Your Guide TO KIRUNA IN Swedish Lapland - TravelPeople

Welcome to KIrunain Swedish LaplandHello, How nice that you’re looking in our travel guide right now. We hope it will fillyou with inspiration and curiosity to travel to Kiruna.There are so many reasons to come and see us up here in the North. Well, thelocation itself is quite cool. If you follow our latitude, 67° N, round the world, you’lldiscover that it runs through uninhabited wilderness on much of the globe – Kirunahas quite an extraordinary geographical location.We also have many extraordinary things to offer, apart from the location. Howabout the world’s biggest underground iron-ore mine, the Icehotel, Sami culture andthe impending city move? Yes, soon we’ll start moving our houses to the new Kiruna.Kiruna Church, several turn-of-the-century houses and Kiruna’s cultural cradleHjalmar Lundbohmsgården are on the list of buildings that will move to what will bethe new Kiruna – an exciting upheaval.But, above all, we have fantastic nature – wild, beautiful and unspoilt with highmountains and deep forests, free-flowing rivers and no less than 6200 lakes – naturewith magnificent views and magical details from which to take inspiration andstrength. And in the summer, it’s light 24 hours a day as the midnight sun shines, sothere is more summer here with us.These are just some of the many reasons to visit Kiruna Lapland, you’ll find evenmore in this guide.So, welcome to us. Welcome to Kiruna!cover photograph: Johan Ylitalo/Krauz&Co. • translated by: Gothia TranslationsProduCtion Kiruna Lappland Ek. Förening in collaboration with Krauz&Co. • PRINT: GTC Print AB