HOLMSUND, 1:39 AM - At least four cars caught fire at about 12:15 this morning -- just over an hour ago -- on Solskenet, a street in central Holmsund. This comes after a weekend when two sets of car fires and a house fire led police to suspect that a wave of arson is hitting Umeå.
Update: full coverage here.
The first person has died in Umeå due to coronavirus, regional officials have said. He or she — gender was not specified — was in his or her 80s and in intensive care, and died … Read the full article
Umeå's yearly Brännbollsyran event, which draws tens of thousands of guests and combines the world championships of the sport of brännboll with a music festival, has been postponed from May until September 3 to 5, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
