Gammelstad Church Town
Hägnan
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Gammelstad Visitor Center and the open-air museum Hägnan offer the opportunity to pre-book guided tours all year round. If you book a tour you can freely suggest date, time and language.
Here you can send in a booking request for a private tour or for one of our other activities. This option suits well for tour operators, companies, associations and larger groups that want to do something fun together. Remember to submit your request in good time and we will get back to you with a price offer.
We offer guided tours in Swedish and in English. Guided tours of the church town can also be done in German, French, Dutch and Finnish when we have available guides. As we cannot always provide a guide in the requested language, we recommend that you bring a translator if the group does not speak English.
Please note that the open-air museum Hägnan cannot accept any new bookings for the period December 20th-January 2nd.
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Do you want to learn more about Gammelstad Church Town and why it is a World Heritage Site? Then you should join us on a guided tour of the largest and most well-preserved church town in the world!
Feel the wings of history as you wander down the narrow streets, visit a church cottage and peek into the late medieval Nederluleå church (with reservation for church services). During the guided tour you will learn more about how life was like in the church town in the past and how the cottages are used today.
The guided tour takes approx. 60 minutes and starts outside of the Visitor Center.
Here you can read more about the guided tour of Gammelstad Church Town.
Travel back in time to the old peasant society in Luleå Parish! During the guided tour of the open-air museum Hägnan you get to visit two farmhouses that display different living conditions - life in a wealthy farmhouse in the 1880s and life in the Peri-Hanscha farmhouse in the 1920s.
During the guided tour you will learn more about the buildings at Hägnan and their functions, for example why the raised storehouse was viewed as the farm's treasure chest and that the stable was linked to masculinity. You will also learn more about the old diet and the large farmhouse's journey from a small semi-detached cottage to a magnificent farmhouse.
The guided tour can be booked in Swedish or English between September-May. The tour takes approx. 60 minutes and starts outside Hägnan's Country Store.
Here you can read more about the guided tour of the open-air museum Hägnan.
A suitable activity if you want to learn more about the World Heritage Gammelstad Church Town and the open-air museum Hägnan during the same tour.
Gammelstad has a lot to offer and it's not easy to choose just one activity. Therefore, we have this popular combo! The guided tour starts outside of the Visitor Center in Gammelstad Church Town. Feel the wings of history as you wander down the narrow streets, visit a church cottage and peek into the late medieval Nederluleå church (with reservation for church services). Afterwards we walk down to the open-air museum Hägnan, where you get to learn more about life in the old peasant society during different time periods. You get to visit a farmhouse and learn more about life in the old days.
The mixed site tour can be booked in Swedish or English between September-May. It takes approx. 90 minutes and starts outside of the Visitor Center.
Experience Gammelstad Church Town in the light of lanterns! During the lantern walk you get to learn more about the history of the church town, how the church cottages are used today and why Gammelstad Church Town is a World Heritage Site important to preserve for future generations. You also get to visit a church cottage and if possible, the late medieval Nederluleå church.
The activity starts outside of the Visitor Center and takes approx. 60 minutes. We use electric lamps, in the shape of stable lanterns. Hot beverages and cookies in a church cottage can be added at an additional cost, let us know during the booking if you wish to add this to the tour. This activity is only offered during the winter season.
Nothing tastes as good as freshly baked bread. Try traditional bread baking at the open-air museum Hägnan and learn more about the old Swedish baking tradition!
During this activity you get to bake the soft, traditional bread "klådda" in a wood fired oven. You will also learn more about our old, Swedish folklore beliefs. For example, did you know that it's said that the number of folds on your bread will reveal how many suitors you will have during the year? Who knows what your bread will tell you...
The activity can be booked in Swedish or English September-May and takes approx. 60 minutes. We gather outside of Hägnan's Country Store. Please note that the baking house only takes up to 15 people, groups up to 30 pax must therefore book two sets.
Here you can read more about traditional bread baking at Hägnan.