Kiruna

Kiruna is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality in Norrbotten County. Wikipedia

Population 17,284 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Sweden

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Sweden
Daylight 0 h in Dec · 24 h in Jun
  1. January: 3 h 17 of daylight
  2. February: 7 h 51 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 34 of daylight
  4. April: 15 h 38 of daylight
  5. May: 20 h 11 of daylight
  6. June: 24 h of daylight
  7. July: 24 h of daylight
  8. August: 17 h 29 of daylight
  9. September: 13 h 19 of daylight
  10. October: 9 h 28 of daylight
  11. November: 5 h 12 of daylight
  12. December: 0 h of daylight

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Kiruna Snow Festival

    January

    (Snöfestivalen) in January

  2. Arctic Light Film Festival

    November

    (commonly: Filmfestivalen) in mid November

2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Kiruna); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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