Located west of modern Luleå the central church is flanked by 404 wooden cottages that church-goers from all over the region used to get to Sunday's mass. Gammelstaden is on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1996.
Gammelstaden
In the far north of Sweden lies a formal coastal church village from the 1300s. Due to lower sealevels Gammelstaden is now situated inland.