Saturday morning coffee ride, Scandic Plaza.
The event program begins in the morning on Saturday the 13th of June with a guided coffee ride to Lake Tavelsjö and Tavelsjö Inn, followed by a buffet dinner in the afternoon at Brännland Inn. If you’ve ordered a cycling jersey or t-shirt, they can be picked up after the buffet dinner.
The brevet starts from Brännland Inn in the evening on Sunday the 14th of June. Participants who have checked out from their hotels gather at Brännland Inn during the day. If you were staying at Scandic Plaza, bring walking shoes and make an excurision to nearby attractions. Volunteers will return your walking shoes to the hotel in the evening. If you need more sleep, take a nap in the quiet room at Brännland Inn. Here, a late lunch is served at 15:00, and later on at 19:00 an evening meal. If you need to make adjustments to your bike you’ll find a bike mechanic here during the afternoon. The first start group departs from Brännland Inn at 23:02. You can choose a start group at sign-in which starts at 20:00.
On returning from your ride, visit the french pâtisserie Laure’s Fika for a coffee and a Soleil de minuit. Check your email for a free voucher when arriving to Umeå. The event program ends in the afternoon on Friday the 19th of June, the day after the ride, with a traditional Swedish Midsummer celebration in Norrmjöle, a small village by the sea.
Saturday 13 June
Coffee Ride 10:00-14:00
Getting to the start location
Long-term Parking
Buffet Dinner 17:00-20:00
Sunday 14 June
Umeå Scandic Plaza 12:00
Bike Shop 13:00-15:00
Brännland Inn 13:00-23:02
Lunch 15:00-16:00
Evening Meal 19:00-21:00
Sign-in 20:00
Start 23:02-00:02
Playlists MSR 2026
Post Ride
Pâtisserie Laure’s Fika
Bike wash
Sightseeing in and around Umeå
Friday 19 June
Swedish Midsummer Celebration 11:00-15:00
SATURDAY 13 JUNE
Coffee Ride 10:00 – 14:00
On the day before the event, participants arriving early to Umeå will have the opportunity to take part in a guided coffee ride to Tavelsjö Inn, 33 km from Umeå city centre. The group ride will start from the hotel Umeå Scandic Plaza at 10:00 and ride at a leisurely pace, allowing plenty of time to enjoy the scenery. This ride will give you the opportunity to check that you bike is in order, and if not then you’ll also know where to find a good bike mechanic.
The route follows the same roads that you will be taking the next day to the start location Brännland Inn, and Lake Tavelsjö is on the last stretch of the MSR course, so this group ride also allows you to familiarise yourself with the final turns of your ride.
Sign up for the coffee ride when you make your final registration to the event. If you have any questions about the ride, please send an email to info@midnightsunrandonnee.se.
Getting to the start location
Brännland Inn is situated in the village Brännland, 10 kilometers west of Umeå. Cycling up to Brännland from the centre of Umeå takes around half an hour, see route. This route includes a detour to the bike shop Umeå Cykelsport (open on Sunday). If your have time and don’t mind cycling on gravel roads and cycling paths there is also a scenic route to Brännland which follows the Ume River.
Bike: Umeå-Brännland / Scenic route Umeå – Brännland
Bus: Nr 15, Umeå Vasaplan (bus stop K) to Brännland Ö E12. (16:28-16:44, 16 min.)
Taxi: +46 90-911 91, +46 90-77 00 00, +46 90-100 100
Car: Umeå-Brännland (same as bike route exempting the bike path in Brännnland). Free parking.
Long-term Parking
Participants travelling to Umeå by car or campervan will find long-term parking in Umeå, available from Friday the 12th to Friday the 19th of June.
Buffet Dinner 17:00 – 20:00
Please join us on Saturday the 13th of June, the day before the event, for a pre-booked buffet dinner at Brännland Inn which starts at 17:00. The dinner provides an excellent opportunity to meet fellow participants and make new friends before the event starts. At the dinner you can also pick up and try on your pre-orded cycling jersey or t-shirt. There will be a few extra jerseys available if you need to change size. Dinner tickets are 38 €. Family and friends are welcome! Casual attire.
