Destinations of Swedish Lapland Luleå winter/spring-winter 2015/16 ENG

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Gammelstad Church Town:

20 years as a World Heritage Site

Ice cold sounds Ice Music is played on ice instruments

the islands of swedish lapland lots of activities on the frozen sea

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FROM LIGHT NORTHER N S TO SPRIN INTENSE G SUN

Luleå’s sense of snow and winter s u r ro u n d e d by t h e f ro z e n sea ice, powdered with pure white snow, Luleå invites you to partake in winter fun and games, both indoors and outdoors. Use all your senses when you explore the city on the coast of the Bay of Bothnia. Experience the smell of snow, listen to the sound of your steps creaking on snowy ground, turn your eyes to the winter night and watch the northern lights dancing in the sky. Discover the many faces of winter. Midwinter, in December, January and February, often offers plenty of snow, whilst the spring-winter in 2

March and April gives you shining sun and pleasant tours on skis or by snowmobile, on the ice or in the forest.

In Luleå, both city life and outdoor living are always close. How about five-star hotels with spa facilities, gourmet restaurants, cafés and theatres.

There is also Kulturens Hus with both a concert hall and an art gallery and sports arenas for professional ice hockey and basketball. There are really good shopping opportunities, the Gammelstad World Heritage Site, and a warm, welcoming DE ST I NAT I ONS OF SW E DI S H L A PL A ND LU L EÅ

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environment. All of this, just a stone’s throw from forests and nature. Really close, yes, in the centre of town, you must try walking or ice skating on the frozen water, along the ice track that is ploughed from the North to the South Harbour. We recommend taking a detour to the nearby island Gråsjälören. There might be a fire burning by one of the wind shelters, a perfect place to stop and rest and maybe grill a sausage.

You’re beginning to see it now: we who live in Luleå like the winter, we only see good things in

the snow and the cold. We even perform music played on ice instruments – check out Ice Music.

The cold also helps us to attract business – for instance, the world famous company Facebook chose to establish their first datacentre outside the USA here in Luleå, thanks in part to our cold climate.

At Luleå University of Technology, world leading research in the area is being done.

Welcome to fall in love with winter here in Luleå.

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Experiencing nature whilst gliding on cross-country skis, almost without a sound, at a fast or a slow pace, is just part of everyday life for many people living in Luleå. Illuminated tracks let you ski even when it’s dark outside. The most extensive track system can be found at Ormberget, about 4 kilometres from central Luleå, with tracks for both beginners, leisure skiers and professionals, track lengths varying between 1.5 and 10 kilometres. Other illuminated cross-country tracks can be found at Mjölkuddsberget, Bergnäset, Gammelstad and Sunderbyn, as well as in the Råne River Valley. If you would rather make your own tracks, we recommend skiing on the frozen Lule River or on the ice in the archipelago, often no more than a couple hundred meters from your hotel. The local Tourist Center can help you further.

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CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING

You can glide through flat terrain or pole through rugged landscapes, try your strength on steep slopes and find new challenges in the curves. No matter what you prefer, you can be sure there is a ski trail for you in Luleå.

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Only a stone’s throw FROM THE CITY TO THE FOREST

The Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis, shrouded in magic and mystery, are the visible reaction of particles from the sun colliding with parts of the outer atmosphere, following the whims of the solar winds. The sparkling light experience in green, blue and sometimes even red, then sweeps over the dark night sky. No matter where you go, there is no guarantee of seeing the Northern Lights on a certain date, but the chances are greatest from October to March. The Northen Lights can appear at any time of year but are easiest to see during long winter nights when the weather is clear. Travel away from the artificial city lights and you will have a much more intense experience. Download the Aurora Forecast app, available for both iPhone and Android, to get information on which nights it might be worth staying up for a little while longer.

Magical Northern Lights

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c o m e a lo n g i n t o t h e f o r e s t , it’s right around the corner, and we can make our own tracks in the untouched snow. With skis on your feet and snow to carry you, you can travel a bit farther than on bare ground, turning the winter adventure into an expedition. Snowshoes or a snowmobile works just as well. The winter forest is something special, everything is white and fluffy, and all sounds are dampened. It feels safe somehow, caring. If you would rather whizz past on fast running skis on well prepared tracks, you have many miles to explore here in Luleå.

By the way, have you tried skiing at night? Gliding along well-lit tracks, embraced by darkness and with a cool breeze on your face, is magical.

You become one with the forest.

Maybe you will get to see fresh elk tracks, maybe you will send a white hare running, meet curious squirrels or a sly fox sneaking between the tree trunks.

The forest that surrounds the town is old winter grazing country for the Sami communities by the Lule River. Large herds of reindeer feed out on the islands of the archipelago and if you’re lucky, you might get to meet a lone, roaming reindeer. Not far from Luleå, in Flakaberg, you can visit a Forest Sámi family, meet reindeer up close and learn more about Sámi culture.

Come – let’s head into the woods!

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JUST DO IT

Walk on water that the Bay of Bothnia and Lule River that surrounds Luleå, freeze during the winter? Yes, it’s really true. The sea ice turns into a gigantic events arena for winter adventures both large and small. Try the local mode of transportation kick-sledding, go touring on ice skates, glide through the winter world on skis (no uphill or downhill slopes here), or try ice fishing, snowmobiling or dogsledding.

In order to really enjoy the outdoors in the winter, it is important to dress properly. Especially if you’re taking part in some physical activity: Think layer-on-layer and use wool or some other material that keeps you dry, closest to your body. A warm down jacket is a great outer layer when it’s really cold outside. Don’t forget warm shoes, gloves and headwear.

In the Luleå Archipelago, with over 1,000 islands, many miles of winter roads are ploughed, a service for both residents and visitors. Experience the feeling of travelling by car between the islands. Stop at the weekend waffle café at Jopikgården on Hindersön, talk to the islanders and marvel at the fact that in just a few months, the surrounding waters will be full of boats. Listen to the silence and feel the calm, rest your eyes right where the horizon meets the sky and fill up with energy from the vast, white vistas. There is plenty of room to just be, to let your mind run free and feel right at home.

