Kiruna

Kiruna is Sweden's most northerly municipality and its largest in area.

At 20,000 square kilometres, it is half as large as Switzerland. Once upon a time, Kiruna was listed in every geography book as the world's largest town in area. Now it has to be content with being the next largest, having been bested by an Australian counterpart. But still, if you collected all the people in the world inside Kiruna's borders, each would have four square metres to stand in. The whole municipality has 26,000 inhabitants, of whom 80% live in the town of Kiruna.

The city hill, Kebnekaise, is Sweden's highest mountain at 2,117 metres above sea level. From its peak, you can see nine percent of Sweden, including half a dozen other alpine tops of over 2,000 metres.

There are more than 6,000 lakes in Kiruna, with Tornetrsk Lake as the largest. It's more than 70 km long. Seven virgin rivers run through the municipality, named Kalix, Torne, Lainio, Rautas and Vittangi, as well as the Knkm and Muonio which mark the border with Finland. This is "the last wilderness in Europe."

The Kiruna Snow Festival

The Kiruna Snow Festival is the largest winter carnival in Northern Europe. It is a magical celebration of winter and the Northern Lights. Find a surreal world where daylight only lasts for a couple of hours and temperatures can drop as low as -20c.

Visit the ”Winterland” in the centre of Kiruna where local specialities like bear steak and reindeer kebab are served in a genuine Swedish Winter atmosphere.

Enjoy one of the world's best ice-sculpture competitions, dog sledging, reindeer and skidoo racing. There is also a Mr Snowman competition to select the strongest man of the year! Night parties are held in huge igloos which can accommodate over 200 people.

Activity Ideas

Snowmobile Tours
Moose Safari
Snow Shoe Trekking
Dogsled Tours
Sami Culture & Reindeer Sleds
Ice Sculpting

More information & how to book

For more information, including pricing and travel options, or to book your Kiruna visit, please contact us via telephone on 020 7384 2355, by email to events@jellyandcustard.co.uk, or complete our online enquiry form.