Haga is a residential area in

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, immediately north of the centre and the railroad passing Umeå.

History

Haga is one of the oldest residential areas in Umeå, established in the late 19th century. From being an area sparsely populated by a few farmers, the relocation of the

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to Umeå (1893), and the first link to the national railroad network (1896), raised the need for central housing. Railroad workers and

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s began to move into what then was perceived as Umeå's first

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. As Umeå has grown, the 21st century Haga is one of the most central districts, with a variety of (mostly small)

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s, a few

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s, and several

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s. Defined by a majority of buildings from the 1940s and 1950s, the district still has a small town aura, not so common in later built areas of Umeå.

Sports facilities

The

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Gammliavallen Gammliavallen is a multi-purpose stadium in Umeå, Sweden. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Umeå IK, Umeå FC and Team TG FF. The stadium holds 10,000 people. The sports complex also ...

built 1925 has since been rebuilt and is now accompanied by a pair of

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s – for

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and more – and a

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Hagamannen

A series of assaults on women took place in Haga in the late 1990s. The perpetrator became known as Hagamannen.

References

External links

Haga
at Umeå Municipality Umeå {{västerbotten-geo-stub