Venortsparken

The park was built in 1858 at the initiative of the Umea Park Society (founded in 1851). However, the park was destroyed after a city fire in 1888. It was restored and received its current form and name in 1985 after a major overhaul. At that time, a man-made creek was added to the green spaces in the eastern and northern parts, and sections with park buildings were dedicated to the six twin cities of Umea. These sites were decorated with artifacts that symbolized every place: Helsinger in Denmark, Vaasa in Finland, Petrozavodsk in Russia, Harstad in Norway, Würzburg in Germany and Saskatoon in Canada ^[1] .

The Tellus sculpture by Ante Dahlstedt looks like a globe with six twin cities. It was also established in 1985 and emphasizes the theme of twin cities in the design of the park ^[1] .

The park area is planted with Norwegian maple. Other types of trees grow here: in particular, Swiss pine, mountain pine, alpine currant, ash and horse chestnut. The park also grows birch (Betula Pendula Dalecarlica), the Swedish national tree that was planted in 1985.

Until 1925, the park was occupied by a football field. The old names of the park area are Kurktorget (Church Square) and Skolparken (school park) ^[1] , since for a long time this territory was used as a playground for students of the gymnasium built in 1900 ^[2] .

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