The ice track that is ploughed around the town centre, from the North to the South Harbour, is loved by residents and visitors alike. Become one of the crowd of people on a sunny winter’s day, when everyone goes outside to go ice skating, skiing, kick-sledding, grilling, sunbathing, socialising and just having a great time together. Afterwards, when your cheeks are rosy after a day of fresh air and activity, you will fall asleep, tired but satisfied in your bed. Ah, that is wellbeing. d i d yo u k n ow

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Daring to drive over the ice in the archipelago sounds unbelievable to many. For people living in Luleå, however, the ability to travel by car between the islands of the archipelago, is a big part of winter life. Driving on the ice is risk free as long as you stay on the ploughed ice roads. The stability of the ice is regularly checked by test drilling. The ice roads normally open at the end of January or early February, depending on weather and cold. Clear signage shows if the ice roads are temporarily closed and when the season is over. Contact the Tourist Information Office or read more at www.lulea.se for more information about recommendations and safety on the ice roads.

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Take the car out into the archipelago

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Cool winter fishing From the North and South Harbours of Luleå, you can often spot people sitting alone on the ice for hours on end. What do you think they are doing out there?

They are fishing! The trick is to first drill a hole through the frozen water, which will give you full access to the fish below.

Pimpling is a Swedish word for ice fishing and when the rays of the early spring sun warms you, sitting on a reindeer pelt, it is a very relaxing activity where the catch is not always the greatest reward. Try ice fishing/pimpling via guided tours from Brändön Lodge or in the Råne River Valley. Or buy a simple ice fishing rod at a sports store and go looking for an existing hole that hasn’t frozen over yet. Fishing licences can be bought at the Tourist Information Office at Kulturens Hus.

The icebergs of the outer archipelago From Brändön Lodge, there are guided tours by snowmobile or hovercraft to the outer parts of the archipelago. The pack ice, that is, the icebergs that form from the pressure when the open sea meets the coastal ice line of the archipelago, gives you a real feeling of being in the Arctic. The white vistas and the ice formations, sometimes as tall as ten metres, are fascinating.

Break the ice During the winter in Luleå, you can see the large icebreakers, Ale, Atle, Frej, Oden and Ymer parked between their missions. They keep a channel of open water in the ice, for incoming freight ships.

Standing on the ice next to the channel is a thrill in itself.

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DISCOVER THE WORLD’S

coolest orchestra

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If you are thinking about getting married, it is possible to hold a wedding in the ice concert hall, letting the happy couple walk down the aisle whilst the Wedding March is played on ice instruments.

i n lu l e å w e m a k e t h e m o s t of what we have in abundence, and cold, snow and ice is turned into a positive experience and a playground. A good example of this is Ice Music. In the scenic, centrally situated park at Gültzauudden, is a specially designed concert hall built of ice and snow.

An igloo, you might think. Sure, but the great thing about this igloo is that it has a full orchestra playing on instruments made of ice and snow.

Guitars, violins, cello, double bass, xylophone, mandolin, banjo, percussion – all uniquely crafted from ice. When the musicians play, the concert hall and the instruments glow with LED lights in all the colours of the rainbow. Certainly a memorable and different music experience.

If you are curious about the sound of an ice violin, there is only one way to find out about it. The fantastic ice instruments are incredibly fragile, the ice violin for instance, is no thicker than 3 millimetres at its thinnest, and suspended on wires from the ceiling for safety. The creator of Ice Music is the American ice artist Tim Linhart from New Mexico, who now lives in Luleå. For more than 30 years, Tim has worked with making various types of advanced ice sculptures. Over the years, Tim became more and more interested in creating playable instruments from ice and developed the concept. In 2014, Ice Music in Luleå premiered at Gültzauudden and the news of the unique ice concert hall and the ice orchestra has spread all over the world. Here you can enjoy ice concerts of various genres, such as classical music, rock and folk music.

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The concert hall has a constant temperature of five degrees below zero. Dress warmly to enjoy the ice music in the best possible way.

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Swift and silent

FAST PACED ADVENTURES

A guide will meet you at Brändön Lodge for a day out in the archipelago. You will literally be hovering a bit above the ground or the ice when travelling by hovercraft. It whizzes, twists and turns, making the ride a memorable attraction in its own right. By hovercraft, you can travel over the frozen sea out into the archipelago even at times when the ice might not be strong enough to support heavier vehicles. The goal of the excursion can be to see the pack ice in the outer archipelago or a visit to the small island of Brändöskär to visit the old chapel and have a hot beverage. If you step out of the hovercraft onto the frozen ice, you can catch a glimpse of both seals and sea eagles if you’re lucky.

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Hover over the ice

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Would you like to experience speed and excitement along with the dampened sound of paws and runners against snow? Then try dogsledding and feel yourself almost melting into the winter landscape. If you would like to, you could be your own musher. Examples of dogsledding organisers are Bothnia Sleddog Adventures, based at Örarna, north of Luleå and Svedjekojan Husky Farm, south of Luleå. If you like, the adventure can start with you being picked up on the ice in central Luleå, just a short walk from your hotel.

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Snowmobile, the obvious mode of transportation Do as the people of Luleå do and go by snowmobile! No matter if you choose the frozen archipelago or a snug forest environment for your tour, the snowmobile is an excellent wintertime mode of transportation. You travel light and fast and you get really close to nature. When it’s time to take a break, there’s nothing like a hot beverage, or, on longer tours, lunch cooked over an open fire.

You can choose between several different tours, short ones and longer ones with overnight stays for a real winter adventure.

Guided tours are available in areas like Brändön Lodge, the Råne River Valley and Malmens Väg, the old transport route for iron ore.

