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Centrum, Umeå

Coordinates: 63°49′37″N 20°15′52″E / 63.82694°N 20.26444°E / 63.82694; 20.26444
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Centrum
Residential area
Rådhusesplanaden
Rådhusesplanaden
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Coordinates: 63°49′37″N 20°15′52″E / 63.82694°N 20.26444°E / 63.82694; 20.26444
CountrySweden
ProvinceVästerbotten
CountyVästerbotten County
MunicipalityUmeå Municipality
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Centrum is a residential area in Umeå, Sweden.

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Centrum has a skate park, Sparken, adjacent to the Hamnmagasinet and Ume River. The park was finished in 2009 and was then the first part of a major infrastructural project in Umeå reshaping large parts of the city center, called the "City between the bridges" (Staden mellan broarna). The park won the Swedish Association of Architects Upper Norrland's Architecture Prize in 2012.[1] The park is around 20 meters wide and 120 meters long.[2] The park's name, which translates to The kicker in English, came from a contest.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Skateparken "Sparken", Umeå" (in Swedish). Sveriges Arkitekter. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Vanliga frågor om Sparken" (in Swedish). Umea.se. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Sparken - Umeås nya skatepark" (in Swedish). 13 May 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
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