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Traveling to Umeå

Train: We encourage traveling by train — even though we know that will take a fair amount of time. Train between Stockholm and Umeå takes some 6 hours if you travel by day, and some 9-10 hours if you take the night train option. SJ: train ticket bookings in Sweden (and beyond).

Flights: If you travel by airplane, you will need to transfer in Stockholm — no matter where you fly from. There are two companies that fly to Umeå: SAS and Norwegian. Umeå Airport is conveniently close to the Umeå city centre, and transfer only takes around 10 minutes.

Ferry: Should your travel route go through Finland, there is also the option of taking the ferry between Vasa and Umeå.

Getting a bus from the airport?

Getting a bus from the city centre?

Bus routes 1, 5, 8 or 9 all stop at the bus stop called "Östra Strandgatan” near the Umeå Arts Campus. A walk down towards the river, to Umeå Institute of Design takes roughly two minutes.

In order to buy bus tickets, you need to download the app "Ultra - Umeås lokaltrafik" from the or .

Getting a taxi?

Umeå Institute of Design, Umeå Arts Campus ("Designhögskolan, Konstnärligt campus")

Umeå Taxi: + 46 90 77 00 00
Eco Taxi: + 46 90 911 911
Taxi Direkt: + 46 90 100 100
Taxi Kurir: + 46 90 18 18 18

Staying in Umeå & exploring Umeå

Umeå is a fairly small city so most hotels are quite central and at a walking distance to the Umeå Arts Campus, the venue for the symposium. Find out more about where to stay, what to do, and what to experience in Umeå on the .

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