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Gammelstad Church Town

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WORTH PRESERVING

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Church Town highlights traditional christmas smorgasbord From early December up until Christmas, it is popular to gather friends and family to eat a Swedish Christmas smorgasbord together. Christmas delicacies like ham, herring, salmon, meatballs, Jansson’s temptation and Christmas candy are served. If you would like to experience a traditional Christmas smorgasbord in a historic environment, Kafé Fägnan and Kaptensgården are two good options.

Fantastic food in a cosy environment.

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j u s t o u t s i d e lu l e å you will find Gammelstad Church Town, one of Sweden’s fifteen World Heritage sites on UNESCO’s list of places worth preserving. Gammelstad actually used to be Luleå’s town centre up until the 17th century. The land uplift rendered the Gammelstad harbour too shallow, meaning that in 1649 the city had to move closer to the coast. It was then named Luleå.

Luleå’s history, however, began in Gammelstad. It was mainly the church, the largest late medieval stone church in Northern Sweden that served as a gathering place for the locals. Amazingly, the church was built in 1492, and is still standing to this day in the same place.

Church cottages were built to house churchgoers who came from far away, as regular church attendance was mandated by law in Sweden. Today, there are over 400 church cottages and parish warehouses preserved in Gammelstad Church Town, and the tradition of staying overnight lives on. In 2016, Gammelstad Church Town will celebrate 20 years as a World Heritage Site.

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Living Sámi culture

guided lantern walk

peace and quiet

During the winter, the church town is a quiet place to stroll through. If you would like to experience something out of the ordinary, it is worth booking a guided lantern walk. When darkness falls, one of our guides will take you on a walk through the church town, lit only by the stable lanterns that you are carrying. Lantern walks are booked at the Gammelstad Visitor Centre. There are drop-in walks at fixed times. You can also book a walk in advance.

A visit to Gammelstad Church Town in the winter is something out of the ordinary. It is very calming to walk amongst the snow covered cottages, just enjoying the tranquility.

Gammelstad has both lively and quiet periods.

This is the way it has been ever since the church town was built.

When people visited the church, the town was bustling, however when the people returned home, the church town was practically empty.

Visit lulea.se/gammelstad online for more information.

christmas market at the open air museum hägnan The annual Christmas Market is held at Hägnan on December 5–6. The market is full of arts, crafts and tasty treats. Browse the market stalls and feel the Christmas spirit.

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If you would like to experience Sámi culture and meet Forest Sámi people, you should go to Årstidsfolket in Flakaberg, about 100 km from central Luleå. Anette and Lars welcome booked guests into their home, where you will get to hear true stories about what the lives of the Forest Sámi people used to be like, and how they are living today. On their farm is a country store and you also get a chance to become acquainted with the reindeer of the farm, you can even stroke their soft snouts.

If you want to learn more about the indigenous Sámi people, there is more to read at www.samer.se/english and more to see at the Sámi and mountain life museum Ájtte in Jokkmokk, www.ajtte.com.

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To eat out,

OR TO EAT OUT? THAT IS THE QUESTION… has two different meanings in Luleå.

Gorge yourself at one of the local gourmet restaurants, where skilled chefs cook raw ingredients from the region, offering you a taste palette from Swedish Lapland. You simply have to eat the delicious, nutritious game, reindeer and elk that have lived in the wild, enjoy game fish that have swum in pure, clear waters and let yourself be seduced by blueberries, cloudberries, arctic raspberries and lingonberries that have ripened in the midnight sun.

The White Guide recommends several of the city’s restaurants. The snug, classic Cooks Krog, the gourmand Bistro Norrland, the lively, high-quality Restaurant CG, and the stylishly handpicked Hemmagastronomi, where you can also buy various delicacies to take home from the well-assorted boutique. Don’t forget about the restaurants at the major hotels: the city’s best view is at Marcus Samuelsson’s Kitchen & Table, on the ninth floor of Clarion Hotel Sense. At the newly opened Hotel Savoy you can listen to jazz with your meal on many nights of the week.

To eat out also has a different, more literal meaning here in Luleå – when the food is served outside.

Nothing tastes quite as good as a meal cooked over an open fire, especially when it rounds off a day of great outdoor activities. A muurikka, a large frying pan, is often used to cook suovas (smoked reindeer meat) or palt (Swedish potato dumplings). Or you might get a grilled sausage and almost certainly – pot-boiled coffee. Pot-boiled coffee is a bit of a speciality and a regional trademark. The coffee is served hot in a wooden cup, strong and black – it warms and sharpens your senses.

Would you rather drink a latte, enjoy cafés and just feel the city atmosphere? Then you have come to the right place. There are a number of nice cafés and bakeries to choose from. Don’t miss a bite of the classic Swedish pastry semla, a Lenten cream bun with an almond filling, traditionally eaten only during February.

One thing is for sure: good food and great company are important parts of the Luleå experience.

Welcome to the table!

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Christmas smorgasbord at Brändön Lodge.

Cosy Christmas markets and Christmas smorgasbords A visit to a Christmas market goes hand in hand with wonderful fragrances, nippy cheeks, torchlight and the friendly buzzing of the crowd, all of which can help almost anyone find the Christmas spirit.

Here are some of the most popular ones: Ralph Lundstensgården is a well-preserved Norrbotten manor house from the

1750s. A lavish Christmas smorgasbord is served, with home-cooked foods and desserts. At the upper end of Storgatan, Luleå’s main street, the Norrbotten Museum holds a Christmas market with about 40 different exhibitors from all over Norrbotten. Genuine handicraft, locally produced food, live Christmas Photo: Hemmagastronomi

A hearty stew at Hemmagastronomi.

Close to nature’s own pantry In Luleå, nature’s own organic pantry is always close by. Reindeer and elk are the most popular game on the menu.

Forest birds like great grouse, black grouse and ptarmigan are also common.

