Åre Bergbana is a

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located in

Åre Åre () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 3,200 inhabitants in 2018. It is, however, not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpe ...

, Jämtland County, Sweden. It is long and runs between the town square at

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and the hotel ''Fjällgården'' at amsl. The funicular was built as the first fixed link up to the

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by Von Roll from 1908 to 1910 at a cost of 230,000 SEK and inaugurated 7 March 1910. Åre Bergbana has enjoyed the status of byggnadsminne (listed building) since 22 August 2008. This includes the funicular itself, the two station buildings, a park and the so-called ''Grottan'' () — the street going from the town square station to the old railway station.

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