The Winter Festival in Östersund:

Cold meets Warmth, Darkness meets Light


See all events at the festival here

The first Winter Festival was held in 2008, and again in 2010. And for the third time, between the 27th of January and 5th of February 2012, Östersund will once again host The Winter Festival, this time in connection with Championship Week (SM-veckan).

The town square will be occupied by a gleaming rainbow castle inspired by Islamic architecture and Gothic cathedrals when the Luminarium, Amozozo, visits our latitude for the first time. This year’s lightshows, and the entire festival, is characterized by participation and interactivity. Here you can play and work out with light, or project your own gigantic portrait with The Gigantomat. During this Winter Festival Östersund will be groundbreaking when Sweden’s first cable park on snow is inaugurated just a stone’s throw from the city centre. There you can experience OSD Cable Mayhem, a sensational jibbing event composed of music, fire and eye-catching lighting. But The Winter Festival is also a variety of performances and concerts in both warm parlours and on chilly, icy terrain; it’s about stargazing, yoiking, accessible, locally grown food and much more.

The Winter Festival is organised by Storsjöyran Evenemang AB on behalf of Östersund Municipality, with a wide cooperation of large and small, local and national players. Jämtkraft is the Prime Sponsor of The Winter Festival.



Accommodations & transportation

Östersund Tourist & Convention can provide you with information on lodging and travel to Östersund, Sweden.

Tel +46 (0) 63-14 40 01 Email: turistbyran@ostersund.se website http://www.visitostersund.se



Press

Press images and press information can be obtained from Storsjöyran Events.

Pictures from the Winter Festival

Photos are free to use in conjunction with editorials regarding The Winter Festival. 

Winter Festival on Flickr
Winter Festival on Youtube

Organization of the festival
Storsjöyran is responsible for the programme and are the technical organizers of the festival.

E-mail: vinterfestivalen@storsjoyran.se

Telephone: +46 (0) 63-120076


Persons in charge of Storsjöyran
Project Manager: Stefan Kauppi, stefan.kauppi@storsjoyran.se

Head of Organization: Janne Carlsson, janne.carlsson@storsjoyran.se

Culture and Recreation Programme: Andrea Wiktorsson, andrea@storsjoyran.se


The main organizer of the Winter Festival is Östersund municipality and they can be reached by email: Infobyran@ostersund.se or telephone: 063 14:30 00