Hva som skjer i Kiruna, Sweden gjennom året

Travelt — Christmas holidays i Sweden, skoleferie i 7 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Kiruna Snow Festival

  20. jan – 5. feb · vanligvisIssesong

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Aurora season (1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)), Icehotel season (1. des – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter sports week i Sweden, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Kiruna Snow Festival (20. jan – 5. feb (vanligvis)), Aurora season (1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)), Icehotel season (1. des – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Winter sports week i Sweden, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i mars.

Fortsatt på gang: Aurora season (1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)), Icehotel season (1. des – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — Easter break i Sweden, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Aurora season (1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis)), Icehotel season (1. des – 15. apr (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i mai.

Toppsesong — Midsummer, Summer holidays i Sweden

• Helligdag

  Midsummer

  19.–20. junNasjonaldagStengningerMye folkBestill tidlig

  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 ↗

• Sesong

  Mosquito season

  25. jun – 10. aug · vanligvisInsekter og sykdom

  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.

Rolig — reisende beskriver det som rolig, Summer holidays i Sweden

Ingenting nytt starter i juli.

Fortsatt på gang: Mosquito season (25. jun – 10. aug (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Fjallraven Classic, Summer holidays i Sweden

• Festival

  Fjallraven Classic

  1.–16. aug · vanligvisStisesongMye folkBestill tidlig

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Mosquito season (25. jun – 10. aug (vanligvis))

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

• Natur

  Aurora season

  1. sep – 5. apr · vanligvis

  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.

Travelt — Autumn break i Sweden, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Aurora season (1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Arctic Light Film Festival, Autumn break i Sweden

• Festival

  Arctic Light Film Festival

  5.–16. nov · vanligvisMye folk

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Aurora season (1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Christmas closures, Christmas holidays i Sweden

• Åpning

  Icehotel season

  1. des – 15. apr · vanligvisIssesongBestill tidlig

  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. desJul og nyttårStengninger

  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 ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Aurora season (1. sep – 5. apr (vanligvis))