BUFFET DINNER MENU
Roast beef
BBQ-grilled Carré sausage with Västerbotten cheese
Västerbotten pie
Pasta salad with sun-dried tomato and olives
Creamy potato salad
Mixed green salad
Coleslaw
Tomato salad
Marinated vegetables
Bread and butter
Coffee/Tea and Cookies
SUNDAY 14 JUNE
Umeå Scandic Plaza 12:00
Check out time is 12:00 if your staying at Umeå Scandic Plaza. If you have booked a room at the hotel after the event, your bike box and luggage will be stored in a separate locked luggage room for MSR-participants until you return from your ride.
Bike shop 13:00 – 15:00
For last minute purchases and bike service, head to the bike shop Umeå Cykelsport on Skiftesvägen 6B. The bike shop is normally closed on weekends but will be open for MSR-particiants between 13:00 and 15:00 on Sunday.
The mechanic, Jan-Eric, will be available at Brännlands Inn later on in the day to assist participants arriving by car who are assembling their bikes there. You’ll also find Jan-Eric at the start location later in the evening before start. Apart from a tool kit he also has a bike pump with preasure gauge.
Brännland Inn 13:00 – 23:02
Food and rest is provided for at the start location Brännland Inn from 13:00 until start in the evening. If you want to take a nap during the day our quiet room with air mattresses is located in a building next to the Inn.
If you’re staying at Scandic Plaza, bring a bag with walking shoes and take a stroll down to the Ume River to inspect glacial potholes in the rocks on the riverbank. Your bag will be returned to the hotel later on in the evening (tick the box ”Bag drop to Scandic Plaza” in the registration form).
Lunch 15:00 – 16:00
If you made the choice when registering a late lunch (included in the entry fee) will be served at Brännland Inn between 15:00 and 16:00.
LUNCH MENU
Kaiserschmarrn (scrambled pancakes) with icing sugar and blueberry jam.
For late arrivals, pre-ordered MSR-jerseys can be picked up at Brännland Inn. There may also be a few jerseys and t-shirts on sale in the evening before start.
Evening Meal 19:00 – 21:00
If you made the choice when registering, an evening meal (included in entry fee) will be served at Brännland Inn between 19:00 and 21:00. Treats such as waffles with cloudberry jam and whipped cream can be purchased separately during the entire evening.
EVENING MEAL MENU
Baked chicken fillet
Sausages
Bulgur salad
Pasta salad, two varieties
Creamy potato salad
Mixed green salad
Bean salad
Coleslaw
Garlic cream
Bread and butter
Coffee/Tea
Sign-in 20:00 – 23:02
After dinner starting at 20:00 you can sign in, pick up your brevet card and choose your start group. Please also check that your virtual brevet card, the eBrevet web app, is working on your phone. If you have problems you’ll find help at the registry. At the sign-in you may also find a few MSR-jerseys and t-shirts on sale.
Start 23:02 – 00:02
Starting at sunset 23:02, groups of 15 cyclists will depart from Brännlands Inn in five-minute intervals. You will be assigned to a starting group when you sign in at the start location on a first come, first served basis. Sign-in starts at 20:00.
PLAYLISTS MSR 2025
Playlist – Apple Music
Playlist – Spotify
POST RIDE
After the ride, hand in your brevet card to be stamped a final time and pick up your post ride meal box at the Scandic Plaza reception desk. Don’t forget to check in at the final control in the eBrevet web app. When you’re rested come down to the hotel lobby to meet other riders and share stories with eachother from the ride.
Pâtisserie Laure’s Fika
Please visit the french pâtisserie Laure’s Fika next to Umeå Central Station for a coffee and a Soleil de minuit, our own adaptation of the famous pastry Paris–Brest. A Soleil de Minuit looks like the original but instead of the traditional hazelnut mousseline cream filling our Crème mousseline contains cloudberries, native to cool temperate regions such as Scandinavia. For our part this circular pastry not only represents a wheel but also the Midnight Sun!
