Umeå Old Prison

The Umeå Old Prison is a former prison and hotel in . The building was completed in 1861. The prison was one of few buildings that did not burn down at the city fire of 1888.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: prison in Umeå, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Umeå cellfängelse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bildmuseet and Döbelns Park.

Museum
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is a contemporary art museum in , northern . is situated 230 metres south of Umeå Old Prison.

Park
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is in central in northern . It is the oldest park in Umeå, created in 1865. It is named after the General Georg Carl von Döbeln, and his monument was placed in the park in 1867.

Church
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is a church building located in central , between and the north bank of . It was inaugurated on 2 December 1894, which was First Advent Sunday that year. is situated 390 metres west of Umeå Old Prison.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Umeå and Öbacka.

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, called Ume by locals, is a city near the mouth of the Ume River. It is the capital of in northern , and with about 110,000 citizens it is the largest city in .

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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Tunnelbacken previously named is a residential area in , . Tunnelbacken is located about 4 km from Umeå centrum. Umeå University and the are both located less than 1 km from the area.

Umeå Old Prison

Latitude
63.82233° or 63° 49′ 20″ north
Longitude
20.27538° or 20° 16′ 31″ east
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Umeå Old Prison” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Burgu i vjetër, Umeå”
  • Albanian: “Burgu i vjetër”
  • Belarusian: “Старая турма, Умеа”
  • Belarusian: “Старая турма”
  • Bengali: “উমিয়া পুরাতন কারাগার”
  • Bosnian: “Stari zatvor Umeå”
  • Croatian: “Stari zatvor u Umeu”
  • Czech: “Stará věznice v Umeå”
  • Danish: “Umeå gamle fængsel”
  • Dutch: “Oude gevangenis van Umeå”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سجن اوميو القديم”
  • Finnish: “Uumajan vanha vankila”
  • French: “ancienne prison d’Umeå”
  • French: “Ancienne prison d’Umeå”
  • Hindi: “ऊमेओ की पुरानी जेल”
  • Japanese: “ウメオ旧刑務所”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Umeå gamla fängelse”
  • Norwegian: “Umeå gamla fängelse”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Anciana preson d’Umeå”
  • Panjabi: “ਊਮਿਓ ਦੀ ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਜੇਲ”
  • Persian: “زندان قدیمی اومئو”
  • Russian: “Старая тюрьма”
  • Serbian: “Стaри зaтвoр у Умeу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stari zatvor Umeå”
  • Spanish: “Antigua cárcel de Umeå”
  • Swedish: “Cellfängelset, Umeå”
  • Swedish: “Cellfängelset”
  • Swedish: “Länscellfängelset i Umeå”
  • Swedish: “Länscellfängelset”
  • Swedish: “Umeå gamla fängelse”
  • Ukrainian: “Стара в’язниця”
  • Urdu: “امیو کی پرانی جیل”

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