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thumb|Bridge in Vänortsparken thumb|Outdoor training in Vänortsparken Vänortsparken (), is a park in central Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden.

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thumb|Bridge in Vänortsparken thumb|Outdoor training in Vänortsparken Vänortsparken (), is a park in central Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden.

==History== The park was constructed in 1858 on the initiative of the Umeå Garden Society (which was founded in 1851). However, the park was destroyed by a devastating town fire in 1888. It was rebuilt and it got its present shape and present name in 1985 after a major reconstruction. At that time a man-made stream in the eastern and northern parts was added to the greenery and paved and furnished spots were dedicated to the six twin towns of Umeå. These spots were decorated with artifacts that symbolize each town: Helsingør in Denmark, Vaasa in Finland, Petrozavodsk in Russia, Harstad in Norway, Würzburg in Germany and Saskatoon in Canada.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vänorts Park” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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