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Kiruna houses the largest underground mine iron ore in the world and is also known for the Satellite/Space projects, the Sámi culture, the long winters, the modern town planning, the beautiful church and town hall, the Icehotel and the easy access to the wilderness and adventure of northern Lapland, including Sweden's highest mountain, Kebnekaise.
At N67°49'48'' latitude, Kiruna is located about 145 km north of the Arctic Circle, making it possible to experience the midnight sun and polar night there. This means that the sun will shine 24h a day between roughly the last week of May until the middle of July. And also that the opposite happens in the winter, from the first week of December until the second week of January, Kiruna has zero hours of sunlight per day. However, this doesn't mean that it's completly dark the whole days. When the night is the longest, there is daylight/twilight for around one hour during midday.
The Kiruna Municipality includes several small villages and settlements scattered around a rather large wilderness area approximately the size of Slovenia. The biggest and most visited includes: Jukkasjärvi, Abisko, Karesuando and Vittangi.
