Härnösand is a city in Västernorrland County in Sweden, at the coast of the Bothnian Sea. It has 17,500 citizens, a cathedral, and was once an administrative centre.

Get in

• 1 Sundsvall–Timrå Airport (SDL ^IATA). (updated Sep 2020)
• Trains between Stockholm and Umeå stop here.
• Tapanis Buss has a route going from Stockholm to Tornio, Finland stopping at Härnösand
• E4, the main highway along the coast north of Stockholm goes through the city

Get around

By taxi

Taxi service is usually reliable and can show up on short notice (15 minutes or less), although on busy weekends you might have to wait up to 45 minutes. A typical ride will cost you 130-160 kr. As in most places in urban Sweden, taxi drivers speak good English.

• TaxiKurir, ☏ +46 611 27 000. Smart phone app offers address based routing and calculates price according to them. (updated Aug 2020)

See

• 1 Västernorrland County Museum (Västernorrlands museum), Murbergsvägen 31, ☏ +46 611-886 00. (updated Jun 2020)

Do

• 1 Härnösands Teater. (updated May 2021)

Summer

Public baths

Härnösands has a lot of public baths to offer.

• 2 Starreds badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 3 Sågsands havsbad. (updated May 2021)
• 4 Sälstens badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 5 Smitingens badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 6 Brunnesjön, Stigsjö badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 7 Snibbens badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 8 Mörtsjön, Utansjö badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 9 Viksjö badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 10 Byvikens badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 11 Brånsvikens badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 12 Brånsvikens badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 13 Grötsjöns badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 14 Brånsvikens badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 15 Ytterfäll, Svartviks badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 16 Grötsjöns badplats. (updated May 2021)
• 17 Brånsvikens badplats. (updated May 2021)

Eat

• 1 Max Hamburgare, Kaptensgatan 15. The Härnösand restaurant of the Swedish burger chain. (updated Feb 2022)

Sleep

• 1 Hotell Royal, Strandgatan 12, ☏ +46 611 20455, royalharnosand@gmail.com. 

In nature

The lean-to shelter at Lomtjärnen, intended for breaks.

There are some really nice campsites in the forests around Härnösand and many are within walking distance from the center.

"Vindskydd" means lean-to shelter. They are free to use, without reservation, but often there is little infrastructure apart from the shelter itself, firewood and a fireplace, and there might not even be a suitable spot for a tent. Also some of the places that don't state that in the name have just such shelters.

On Härnön Island

• 2 Örsjö vindskydd. (updated Sep 2020)
• 3 Kappelsberg vindskydd. (updated Sep 2020)
• 4 Södra utsiktens vindskydd. (updated Sep 2020)
• 5 Gamla Vindskyddet. (updated Sep 2020)
• 6 Nickebo vindskydd. (updated Sep 2020)

On the mainland

• 7 Lomtjärnen. (updated Sep 2020)
• 8 Lomtjärnberget. (updated Sep 2020)
• 9 Värpan. (updated Sep 2020)
• 10 Värptjärn. (updated Sep 2020)
• 11 Gådeåberget vindskydd. (updated Sep 2020)
• 12 Tjärnberget. (updated Sep 2020)

Go next

Routes through Härnösand

Haparanda ← High Coast ←

N  S

→ Sundsvall → Stockholm