Det sker i Kiruna, Sweden året igennem

Travlt — Christmas holidays i Sweden, skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Kiruna Snow Festival

  20. jan. – 5. feb. · normaltIssæson

  Snow sculpting, reindeer racing and a dog-sled start in the last days of January, when the sun has only just come back over the horizon. A February market weekend follows it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Aurora season (1. sep. – 5. apr. (normalt)), Icehotel season (1. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Winter sports week i Sweden, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Kiruna Snow Festival (20. jan. – 5. feb. (normalt)), Aurora season (1. sep. – 5. apr. (normalt)), Icehotel season (1. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Winter sports week i Sweden, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Aurora season (1. sep. – 5. apr. (normalt)), Icehotel season (1. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Easter break i Sweden, skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Aurora season (1. sep. – 5. apr. (normalt)), Icehotel season (1. dec. – 15. apr. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Tætpakket — Midsummer, Summer holidays i Sweden

• Helligdag

  Midsummer

  19.–20. jun.National helligdagLukningerTætpakketBook tidligt

  Midsummer Eve, the Friday between 19 and 25 June, is the day Sweden stops: most shops, offices and many restaurants close, people dance round maypoles over herring and schnapps, and accommodation wherever Swedes go for the weekend books out. Kilde ↗

• Sæson

  Mosquito season

  25. jun. – 10. aug. · normaltInsekter & sygdom

  The thaw leaves standing water across the fells and the mosquitoes arrive with it, worst in still weather away from the ridges. A head net is standard kit here, not an over-reaction.

Stille — rejsende beskriver det som stille, Summer holidays i Sweden

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Mosquito season (25. jun. – 10. aug. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Fjallraven Classic, Summer holidays i Sweden

• Festival

  Fjallraven Classic

  1.–16. aug. · normaltVandresæsonTætpakketBook tidligt

  A mass trek of about 110 km along the Kungsleden from Nikkaluokta, spread over the first fortnight of August. Thousands walk it, so the huts and the Kiruna beds either side are spoken for. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Mosquito season (25. jun. – 10. aug. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Natur

  Aurora season

  1. sep. – 5. apr. · normalt

  Inland and dry, which is the real advantage over the coast: fewer cloudy nights than Norway at the same latitude, and the Abisko rain shadow an hour west is better again.

Travlt — Autumn break i Sweden, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Aurora season (1. sep. – 5. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Arctic Light Film Festival, Autumn break i Sweden

• Festival

  Arctic Light Film Festival

  5.–16. nov. · normaltTætpakket

  Sweden's northernmost film festival runs five days in mid-November at Folkets Hus, a rare reason to be in town in the dark weeks before the snow properly sets in. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Aurora season (1. sep. – 5. apr. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Christmas closures, Christmas holidays i Sweden

• Åbning

  Icehotel season

  1. dec. – 15. apr. · normaltIssæsonBook tidligt

  The hotel at Jukkasjarvi is rebuilt each winter from Torne river ice, opens at the start of December and melts in spring; a year-round wing runs alongside it. Rooms go a season ahead. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Christmas closures

  24.–26. dec.Jul & nytårLukninger

  Christmas Eve on the 24th is Sweden's main celebration: most shops close by early afternoon, many restaurants shut from the 24th to the 26th, and public transport runs a holiday timetable. Book a Christmas table well ahead. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Aurora season (1. sep. – 5. apr. (normalt))