Piteå is an active town with a wide range of sports and swimming facilities. Piteå is one of the municipalities with most grass football pitches in Sweden. The facilities are run by the municipality and to a large extent by the associations.
There are also great opportunities for those who wish to practise outdoor pursuits.
With our many and extensive cycleways, and tracks on the slopes, there are excellent opportunities to exercise and feel good in summer and winter. Enjoy the exercise tracks on Grisberget and Strömlida, or go for a gentle jog by Nördfjärden and Fårösundet.
Vallsberget
Vallsberget is a skiing and winter sports centre. It has three slopes with two lifts and a children’s area with its own lift. There are also several tracks for cross-country skiing, 6 km of which are illuminated.
Piteå’s public swimming pools.
Piteå has swimming and sports halls in Öjebyn, Hortlax and Munksund.
There is a broad and varied range of activities, for example, public swimming, aquarobics, strength training, gym, exercise swimming, baby swimming, mini-swimming, swimming schools, relaxation days, ice-rescue training, and hire of swimming and sports halls for private arrangements. There are also swimming lessons for the municipality’s children in compulsory school.
Öjebyn Sports Centre and Pool, telephone +46 (0)911-69 63 90
Hortlax Sports Centre and Pool, telephone +46 (0)911-69 74 15
Munksund Swimming Pool, telephone +46 (0)911-69 64 26
The bowling alley
The bowling alley is located in the Norrmalmia building. As well as bowling, there is a sauna, relaxation area, food and drink.
Golf courses
Piteå Golfklubb, one of the world’s northernmost 27-hole courses, is just 2 km from the centre of Piteå.
The course is split into an 18-hole course, with many challenging holes near to the waters of Norra Stadsfjärden, which have influenced the difficulty of the course, and a 9-hole parkland course.
There is a short course at Piteå Havsbad with nine short but challenging holes to suit young and old.
The greens at Norrstrand offer minigolf and Frisbee golf.
Gym
There are many options for exercise and strength training with gyms to suit all types of training, whether you are experienced or a beginner.
