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Kiruna

Introduction

Kiruna, Church

Kiruna is a city in the central north of Sweden. It is the northernmost city in the country and has about 18,000 inhabitants (23,000 in the municipality).

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Neighbourhoods

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

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Getting There

By Plane

There are flights to/from Kiruna Airport with Norwegian Air Shuttle to Stockholm and with Scandinavian Airlines to Lulea and Stockholm.

By Train

Swedish State Railways operates night trains trains going all the way from Gothenburg and Stockholm and north along the eastern parts of Sweden passing cities like Uppsala, Gävle, Sundsvall, Umeå and Boden where sometimes a change of trains are required to get to Kiruna instead of Luleå. In summer, Connex operates trains from Göteborg and Malmö to Kiruna and Narvik. The train travel time from Stockholm is about 17 hours.

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By Bus

By Boat

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Budget

Mid-Range

Upscale

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Work

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Learn

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

Post

Posten AB is the Swedish postal service, with fast and reliable services. They have a wide range of services including a track and trace system and different options regarding the sending of postcards, letters and parcels. There are both express and economy services and if you are not in a hurry the latter option is fine enough. The postal service was abandoned at the public post offices in 2001. The public today deals with its postal business at Postal Service Points. Mail and parcels can now be picked up at a number of places, including gas stations, supermarkets and kiosks. Look for the blue and yellow sign above or by the entrance of outlets providing this service. You can also buy stamps and there are quite a few more services in these places, many of which stay open late in the evening and on weekends. Yellow post boxes are for national and international letters and blue for regional letters.
Postal Service Centres are maintained for business clients and Svensk Kassaservice, a chain which deals with simple financial transactions but offers no postal services. There are also traditional post offices offering the full range of services. They are usually open between 9:30am and 6:00pm and may have extended opening hours once or twice a week.
On of their competitors is Bring Citymail AB, formerly privatised but now nationalised by Norway.

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