The ptarmigan is a small mountain dwelling bird that moults in the winter, changing its speckled brown feathering to a beautiful, snowy white one. The lean ptarmigan meat has a characteristic wild taste and marries nicely with a rich red wine.

Our tasty game fish from the Bay of Bothnia, lakes, and the Lule River are salmon, arctic char, whitefish, perch and pike to name but a few. Buttered hard flatbread with smoked whitefish is a taste sensation that you must not miss.

The orange gold – origin-labelled Kalix vendace roe, is also an absolute must.

Vendace is fished in the Bothnian archipelago and along the coast between the localities of Piteå and Haparanda where the seawater is brackish.

Forest mushrooms are popular on the

music and Christmas crafting for the children are the hallmarks of this market.

The open air museum Hägnan in Gammelstad Church Town hosts a traditional Christmas market. Here, you can visit the wise old lady, go for a ride on a horse drawn sleigh or visit Storgården where Christmas is celebrated like in the olden days. Santa Claus will be spreading Christmas cheer.

At the open air museum, Kafé Fägnan takes you back to the days of old with a choice of home-made Christmas pastries and a traditional Christmas smorgasbord. Restaurant Kaptensgården will be serving the biggest herring smorgasbord in town, all kinds of salmon, eggs, salads and hashes, mushroom and wild game pâtés, cold cuts, ham and smoked foods, meatballs, ribs and prinskorv (small Swedish sausages), desserts, mulled wine and coffee.

About 30 km north of Luleå lies Brändön Lodge, a lodge in the archipelago where the century-old walls of Finnish timber, crackling fires, candles and the smell of mulled wine and home-cooked Christmas foods truly capture the Christmas spirit.

The room full of desserts and mixed treats has become particularly famous.

If you would like to experience an out of the ordinary Christmas smorgasbord, go for the delectable Christmas dinner at Elite Stadshotellet, served in the beautiful 1903 white-and-gold French Renaissance style banquet hall.

Local food dictionary: MUURIKKA: Portable frying pan, reminiscent of a wok, for cooking dinner outdoors over an open fire.

KÅSA: Traditional wooden drinking or serving container, mainly used to drink coffee whilst out in the woods.

menu: porcinis, sand boletes and trumpet chanterelles. Inside the mountain Mjölkuddsberget is a unique shiitake mushroom farm. Juniper berries, blueberries and lingonberries growing in the coniferous forests, and sea buckthorn growing out in the archipelago, are picked to be made into jam, marmalade or lemonade. Cloudberries grow on the marshes and taste wonderful served hot with cold vanilla ice cream.

Our long, light summer nights make everything that grows explode with taste. Turnip rape is grown in Avan and from it, the world’s northernmost cooking oil is made, turnip rapeseed oil.

The oil has a fresh and nutty taste and is darker than regular rapeseed oil.

If you want to buy local produce to take home you can go to the wild game shop, Biergo, by the cathedral, Nordansmak at Stationsgatan with their broad selection of ecologic and locally produced products or to Hemmagastronomi in the North Harbour.

PALT: Swedish potato dumplings, balls of potato, flour and salt, sometimes filled with salted pork. Served with butter and lingonberry jam. If you eat too much, you can experience drowsiness, or, as the locals would call it, palt coma.

SURSTRÖMMING: Fermented Baltic herring served with boiled potatoes and onion, wrapped in flatbread. The smell when opening the can is quite peculiar but the taste is guaranteed to be far more pleasant, mostly salty.

KAFFEOST: Literally coffee cheese, squeaky cheese that is served diced right into a hot cup of coffee, instead of pastries. Also makes a nice dessert, lightly fried and served with warm cloudberries.

GÁHKKU: Chewy Sámi flatbread that can be baked on a muurikka. Closely related to the other Northern Swedish flatbreads klådda and glödkaka.

SUOVAS: Lightly smoked reindeer meat, often salted to increase shelf life. Great for outdoor cooking.

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Luleå, the sports city

Fun with art, culture and science The old yellow ochre Ebeneser Church on Storgatan is one of few examples of large scale Art Nouveau architecture in Luleå. It is now home to Kulturföreningen Ebeneser (The Ebeneser Cultural Association), offering a multicultural display in an inspirational café environment. Ebeneser is a meeting place for people interested in culture and there is an open stage for planned and spontaneous performances alike.

Kulturens Hus has a lovely panoramic view of Luleå’s North Harbour. In addition to a library and an art gallery, they offer a wide array of cultural and musical events.

A few blocks away, in the former post office building, you will now find Vetenskapens hus (The House of Science), closely connected to Luleå University of Technology. In this large, airy meeting place you can visit popular open science talks on a range of interesting subjects whilst enjoying a cup of coffee or lunch from the restaurant Unik in the same building.

Visit a local gallery like for example Lindbergs Konst & Ramar to see the creations of local artists.

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SPEND A DAY INDOORS

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Photo: Mattias Pettersson

Do as the locals do, visit sporting events and take in the atmosphere using all of your senses. Luleå has a strong local sports culture and everyone is proud of the professional teams, all at the top of their respective national leagues. In Coop Norrbotten Arena, the local ice hockey team, Luleå Hockey, draws close to 5,000 visitors to every game of the season. The fresh and mingle-friendly Luleå Energi Arena is filled by basketball fans when the home teams, Luleå BBK (women) and BC Luleå (men) play.

Meeting for some food or a beer and watching a game together is another popular evening distraction in Luleå. If it’s an away game, or if you would rather be at a bar than in an arena, you can visit the sports bars Allstar and O’Leary’s, which both show live games on several big screen TVs.

Fun and learning for the entire family If both children and adults were to get tired of ice and snow, or if the weather gods are in a bad mood, there are plenty of indoor activities in Luleå. Have a day full of learning at Teknikens Hus, the local science centre, where you can take a guided tour into an underground mine or land an airplane or take a winding, guided tour of a datacentre, build a house using Lego and connect it to the rest of the world or complete the server puzzle in the Facebook Luleå Datacentre exhibition.

