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Nov 30, 2020 · Umeå was named the European Capital of Culture 2014, and for good reason. The city has an entrepreneurial, innovative spirit and a number of highly regarded museums. Väven, which first swung open its doors in 2014, is Umeå’s buzzing cultural centre.
In 2009 the town was designated European Capital of Culture for 2014, along with Riga. Umeå is the centre of television in northern Sweden; SVT Nord and TV4's northern region office are both based in the city. The main newspapers of the county of Västerbotten, Västerbottens-Kuriren and Västerbottens Folkblad are also based in Umeå.
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Umeå has a long history of exciting cultural life, was named European Capital of Culture in 2014 and today offers everything from classical opera to award-winning hip hop, Sweden's first museum of women's history, literature festival, film festival, jazz festival and one of the world's most acclaimed image museums.
For those of us who live here, it came as no surprise when Umeå was elected the entire European Capital of Culture in 2014. Here is a simmering cultural life with art, theater, dance and a music scene that includes everything from hardcore and hip hop to folk music and opera.
NEWS Umeå was officially selected to be the European Capital of Culture in 2014 by a 13 member international jury on the 8th of September. Umeå was chosen as the winner over Lund, another university town in southern Sweden. “This is very gratifying!” says pro-vice-chancellor Åsa Bergenheim.
Jan 2, 2014 · Umeå is the first Swedish city to be awarded European Cultural Capital since Stockholm in 1998. Located more than 600 kilometres north of Stockholm, Umeå with its university and 34,000 students is at the forefront of Swedish research.
