Umeå, Sweden

... town where theres good countryside and activities. Good idea, I tell myself and pick a small University town on the East coast called Umea. I book a flight (cheaper than the train) and I'm away. I arrive, find the hostel and have a walk round town to find ...

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... is practically the easiest job in the book. A construction chimpanzee could do it. So, I've been keeping busy in Umeå, Sweden. I'm really liking this town and the harmlessness of its people. There are very beautiful places in Umeå, too. ...

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... twenty feet in front of us. Kina also told me about "allamansrättar," a great thing. There are few fences in Sweden. "Allamansrättar" means "Everyone's rights," and it means everyone has the rights to the country's forests. You're allowed to camp ...

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In the Umeå city library, there's a display honoring a well-known Swedish author who died this year. The author is shown speaking at gatherings, holding up anti-weapons signs at protests, in foreign countries. She was quite old, probably in her eighties ...

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