Visit Leo’s Lekland – jump and play around using all that stored-up energy after shopping at Storheden, or you can challenge the children to pool and bowling at O’Leary’s. If that’s not enough, the city has three indoor swimming pools. Soon, everyone will be ready for more outdoor fun.

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Shop ‘til you drop A WIDE SELECTION IN A COMPACT FORMAT

are many and accessible, with more than 400 shops and malls. The main street, Storgatan, has three large malls: Smedjan, Shopping and Strand – warm hiding places if the cold is biting outside. Most of the major Swedish fashion brands are represented here and you will find a wide selection of fashion, accessories and shoes. A well-deserved break can be had at one of the cafés, or you could get your nails done, your hair done, or find new spectacle frames.

Going north from central Luleå, in the direction of Gammelstad, you will find many stores and shops specialising in construction, interior decoration, gardening and motor vehicles. Further away, at the Storheden shopping district you will find parking friendly shopping with major electronics, sports, interior decoration and pet stores. In Gammelstad Church Town there are cosy little boutiques with locally designed products, arts and crafts.

Buy a memory to take home If you would like to buy something locally produced, ‘typically Luleå’, we have a couple of good suggestions.

A nice gift to yourself or for someone special. At the well-assorted Shop in Lapland in Gammelstad you will find art glassware, warm Lovvika mittens, lingonberry and cloudberry jam, sea buckthorn confectionaries, tin bracelets and other local crafts and Sami handicraft like wooden kåsor, amongst other things. Local culinary specialities like wild game and vendace roe can be found at the Hemmagastronomi deli or at the Biergos wild game shop. Scandinavian interior design can be found at Pentik, Klassisk form and Konst & Hantverk.

A warming Luleå hat and photo books about Luleå can be found at the Tourist Center in Kulturens Hus.

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Isbiten af Luleå is designed by Eva Gunnarsdotter Björk together with Shop in Lapland, as a celebration of the winter city Luleå.

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Hotell Savoy is a design hotel with carefully decorated rooms in all price categories.

Welcome into the warmth

DESIGNED LUXURY AND RUSTIC CHARM

n o t h i n g i s q u i t e a s g o o d a s coming back into the snug, cosy warmth after a day full of winter adventures. Since Luleå is an old meeting place with a long tradition of welcoming hospitality, naturally, there is a wide selection of accommodation options, close to nature and in the midst of the city. You can start, or round off, your experience by exploring the city.

The hotels in Luleå conform to a high standard and you have a variety of options, major chains like Scandic, Elite and Choice as well as private options. The five-star Clarion Hotel Sense and Hotell Savoy, both with spa facilities, restaurants and bars, can be found in central Luleå. If you are looking for more affordable options, there are several hostels and budget hotels to choose from. Rustic log house charm can be found both at Brändön Lodge out by the sea and at Nordkalotten Hotell, only a stone’s throw from the airport.

Why not make your stay even more exciting by making accommodation an adventure in itself? The perfect way to become at one with nature, the forest, and silence. Maybe even get to be all alone with the Northern Lights dancing in the skies. Less than an hour from the airport and the city, there are several spectacular accommodation options close to nature, experiences that you will carry with you for a long time. Please hurry, come here – and let us take care of you whilst you visit.

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1 Cosy at scenic Brändön Brändön Lodge, about 20 kilometres outside central Luleå, offers snug and cosy living accommodation in newly renovated cabins situated in scenic surroundings. There is something to do for the entire family with a variety of activities such as snowmobile tours on the archipelago ice, cross-country skiing, dogsledding, ice fishing and of course a lot of fun and games to be had with snow and ice.

3 Winter living in the archipelago

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Perfect for glamorous camping, so called glamping – with warming fires, cosy beds, cool champagne and the Northern Lights dancing in the skies.

CHARMING PLACES TO STAY JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN

Make the transfer to your accommodation something exceptional. Jopikgården on the archipelagic island of Hindersön, for instance, can be reached by snowmobile transfer. Once there, you have a choice between beautiful, cosy hotel-standard double bedrooms in Mangårdsbyggnaden and four-bed rooms in Dränglängan. Sauna and relaxation facilities can be found in the old Bagarstugan.

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Make an excursion to one of the coolest hotels in Sweden, in Harads, halfway to Jokkmokk from Luleå.

Stay in one of the uniquely designed rooms in the treetops, with names like Ufo and Mirrorcube. Or take a guided tour of the centuries-old pine forest and listen to the story of how the Treehotel became a reality. Local food can be found at Britta’s restaurant near the Treehotel.

Photo: Graeme Richardson

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Take the opportunity to book a course in photography whilst staying at Aurora Safari Camp.

RELAX & ENJOY After a day outdoors in the fresh winter air, a spa treatment feels wonderful. The word spa is said to come from the expression “salus per aquam”, Latin for “health through water”. No matter if you would like a swimming pool, sauna or some other water-based form of relaxation together with a beauty treatment, Luleå has a wealth of options. Try the seasonal sauna at Clarion Sense or bubble in the Jacuzzi after a glass of bubbly at Hotell Savoy.

There are many options for massage and beauty treatments such as day spas, hairdressers, skin and beauty salons in the city. A visit to Luleå can definitely leave you feeling refreshed.

