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Svartöstaden, Luleå — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Svartöstaden is a district on the south-eastern side of Luleå, the coastal city in north-eastern Sweden.
About Svartöstaden
Where to stay in Svartöstaden
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Beds are very few here. Svartöstaden is a small residential quarter of old wooden houses rather than a lodging one, so most visitors book in central Luleå and come out to the south-east to walk the timber streets. If you want to be near that historic grid by the water, this quiet corner of the city gives a base apart from the centre.
About Svartöstaden
What are the main landmarks in Svartöstaden?
The old timber streets are the draw. Svartöstaden keeps a tight grid of wooden houses on the south-eastern side of Luleå, a quarter whose own fabric stands as its landmark by the Baltic coast. There is no grand monument here.
For the city's wider sights the centre of Luleå lies a short way off to the north-west, beyond the neighbouring districts of Björkskatan and Mjölkudden across Luleå Municipality.
What is the history of Svartöstaden?
Svartöstaden grew on the city's south-eastern shore. Workers' housing gathered here in a tight grid of wooden streets as Luleå spread toward the water, and the quarter kept its old timber character while the rest of the city built up in newer ways. It stayed small and distinct.
The south-eastern edge of Luleå became Svartöstaden, a district of the municipality set apart from Björkskatan and the wider reaches of Norrbotten County.
Where is Svartöstaden?
Svartöstaden holds the south-eastern side of Luleå. It is a small district set close to the water, with the larger quarter of Björkskatan rising away to the north and Mjölkudden over on the city's north-western headland, so the streets here keep to a tight grid near the Baltic coast. The whole of it lies within Luleå Municipality, the seat of Norrbotten County in north-eastern Sweden.
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Updated July 2026