This dynamic region with its vibrant culture has a coastline that is sprinkled with glittering small towns, tiny islands and beaches, high fells and deep valleys. It’s entirely up to you how adventurous or relaxed you want to be. There is something for everyone here.
A new hotel every winter, built of snow and ice. ICEBARS around the world are created with ice from the Torne River. It sounds like a tall tale, but is absolutely true. Experience ICEHOTEL and challenge your ideas of what can and can’t be done.
The initial crunch as your feet compress the cold snow, followed by random crackles and squeaks, as everything living huddles up against the chill. It’s impossible to describe; you have to experience it for yourself.
Walk under the winter sky and hear it whisper, as shimmering veils of blue-green and violet sweep across the heavens.
2012 will be a year to remember. This is when the first space tourists will set off on their journey from Space Port Sweden in Kiruna. There is no shortage of space in Swedish Lapland.
Because everything is so remote in this region people tend to be closer. We have time for each other here, and for you. Come and join us around the fire and we’ll tell you more.
Do you long for new horizons, for somewhere that offers new experiences and new insights, where you can set your thoughts free and discover a different side of yourself? If so, you should head here, to Swedish Lapland.
The Sámi are an indigenous people with their own anthem, flag and language. Sápmi, the land of the Sámi, spans four national borders. Reindeer herding is central to Sámi culture and there are many active herders today. Read more and see the movie "What is Sápmi?"
Swedish Lapland will offer you heartly, rustic cuisine prepared with ingredients fresh from the surrounding forests and rivers. Don´t forget to experiece the region´s exclusive caviar – Kalix Löjrom, a premium, origin-protected Bleak Roe product with the same star status as Champagne and Parma Ham.
Be one of the first to live in one of the designed rooms which are built up in the trees. A unique ecological room in the woods with hotel standards. Breakfast is served at Britta`s Guesthouse.Season:- July 17, 2010 inauguration, Open all year...
Staying in a hotel made of thousands of tons of snow and ice is a must for the modern traveler. ICEHOTEL in the small village of Jukkasjarvi, is the world's largest hotel of snow and ice and a unique art exhibition that is re-built each...