortparken and Fruktparken in the center of Piteå.

The Fruit park is located at the channel between the City Hall and Strömkajen. Here can you find a wide range of many different fruits. In the fall, everyone is welcome to gently pick the fruit and taste it. The Fruit Park's history began in 2006 when about 25 fruit trees was planted in a rectang ...

The Artpark, with its proximity to Strömsund Canal, North Harbour with fishing hut and the quaint buildings in Norrmalm, form a welcoming environment. The former North Harbour Park has been refurbished and this has created an artistic outdoor environment. This includes mostly regional, but also o ...

The present town hall was built in 1829. Its regional design was influenced by the Finnish-Russian wood empire that existed on the opposite side of the Baltic. You will find it on the Town Hall Square, which is one of only two preserved 17th century squares, having closed off corners, in the country ...

The reserve is located in Piteå inner archipelago and includes Lill-Rönnskäret, Storstensrevet and three bird-rich islands i the northern and eastern parts of the reserve. The reserve is a valuable nesting and resting place for numerous bird species.

On the big and green island the wildlife conservation area on Koskäret and Koskärshalsen is the most popular excursions. Here you have a chance to combine a refreshing bath at the long shallow sandy beach with a rejuvenating forest walk. There are two cabins for rent here, you'll need a boat to get ...

Lillpite Power Station was built around the year 1917-1918 by the so-called Courage rapids. It began supplying the villages of Sjulnäs, Långnäsvägen, Öjebyn and Bölebyn.      

The oldest parts of this medieval stone church date back to the fifteenth century and the clock-tower is probably the oldest building in Norrbotten. The church and the surrounding church village is well worth a visit.

The village that grew up around the church consists of cottages used for overnight stays by members of the congregation who travelled long distance to attend services or visit the market. In June/July each year a church market is held in accordance with ancient tradition. The authentic and well ...