Lev!
Lev! is a 170-meter long glass artwork in the pedestrian and bicycle tunnel between the Railway Station Square in central Umeå and Haga District in Sweden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mickeno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: installation
- Description: Swedish artwork
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Umeå Central Station and Grön eld.
Umeå Central Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Umeå Central Station is a railway station in Umeå, Sweden. The station was the sole station serving Umeå until the opening of Umeå East Station in 2010. Renovation of Central station was completed the following year.
Grön eld
Work of art
Photo: MikaelLindmark, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grön eld is a glass sculpture by Vicke Lindstrand at Järnvägstorget, which is located in front of Umeå Central Station, in Umeå, Sweden. It was, at nine meters, the tallest glass sculpture in the world at the time of its inauguration in 1970. Grön eld is situated 120 metres south of Lev!.
Guitars – the Museum
Museum
Photo: MikaelLindmark, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Guitars – the Museum is a museum located in downtown Umeå, Sweden. The museum is located in a brick building that previously hosted the school Vasaskolan. Guitars – the Museum is situated 390 metres south of Lev!.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Umeå and Öbacka.
Umeå
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Umeå, called Ume by locals, is a city near the mouth of the Ume River. It is the capital of Västerbotten County in northern Sweden, and with about 110,000 citizens it is the largest city in Norrland.
Sandahöjd
Suburb
Photo: MikaelLindmark, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandahöjd is a residential area in Umeå, Sweden.
Lev!
- Categories: tourist attraction, glass artwork, and tourism
- Location: Umeå stad socken, Umeå stadsförs., Umeå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.83053° or 63° 49′ 50″ northLongitude
20.26654° or 20° 15′ 60″ eastInception
November 17th, 2012Open location code
9GM2R7J8+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 9864389617OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=installationWikidata ID
Q16912811
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Lev!” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Lev!”
- Bengali: “লেভ!”
- Bosnian: “Lev!”
- Dutch: “Lev!”
- Finnish: “Lev!”
- Hindi: “लेव!”
- Hungarian: “Lev!”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Lev!”
- Panjabi: “ਲੇਵ!”
- Swedish: “Lev!”
- Urdu: “لیو!”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Umeå Central and Umeå Busstation.
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