| Jukkasjärvi Jukkasjärvi | ||
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| State | Sweden | |
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| Region | Norrland | |
| Territory | Norbotten County | |
| Inhabitants | 541 (2000) | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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Jukkasjärvi is a city of Sweden.
To know
It is located in the municipality of Kiruna, in the county of Norrbotten of the Lapland Swedish.
The locality is famous for its Icehotel, a hotel made entirely of ice blocks extracted from the nearby Torne river. Inside the hotel, which remains open in the freezing winter months, the temperature remains constant between -3 ° C and -8 ° C.
Kirche Jukkasjärvi
How to orient yourself
Jukkasjärvi: full screen map.How to get
By car
The only connection is the road from Kiruna.
How to get around
What see
Icehotel
- 1 Icehotel. It was the first ice hotel in the world and is rebuilt every year with blocks of ice taken from the nearby Torne River, in conjunction with the annual ice sculpture festival. The structure carries out its regular hotel business from December to April of each year and annually hosts about 50,000 visitors. Its constant success has created a phenomenon that has favored the creation of similar structures in the rest of Scandinavia and in various locations around the world.
- Jukkasjärvi Church, was built in 1607.
Events and parties
What to do
- 3 day snowmobile tour in the tundra. The route winds its way through wooded areas, over the tundra regions north of Jukkasjärvi to the mountains near the Norwegian border. Meet the Sami people with their reindeer on the way and learn interesting things about their culture.
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
High prices
- Icehotel (Ishotellet) (It is possible to visit the ice hotel as a tourist attraction without actually spending a night there. The ice sculptures in the rooms and floors are worth seeing.).
about € 300. A hotel built entirely of ice. For obvious reasons, the ice part of the hotel only exists between November and May.
about € 300. A hotel built entirely of ice. For obvious reasons, the ice part of the hotel only exists between November and May.Safety
How to keep in touch
Around
Other projects
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