Holmsund

17km/10.5mi southeast of Umeå is its outer harbor, Holmsund (large sawmills). From here there are ferries to Vaasa in Finland and to the island of Holmö (swimming pool; Stora Fjäderägg nature reserve). Holmsund lies on the "Blue Highway", which cuts across E 4 and E 79 to the west of Umeå and runs through the magnificent scenery of southern Lapland into Norway, following the Umeälv, on which there are numerous rapids.