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Norrbotten · Sweden
In the destination Luleå and Jokkmokk.
In the photo: Rådhustorget square, in central Piteå
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Town at the mouth of the Pite River, on the Gulf of Bothnia, about 55 km south of Luleå. Piteå received town privileges in 1621 and, after a fire, moved to its current site; the wooden church of 1686 was the only building to escape when Russian troops burned the town in 1721. The old town hall houses the local museum, and in Öjebyn you find one of the large church villages of northern Sweden. It is also the town that gives its name to the pitepalt.
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The local experience
Öjebyn church village, about 7 km from Piteå: rows of wooden cottages around the stone church, begun around 1500. It was where people from distant places spent the night on days of worship.
Wooden church in central Piteå, completed in 1686, cruciform with a small tower on the roof. It was one of the few buildings to survive when Russian troops burned the town in 1721.
Cultural history museum of Piteå, housed in the old town hall, a yellow wooden building from 1838 on Rådhustorget square. It tells the story of the town, its relocations and fires, and of commerce and life in the north.
