Travel and Accommodation
Please note that all participants must organise their own travel and accommodation.
Below are some helpful links and general information regarding travel and accommodation.
How to get to Örnsköldsvik
Örnsköldsvik has its own airport and there are flights to and from Stockholm, operated by Höga Kusten Flyg. Below is a list of flights relevant for the meeting, with their departure times given (the travel takes approx 1 hour). We will try to keep this page as up to date as possible. However, flight companies may change their schedules before we can update our page, so please check with your travel agent or directly on the internet for up-to-date flight schedules and availability: Höga Kusten Flyg, SAS, Norwegian.Flights to Örnsköldsvik
Sunday, June 20:
Höga Kusten Flyg, Stockholm Arlanda – Örnsköldsvik
Departures at 15:10 and 17:50
SAS, Stockholm Arlanda – Umeå*
Departure at 21:10
Norwegian, Stockholm Arlanda – Umeå*
Departure at 21:25
Monday, June 21:
Höga Kusten Flyg, Stockholm Arlanda – Örnsköldsvik
Departures at 07:55 and 08:20
For those arriving on June 21, Monday morning, we will organise a separate bus shuttle from the airport directly to the conference venue.
* Please email us if you plan to arrive to Umeå (which is some 100 km north from the venue), and need transportation to get to Örnsköldsvik. If needed, we will arrange a bus shuttle from Umeå airport (ca. 1 hour) for the SAS and Norwegian flights listed above.
Flights from Örnsköldsvik
Wednesday, June 23:
Höga Kusten Flyg, Örnsköldsvik – Stockholm Arlanda
Departure at 18:45
Thursday, June 24:
Höga Kusten Flyg, Örnsköldsvik – Stockholm Arlanda
Departures at 09:50, 15:50 and 18:45
There are regular flight buses connecting Örnsköldsvik centrum and the airport. Since the official site is in Swedish only, below is a short summary of the flight bus information:
Örnsköldsvik Bus Station -> Örnsköldsvik Airport
The bus takes the following route to the airport: Örnsköldsvik Bus Station, platform 1 > Hotel Focus > Hotel Statt > Örnparken > Brandstation > Hotel Scandic > Svartby (granngården) > Arnäsvall (Vårdhemsvägen) > Örnsköldsvik Airport
The bus starts at the following times:
from the Bus Station, ca. 70 minutes before the departure of each flight to Stockholm
from Örnparken, ca. 65 minutes before the departure of each flight to Stockholm
from Hotel Scandic, ca. 60 minutes before the departure of each flight to Stockholm
Örnsköldsvik Airport -> Örnsköldsvik Bus Station
The bus leaves ca. 10 minutes after the flight from Stockholm has landed. It stops at the following places (in order from the airport): Arnäsvall (Vårdhemsvägen) > Svartby (granngården) > Hotel Scandic > Brandstation > Örnparken > Hotel Statt > Hotel Focus > Örnsköldsvik Bus Station, platform 1
The trip takes ca. 30 minutes one way and costs 90 SEK (full price) or 68 SEK (under the age of 26).
Alternatively to flights, there are regular overnight trains from Stockholm to Örnsköldsvik, run by the Swedish railroad company SJ, and regular coaches several times a day, run by Ybuss.
Accomodation
Rooms at hotels, and as a cheaper alternative at a hostel, have been pre-reserved for meeting participants (see below). Breakfast is included in all alternatives.
Strand City Hotel (Please note that this site is in Swedish only)
A small hotel in central Örnsköldsvik.
Prices: Single room 785 SEK/night, double room 1015 SEK/night.
Contact the hotel for booking via
Phone: +46 (0)660 106 10
E-mail:
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Youth Hostel Hampnäs (Please note that this site is in Swedish only)
Hostel rooms: single room 345 SEK/night (including linen and breakfast)
Tourism in and around Örnsköldsvik
In addition to what the town itself has to offer, Örnsköldsvik is also the gateway to the beautiful Swedish High Coast. If you wish to explore the area or the town, the municipalitiy's tourism page is a good starting point.In addition, two information leaflets are also available as pdf files, here and here.
