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Kiruna Airport Mini Guide

For such an inhospitable place Koruna has an exceptionally high number of tourists. The city was built on the site of two iron ore mining villages and the mining company paid for much of the infrastructure of the city. Visitors to the area can still see some of the effects of the mining.



The top of the highest hill, Kiirunavaara was blown off with dynamite in order to collect the ore it contained. On a less violent note, the mine has now become a research centre for mining and visitors can discover many interesting facts about mining as well as the history of the city here.



Tourists go for many reasons as in recent years Kiruna has reinvented itself to appeal to tourism. There is the chance to hire a 4 x 4 car and visit the Sami people who inhabit this part of Swedish Lapland. You can go ice skating on the frozen lakes in winter or join a team of dog sledders in a cross country race.



The city holds a winter sports festival as well as a summer festival called the Kiruna Festival which celebrates aspects of local life and culture. In 1990 the first Ice Hotel was built at Jukkasjarvi and dubbed the world’s largest igloo! Each year since, the ice hotel has been rebuilt and attracts hundreds of hardy holidaymakers! The area is also home to the National Space Centre and the Esrange Space Centre where it is hoped the Virgin Galactic spaceship will make its European landings.