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  • Peak performance. Peak passion.

    Some say a hockey night in Luleå is number one when it comes to fan energy and pure hockey passion – and honestly, they might be right. If you're heading to Norrbotten and Luleå, this is an experience you simply can’t miss.

    Anders Appelgren
  • Tiny feet – big adventures

    Hiking in Swedish Lapland with kids is a little like stepping into a storybook. There’s wonder around every corner, small moments of magic, and memories just waiting to be made. And with a little extra planning, your adventure in Norrbotten can become just as joyful and unforgettable as you dream it to be – for both big and small explorers.

    Anders Appelgren
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    Master the art of Bastu

    Slow down. Share the moment. Embrace the heat. And always honour the steam. Here’s how to turn your first sauna experience, or bastu as we say in Sweden, into something truly unforgettable.

    Anders Appelgren
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Nature

World’s best place
for northern lights

On a beautiful Tuesday night, we take the chairlift from the village of Abisko towards the top of mount Njullá. It’s cold and crisp, the ...

  • Mount Luossavaara

    It takes two things to become a good skier or snowboarder: a mountain to climb and a will of steel. How good you become in the end does not depend on the size of the mountain, just on how much you want it.

    Håkan Stenlund
  • Dundret

    To be called two-faced is rarely something positive, but we will nevertheless use that label for Dundret in Gällivare. It is a mountain with two faces: yes, a front and a back, but also a mountain that is both – not either or.

    Håkan Stenlund
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    Culture

    Arctic homefood

    To learn more about the uniqueness of a place and its traditions, a dinner conversation is the perfect place to start. At home, surrounded by wooden kitchen sofas, embroidered words of wisdom and shoe racks, you will find the most genuine food experiences Swedish Lapland has to offer.

    Håkan Stenlund
Explore Swedish Lapland

THE KING OF ALL TRAILS

The King's Trail runs through Sweden's most beautiful mountain scenery and provides more than 400 kilometres' worth of hiking adventure for the first-time hiker as well as the truly experienced mountain veteran.

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Nature

The midnight light

The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost point at which the centre of the sun is visible during the June solstice. The summer solstice is the time of the year when the sun is always visible – the s...

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    Culture

    Eating out

    Summer is approaching. People in the north are looking forward to life during three months of midnight light. The snow covering the barbecue has melted, and it is time to eat out(side) again.

    Håkan Stenlund
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    Culture

    Moving towns

    People here in the North are accustomed to change; we even move entire towns now and then. At the moment, this region is in the middle of the biggest industrial transition in living history. One could wonder what that does to the people and the place.

    Håkan Stenlund
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    Culture

    By a hole in the ice

    Most good fishing stories involve a gigantic fish. This story is of course no exception, as our author heads out onto thin ice.

    Håkan Stenlund

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