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PARK HOTELL Kungsgatan 10 +46 (0)920-21 11 49 www.parkhotell.se

CLARION HOTEL SENSE Skeppsbrogatan 34 +46 (0)920-45 04 50 www.clarionsense.se

QUALITY HOTEL LULEÅ Storgatan 17 +46 (0)920-20 10 00 www.nordicchoicehotels.se

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BRÄNDÖN LODGE, Brändökvarnsvägen 133 +46 (0)920-741 00, www.brandokonferens.se AURORA SAFARI CAMP Lassbyn 217, Gunnarsbyn +46 (0)70-655 79 66 www.aurorasafaricamp.com

COMFORT HOTEL ARCTIC Sandviksgatan 82 +46 (0)920-109 80 www.nordicchoicehotels.se/ comfort/comfort-hotel-arctic

SCANDIC HOTEL & CONFERENCE Banvägen 3 +46 (0)920-27 64 00 lulea@scandichotels.com www.scandichotels.se

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SUNDERBY HOTEL & CONFERENCE Kråkbergsvägen 7 +46 (0)920-26 66 48 www.sunderby.fhsk.se TREEHOTEL Harads, ca 80 km från Luleå. +46 (0)928-103 00 www.treehotel.com ELITE STADSHOTELLET LULEÅ Storgatan 15 +46 (0)920-27 40 00 www.elite.se HOTELL SAVOY Storgatan 59 +46 (0)920-195 00 info@hotellsavoy.se www.hotellsavoy.se KALASKULAN HOTEL Nordkalottstaden 2 B +46 (0)920-22 88 18 www.kalaskulan.se NARAN HOTELL Hermelinsgatan 10 972 34 Luleå www.naranhotell.com

ÖRNVIK HOTEL & CONFERENCE Örnviksvägen 87 +46 (0)920-25 23 25 www.ornviken.se

FIRST CAMP LULEÅ Arcusvägen 110 +46 (0)920-603 00 www.firstcamp.se/campingar/lulea

ISLAND COTTAGES: BRÄNDÖSKÄR, JUNKÖN KLUNTARNA, SMÅSKÄR +46 (0)920-45 70 00 www.lulea.nu/bokastuga

Guesthouses KALLAX GÅRDSHOTELL Kallaxvägen 441 +46 (0)70-247 02 04 www.kallaxgardsbutik.se LISEMAJS PENSIONAT (LODGING HOUSE) Västmarksvägen 216 +46 (0)70-312 47 93 www.lisemajspensionat.com JOPIKGÅRDEN Hindersön 3, Hindersön +46 (0)920-600 12 www.jopik.nu

Hostels & B&B CITYSLEEP Skeppsbrogatan 18 +46 (0)920-42 00 02 www.citysleep.se GAMMELSTADS GÄSTHEM OCH VANDRARHEM Gamla Bodenvägen 11 +46 (0)920-25 40 00 www.gammelstadsgasthem.se TULLGATAN BED & BREAKFAST Tullgatan 16 +46 (0)920-104 80 www.tullgatan.se 19

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UNIK KITCHEN & CAFÉ Storgatan 53 (Vetenskapens hus) +46 (0)920-680 68 boka.vetenskapenshus@ unikcafe.se www.unikcafe.se We guide you to the lovely little spots in the region, the culinary gems of Swedish Lapland. Places where you can enjoy meals cooked with local ingredients, or buy locally produced products to take home with you.

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Shops & local produce HEMMAGASTRONOMI® DELI Norra Strandgatan 1 +46 (0)920-22 00 02 info@hemmagastronomi.se www.hemmagastronomi.se Luleå’s little market hall where you find everything you need to create culinary delicacies.

Vegetables, ice cream, meat, a cheese, fish and seafood counter.

LINDBERGS KONST & RAM Skeppsbrogatan 46 +46 (0)920-22 94 92 www.lindbergskonst.se Local art gallery with mostly original art from local artists in different technics.

ANTIKT OCH UNIKT I MÖRÖN Sakrislundsvägen 9, Mörön +46 (0)920-620 46 antiktochunikt@hotmail.com www.antiktochunikt.com Welcome to a cosy boutique full of beautiful antiques and new things alike!

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BENSBYNS BRÖDBUTIK & CAFÉ Kungsgatan 24 +46 (0)920-160 06 www.bensbynsbrod.se An old-fashioned bread shop with artisan sourdough bread baked with organic flour in our stone oven bakery.

MELA Strand Galleria www.meladecor.se Unique furniture, interior decoration and exciting textiles.

PENTIK Köpmanstorget Timmermansgatan 16 +46 (0)920-161 65 www.pentik.com Nordic style interior decoration.

RETROTORGET Norra Strandgatan 2 A mix of furniture and toys with a nostalgic, retro vintage style.

KALLAX GÅRDSBUTIK Kallaxvägen 441, Kallax +46 (0)70-247 02 04 info@kallaxgardsbutik.se www.kallaxgardsbutik.se Interior decoration, beautifully fresh, charmingly worn and self-designed. Clothes, handicrafts and delicacies. Locally produced products, based on queen-of-the-meadow, etc.

KLASSISK FORM Köpmantorget 1 +46 (0)920-127 00 info@klassiskform.se www.klassiskform.se Knowledge, quality and timelessness are core values.

Cooperates with Scandinavian designers as well as local and international artists.

BIERGO Nygatan 10 +46 (0)76-826 47 60 catarina@biergo.se www.biergo.se Naturally wild ingredients.

Reindeer meat from Arvidsjaur.

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HÄGNANS VILLAGE SHOP Gammelstad +46 (0)920-45 38 09 hagnan@lulea.se www.lulea.se/hagnan Visit the store and you will be taken back to the 1940’s.

Household utilities, handicraft, toys, souvenirs and more.

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AVANS GÅRDSBUTIK Avans byaväg 18, Avan +46 (0)70-396 64 46 www.avansgardsbutik.se Sheep farm selling self-produced meat, sheepskin and wool products as well as art handicraft. Open according to agreement.

The Christmas market at the open air museum Hägnan is very popular.

KONST & HANTVERK Smedjegatan 13 972 33 Luleå +46 (0)920-21 14 93 www.konstochhantverk.se Quality, design, artistry and of course a Swedish Lapland touch to it all.

