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ICEHOTEL Jukkasjärvi
The world's first ice hotel, rebuilt each winter from ice harvested from the Torne River near Kiruna in Swedish Lapland.
16 km · about 30 min drive
Norrbotten, Sweden · Europe
Kiruna is worth a stop: 1 hours from Malmberget, 16km from ICEHOTEL Jukkasjärvi.
Kiruna is a town located in Norrbotten, Sweden. With a population of 17,037, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Kiruna sits in Sweden, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Stockholm time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Kiruna to your route.
Kiruna (Swedish: [ˈkǐːrʉna]; Northern Sami: Giron [ˈkiron]; Finnish: Kiiruna [ˈkiːrunɑ]; Meänkieli: Kieruna) 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 (population: 23,167 in 2016) in Norrbotten County. The city wasRead more
originally built in the 1890s to serve the Kiruna mine.
The Esrange space center was established in Kiruna in the 1960s. Also in Kiruna are the Institute of Space Physics and Luleå University of Technology's Department of Space Science.
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Kiruna is located in Norrbotten, Sweden, Europe. The coordinates are 67.8557 latitude, 20.2251 longitude.
Kiruna has a population of approximately 17,037 people, making it a town in Sweden.
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The world's first ice hotel, rebuilt each winter from ice harvested from the Torne River near Kiruna in Swedish Lapland.
16 km · about 30 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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