Kiruna (Swedish Lapland) — Attraction in Kiruna kommun

Kiruna is a beautiful town in the north of Sweden. It is famous for Iron mine, Esrange Space Center, winter snow activities and Ice Hotel is not far away either. If you are looking for Northern Lights then there are lot of tour groups that take you to the locations where you can spot or capture Northern Lights. Some times there are chances that you are able to see the Northern Lights from the city itself if they are strong. Depending on the season you there might be a possibility that the tour groups are fully booked. If you are planning something really specific then book in advance or you can always visit Tourist Information centre and they help you to book a tour based on your interest and availability of the tour group. Camp Ripan and many other another locations can help you to book a tour group as well. This small town of 17,000 people has a lot to offer for winter activities and for summer as well. There are lot of activities for everyone so come prepared to...

There is a mine tour you can get tickets for at Folkets Hus or online. The bus leaves from Folkets Hus and drives you into the visitors' mine. We had a very knowledgeable tour guide and host, Gunbritt, who did an impressive one-woman-show for the whole tour - giving us information, preparing coffee and cookies, leading us through the mine. You learn about the history of the mine, the relationship between LKAB and the town of Kiruna, and how mining is done today. You get to see some machines and understand (superficially) how they work. :-) You will never forget that they blast in the mine at 1:30am every night. And it's amazing how the whole town centre of Kiruna will have to be moved because of the risk of collapse of the land due to the mining. The history of the town is being written today, intertwined with that...

Be aware this place is a tourist trap: very expensive activities which leave a lot to the imagination. Unfortunately our activities were poorly organized and it was almost imbarassing to be in those as you could see that the guides are not trained.

Do not come here in general, but especially not by train - our train was 15 hours delayed and at our arrival it was impossible to get a transfer as the hotel wasn’t answering, taxis neither (after midnight). We were lucky enough to meet a kind man who drove us otherwise we would have been out in the night at -20.

It’s just a place that attracts tourist because it’s so far out and it looks like you can experience the traditional life here but it’s only a fake image of it, that you need to pay a lot of money for. ( 20 min taxi is 60 euro...