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Vidsel Destination Guide

Discover Vidsel in Sweden

Vidsel in the region of Norrbotten with its 569 habitants is a town located in Sweden - some 457 mi or ( 735 km ) North of Stockholm , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Vidsel

Local time in Vidsel is now 03:53 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Stockholm " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Vistheden, Vistbacken, Skellefteå, Piteå, and Manjarv. When in this area, you might want to check out Vistheden . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Vidsel ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Storforsen

3:49 min by Christopher Riggs
Views: 546 Rating: 5.00

Taking you on a trip around Storforsen near Vidsel, Sweden. ..

Storforsen Vidsel Älvsby Sverige 2011-08-13

6:21 min by johesa1
Views: 482 Rating: 5.00

Euroopan suurin vapaa koski, putouskorkeus 82 mn 300 m matkalla. Merkittävä turistikohde Älvsbyn kunnassa Norrbottenin läänissä. ..


Storforsen! no people... but many water

2:12 min by Kelidar
Views: 170 Rating: 0.00

a wonderful morning in the swedisch wild nature... rock on... bästa rock... ;) ..

Storforsen, July 17th, 2012

1:42 min by Frida Egerlid
Views: 97 Rating: 0.00

Location: Storforsen, Piteälven, Älvsbyn, Norrbotten, Sweden Camera: Canon PowerShot S100 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Storforsen

Storforsen, a rapid in the Pite River in Swedish Norrbottens län is located approximately 38 km northwest of Älvsbyn. With an average flow of 250 m/s, the rapids are one of the biggest in Europe. The rapids stretch out over a distance of 5 km in which the riverbed is lowered by 82 metres. Flow usually is highest at midsummer: 870 m/s. During the floodyear 1995 a total of 1200 cubic metres flowed down Storforsen each second.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 65.85 20.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Pite River basin, Rapids, Rivers of Sweden

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Vidsel