Marvellous Sunne – step inside the sagas

Sagolika Sunne ("Marvellous Sunne") in the province of Värmland in west-central Sweden is full of fascinating places to discover and enjoy. The storytelling tradition is strong here, not least thanks to the author and Nobel laureate Selma Lagerlöf, who lived and worked in the area. For Sunne, the app is an important tool for helping visitors find the many gems the area has to offer.

Challenge

There is a lot to see, do and experience in Sunne. Sunne Municipality wanted rich, accessible content in the app that visitors could easily take in – for Swedish and English speakers alike. The app was to tie together Sunne's different attractions and give visitors a full picture of everything there is to see and do. Mårbacka, Selma Lagerlöf's home, wanted the app to give visitors a better experience and more knowledge, complementing the guided tours already offered at the estate.

The app is part of the project "Sagan om Sunne 2.0" ("The Saga of Sunne 2.0"), funded by the EU's Leader programme, which aims to strengthen local retail and tourism.

Solution

In the Sagolika Sunne app, visitors get to know Selma Lagerlöf's Sunne, are guided to some of Sunne's hidden gems and experience Mårbacka, the estate where Selma Lagerlöf lived for much of her life. The writer Sofie Bergkvist produced the scripts for the app together with OnSpotStory, as part of one of our content packages.

The app also has an events calendar, so visitors can easily keep track of what's happening in the area. The events are updated automatically from Sunne's API.

To make it easy to move between events, the map and the guided tours, Sunne added a category page as the app's home screen.

We're making history accessible on every smartphone, where visitors can easily take in the stories through text, images and audio.

Maria Nordmark, Tourism Developer, Sunne Municipality