MOSAIK Skomakargatan 34 +46 (0)920-671 20 www.mosaikmode.se Colourful fashion and furniture.

SHOP IN LAPLAND Rutviksvägen 40, Gammelstad +46 (0)70-333 58 09 gunilla@shopinlapland.com www.shopinlapland.com Art Sámi crafts and handicrafts from the region – webshop and physical shop in Gammelstad Church Town.

NORDANSMAK Stationsgatan 25 B +46 (0)920-106 72 www.nordansmak.se Here you will find organic food, locally produced vegetables, cheese and sausage products.

ÖGONFRÖJD Kyrktorget 7, Gammelstad +46 (0)920-25 43 05 evaharnevik@hotmail.com The gift and design boutique for when you want something out of the ordinary.

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CLARION HOTEL SENSE, DAGSPA Skeppsbrogatan 34 +46 (0)920-45 04 50 cl.sense@choice.se www.clarionsense.se/spa Offers a swimming pool with a panoramic view, a seasonal sauna and spa treatments.

BOTHNIA SLEDDOG ADVENTURES Örnabbsvägen 119 +46 (0)70-552 06 07 bsda@live.se An unforgettable experience in fantastic surroundings. Swiftly and silently we move through the beautiful winter landscape with 12–16 sled dogs, surrounded by forest and sea making this experience unique.

Photo: Katarina Norström

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SVEDJEKOJAN Tranuträsk 70, Norrfjärden (50 km från Luleå) +46 (0)70-699 76 35 caisa@svedjekojan.se www.svedjekojan.se High tempo dogsled tours in a calm, scenic environment, tailored to the customer’s wishes.

HOTELL SAVOY SPA Storgatan 59 +46 (0)920-195 00 info@hotellsavoy.se www.hotellsavoy.se Pool and relaxation facilities, as well as spa treatments.

ACTIC GYM Bastugatan 6–8 +46 (0)920-45 47 27 www.actic.se Large two-story gym at Pontusbadet in central Luleå.

FITNESS 24 SEVEN Nygatan 13 0920-101 50 www.fitness24seven.com

EBBENJARKA Stora Antnäs träsk +46 (0)920-25 22 32 info@ebbenjarka.se www.ebbenjarka.se Snowmobile tours, snowcart, curling, ice driving and more.

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HERMELINEN TRÄNING Sandviksgatan 60 +46 (0)920-40 23 00 traning@hermelinen.se www.hermelinen.se Gym and physical therapy.

CREACTIVE ADVENTURE Överstbyn 234, Gunnarsbyn +46 (0)70-207 37 51 info@creactive-adventure.se www.creactive-adventure.se Snowmobile, driving on ice, dogsledding, snowshoe tours, expeditions, ice climbing.

ICE MUSIC Gültzauudden, Luleå www.icemusic.se A concert hall featuring concerts with unique musical instruments made of ice.

O’LEARYS Västra Varvsgatan 25 +46 (0)920-22 85 80 lulea@olearys.se www.olearys.se/lulea Bowling.

SEGWAY Varvsgatan 71 +46 (0)920-21 12 22 lulea@segway.se www.segwayinorr.se Segway rental in Luleå. Winter tyres are used in the winter.

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A complete fitness centre with a fully equipped gym and several group workout sessions every day.

THE ROADHOUSE Kallaxvägen 255 +46 (0)920-875 00 info@theroadhouse.se www.theroadhouse.se Paintballing, ice bowling, hot tub, sauna and more.

ÄVENTYRSBUTIKEN HÄGGLUNDS Storgatan 26 +46 (0)920-156 40 info@aventyrsbutiken.se www.aventyrsbutiken.se Ice skate and cross-country ski rental.

XENTUS Fabriksvägen 3 +46 (0)920-103 88 info@xentus.nu www.xentus.nu Rent a snowmobile complete with clothing and maps. Valid snowmobile licence or valid driving license needed.

Skiing Photo: Love Rynbäck

BRÄNDÖN LODGE Brändökvarnsvägen 133 +46 (0)920-741 00 info@brandokonferens.se www.brandokonferens.se Snowmobile, hovercraft, pack ice safari, snowshoe tours, ski tours, go-kart, sauna and outdoor hot tub. Dinner on ice.

LULEÅ GUIDED TOURS +46 (0)70-296 66 25 Thomas Vestin tomas@laplandtours.se www.laplandtours.se Guided tours including transfer to dogsledding, icebreakers, snowmobiling, cross-cart or Northern Lights tours. Pickup from all Luleå hotels.

MÅTTSUND Skidbacksvägen 45, +46 (0)920-343 05 info@mattsundsbacken.se www.mattsundsbacken.se Downhill skiing and snowboarding, about 20 kilometres from Luleå. Ski equipment rental.

ORMBERGET www.lulea.se/ormberget An extensive system of illuminated cross-country ski tracks, for leisure skiers and professionals alike. The downhill slope is open evenings and weekends.

THE ICE TRACK Try the local mode of transportation – borrow a kick sledge at the North or South harbour and experience Luleå from the frozen water.

Elitidrott LULEÅ HOCKEY Ostrongatan 2 www.luleahockey.se The local ice hockey team play their home games at Coop Norrbotten Arena.

BASKET I LULEÅ Luleå Energi Arena www.bclulea.com www.luleabasket.com Home stadium to the professional teams Luleå BBK (women) and BC Luleå (men).

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Activities Winter fishing LULEÅ TOURIST CENTER Skeppsbrogatan 17, Kulturens Hus +46 (0)920-45 70 00 turistbyra@lulea.se www.lulea.nu Luleå offers fine opportunities for winter fishing/pimpling.

Contact the Tourist center at Kulturens Hus for more information about where you can get equipment and where you can go fishing.

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LEOS LEKLAND Handelsvägen 19 +46 (0)920-25 75 05 leoslekland@telia.com www.leoslekland.se Scandinavia’s largest chain of children’s amusement parks.

