Visit Gammelstad

Gammelstad Church Town near Luleå in northern Sweden is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It has more than 400 small church cottages, where people from the surrounding countryside once stayed when they came to church. In the Visit Gammelstad app, developed by Luleå Municipality on OnSpotStory's platform, visitors can discover both the church town and the open-air museum Hägnan.

About Gammelstad

The church town is the largest and best preserved of its kind, and a living environment where the cottages are still in use. Next to it is the open-air museum Hägnan, which shows how people lived in the Norrbotten countryside in the past. The app is made for Luleå's residents and visitors alike.

The app

The app has themed walks, audio guides, stories and quizzes. The guides include a calm, reflective walk among the church cottages and, for the youngest visitors, an audio adventure with the fictional mouse family Gammelstadsson. The young mouse Musse leads children from Hägnan to the church town, with tasks, questions and stories about how life used to be.

The map shows cafés, shops, toilets and other useful places to find during your visit.

All content is available in Swedish and English, and some in more languages. New material is added all the time, with a special focus on children.