Check your email when arriving to Umeå! You’ll receive a digital voucher for a coffee and a Soleil de minuit at Laure’s Fika during you stay in Umeå. Laure’s Fika has the following opening hours:
| Monday | 11:00 – 16:30 |
| Tuesday – Thursday | 10:30 – 16:30 |
| Friday | 10:00 – 16:30 |
| Saturday | 10:00 – 16:00 |
| Sunday | Closed |
Bike Wash
Wash your bike before you leave at Umeå Garage which is located at the west end of Kungsgatan, the pedestrian street in the city center. You will also find an air compressor bike pump here to pump your tires before the ride.
Sightseeing in and around Umeå
If you’re arriving to Umeå before the weekend or staying a few days after the event, you may find options for sightseeing and family excursions around Umeå on these sites: Visit Umeå, Västerbottens Museum, Bildmuseet.
If you want to explore the countryside around Umeå by bike and don’t mind a few kilometres on gravel roads, we recommend a visit to the dam at the Stornorrfors hydroelectric power station. Below the dam, you can see the fish ladder, and further dowmstream there is a viewing platform overlooking the rapids at the Salmon Jump. Bring your walking shoes!
On the other side of the river you can also see rock carvings and marvel over the post-glacial land uplift that is still ongoing in this part of the world. When the rock carvings were created around 4 000 years ago these cliffs were situated by the sea! To see the rock carvings you must cross the river via the road on the dam. From the dam, a gravel road leads down to the rock carvings. Also here walking shoes will come in handy. Visit Ume Älvdal for more information.
Get to the Storrnorrfors dam via the sightseeing route (see map above) or take the scenic route from Scandic Plaza which follows the north side of the Ume River. On both routes you’ll pass by Umeås oldest church, Backen Church, which has roots in the middle-ages. There has been a church on this site since the 13th century and a church built of stone since 1508. You’ll also pass a small suspension bridge which leads to Umeå Energy Centre on the south side of the river, where you’ll find Umeås first hydroelectric power plant built in 1899; now a museum. Here you’ll also find a café.
On the slope overlooking Arboretum Norr, you can visit Baggböle Manor, which was completed in 1846 as the manager’s residence for the Baggböle sawmill on the river below, whose foundations still remain and now house an art installation. The water-powered sawmill was built in 1819 and closed around 1897.
Along the southern shore of the Ume River and within view of downtown Umeå you’ll find the Böle Islands, a recreation area within walking distance of the city centre. Here you can also take a swim and sunbathe on a beach. From the northern shore, you can reach the Böle Islands via a suspension bridge.
In Umeå, the cultural history museum Västerbotten’s Museum is located at Gammlia, a recreation area and cultural heritage site, approximately two kilometres north east of the city centre (see map). The museum houses permanent and temporary exhibitions displaying historical objects, works of art, photographs, films and more. Opening hours: Tuesday–Friday 10:00–17:00. Saturday-Sunday 11:00–17:00, Mondays Closed. Free Admission. Address: Helena Elisabeths väg 3, Umeå.
The art museum Bildmuseet is situated next to the Ume River approximately one kilometre downstream from the city centre (see map). Bildmuseet is one of Sweden’s leading venues for international contemporary art, a part of Umeå University and the public heart of its Arts campus. The exhibitions are produced in collaboration with artists, museums and universities worldwide, and often attract both national and international attention. Opening hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12:00-17:00 Monday-Tuesday Closed. Free Admission. Address: Östra strandgatan 30B, Umeå.
FRIDAY 19 JUNE
Swedish Midsummer Celebration 11:00 – 15:00
If you’re staying in Umeå on Midsummer’s Eve you’re welcome to join us for a traditional Midsummer celebration with a maypole, folk music, games and a picnic in the village of Norrmjöle situated on the coast about 21 km from Umeå.
A guided group will ride to Norrmjöle from Umeå Scandic Plaza, departing at 11:00. After the celebration ends around 15:00, some participants will start riding back to Umeå. Others may stay a little longer and head down to sea, to visit one of the three beaches in the area.
If you don’t want to cycle, there is also a bus connection to Norrmjöle from Umeå Vasaplan in the city centre, The bus from Umeå city centre departs from bus stop M. Buy bus tickets here. Choose Umeå Vasaplan – Norrmjöle Bygdegård, Umeå. The journey will take around 30 minutes. From Norrmjöle Bygdegård it’s a five minute walk on Skatenvägen to the site where the Midsummer celebration takes place.
