Gammelstaden

Gammelstad - this church town in the north of Sweden, located near Lulea. As a historical and architectural monument, he was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.

Gammelstad was founded in the 12th century. While the majority of Swedish villages were missing their own parishes. To the nearest church, they had to get through the day and return home, they did not have time. So the churches were built around the small wooden houses in which parishioners could come from afar to sleep. This is how the whole city.

To date, nearly Gammelstada old church, built in the 14th century, built 424 wooden houses, designed for 555 guests.