We have lots of space for fun, games and adventure for children aged 1 and older.

TEKNIKENS HUS Teknikens Hus Väg +46 (0)920-49 22 01 info@teknikenshus.se www.teknikenshus.se Sweden’s northernmost science centre. Discover the technology that surrounds us, explore together or by yourself.

Culture / museums DOMKYRKAN Nygatan 10 +46 (0)920-26 48 00 www.svenskakyrkan.se/lulea Construction of Luleå Cathedral began after the large fire in Luleå in 1887. It is a brick building in neo-Gothic style. It was designated a cathedral in 1904, following the formation of Luleå Diocese.

FLYGMUSEET F 21 +46 (0)70-524 85 85 www.flygmuseetf21.se The aviation museum lies outside the guard at the Norrbotten Air Wing. Exhibitions describe aerial defence from the 1940’s onwards. There is also a ‘Viggen’ fighter jet simulator here.

Planes and helicopters used by the wing, as well as rescue vehicles, radar stations and aerial surveillance towers are on display.

OPEN AIR MUSEUM HÄGNAN Gamla Hamngatan 21, Gammelstad +46 (0)920-45 46 22 hagnan@lulea.se www.lulea.se/hagnan Hägnan is an outdoor cultural history museum. Open for specific events or groups booked in advance during winter. Visit the website for information.

NEDERLULEÅ CHURCH Församlingsvägen 12 +46 (0)920-27 70 00 www.svenskakyrkan.se/ nederlulea Northern Sweden’s largest late medieval stone church from the late 15th century, lavishly ornamented with Albertus Pictor frescos amongst other things. In 2016, the church will undergo a major restoration and opening hours will be limited.

KULTURENS HUS Skeppsbrogatan 17 +46 (0)920-45 30 00 www.kulturenshus.com Centrally situated in Luleå’s North Harbour close to shopping, entertainment and accommodation. The building is 14,000 m2 large and houses the city library, an art gallery, a tourist information office, conference facilities, a small and a large concert hall, multifunctional foyers on three levels as well as a café and a restaurant.

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KULTURENS HUS Skeppsbrogatan 17 +46 (0)920-45 40 80 konstens.hus@lulea.se www.kulturenshus.com Art gallery with contemporary art, primarily from Sweden but also from other countries.

Around 20 exhibitions per year with a total exhibition space of 500 m2.

NORRBOTTENS MUSEUM Storgatan 2 +46 (0)920-24 35 02 norrbottens.museum@nll.se www.norrbottensmuseum.se The Norrbotten Museum has exhibits and documentaries from Norrbotten, with activities for both children and adults.

At the museum, there is also a children’s playground, a newly renovated café and a shop VETENSKAPENS HUS Storgatan 53 www.ltu.se/ltu/vetenskapens-hus-i-lulea This building that used to be a post office was constructed in 1953 and designed by the Chief Architect of the Swedish Postal Services, Lars-Erik Lallerstedt. Vetenskapens hus is now operated by Luleå University of Technology, who organise popular science lectures, amongst other things.

THE GAMMELSTAD WORLD HERITAGE VISITOR CENTRE Kyrktorget 1, Gammelstad +46 (0)920-45 70 10 gammelstad@lulea.se www.lulea.se/gammelstad At the Gammelstad Visitor Centre you will find information, an exhibition on the history of Gammelstad, a picture slideshow and a small souvenir shop. The Visitor Centre offers guided tours of the church town. There are drop-in tours at specific times and dates, as well as tours for pre-booked groups. ÅRSTIDSFOLKET Flakaberg 40, Gunnarsbyn 0925-330 23 +46 (0)70-548 30 23 Experience Forest Sámi traditions and reindeer herding.

KULTURCENTRUM EBENESER Skomakargatan 23 972 31 Luleå + 46 (0)920-40 83 00 post@ebeneser.nu www.ebeneser.nu A meeting place for people interested in culture, with an open stage for planned and spontaneous performances.

Café REKOmmenderas at Ebeneser serves only fairtrade, ecological and locally produced food, coffee and cakes.

Tourist information At the Luleå Tourist center, we will help you plan your visit to Luleå. We are happy to give advice on sights to see, places to stay and activities in and around Luleå. We can also help you book accommodation and activities. Here you can buy fishing licenses, tourist bus cards, books, maps and souvenirs and get information about parking in the city.

The Luleå Tourist center can be found on the ground floor of Kulturens Hus in central Luleå, and we are open all year round.

If you would rather find information by yourself, or if you visit Kulturens Hus when we are not open, there is a tourist information computer outside our entrance. Welcome!

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Welcome to Sweden’s northernmost destination!

In Swedish Lapland you will find unique arctic experiences. Thanks to the warm Gulf Stream, here high up by the Arctic Circle, you can experience seasons with great contrasts between polar nights with sparkling northern lights in a white winter landscape and warm summers filled with swimming and hundred days without night under the midnight sun. In the east – a 300-km coastal stretch facing the world’s largest brackish water archipelago, with thousands of islands. Sandy beaches, fishing camps and unique produce. In the west – vast mountains, brooks with water so clean you can drink from them and lots of adventures around the corner. In between the quiet, enigmatic, open-handed forest and river valleys from Skellefte River in the south to Torne River in the north-east, all with their unique distinctive characteristics to offer. Traditions and cultures are strong here, and love of nature is even stronger. This is our everyday-life, and we invite you to share it with us. www.swedishlapland.com Visit Luleå is a member-owned organisation that works to further trade, meetings and reasons to travel to Luleå. Our mission is to make Luleå known as a living, competitive and attractive city of commerce, close to people, nature, the archipelago and activities.

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Idea, text & graphic design: Swedish Lapland Visitors Board & Visit Luleå • Cover photo: Anders Alm • Illustrated map: Lisa Wallin • www.swedishlaplandvisitorsboard.com

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