Population 70 000 and 170 000 within commuting distance

Rail and road connections to Norway, Finland and Russia.

Midnight sun - let the idea sink in. It warms and revitalises Swedish Lapland for a hundred days and a hundred nights. You can experience it almost anywhere in the county during summer, even south of the Arctic Circle around mid-summer thanks to the refraction of light in the atmosphere. It is called the midnight sun if you can see the centre of the sun when it is precisely in the north.

You have to check your watch to make sure it is really night time.

Cruise port with late evening sun adjacent to the city center. Turnaround harbour

with good flight and train connections as well as a wide selection of

accommodation

Luleå is the county town of Norrbotten, Sweden’s largest county. It is an industrial city and export harbour for Swedish iron ore, a university town and a centre of trade, commerce and communications. Luleå offers a large selection of shops, restaurants as well as a vibrant cultural and entertainment scene. Welcome to experience Luleå!

Gammelstad Church Town was included in UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1996. Gammelstad has the country’s largest and best preserved church town with 408 cottages comprising 553 rooms, and is an outstanding example of a Northern Scandinavian church town.

In Luleå you will find the worlds most farthest north golf course with 27 holes. You can enjoy golfing 24 hours due to the warm bright nights.

Situated 170 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, Luleå serves as the gateway to Swedish Lapland. The Swedish Lapland region offers a wide variety of sites worth seeing; such as Storforsen, the largest free-flowing rapids in Scandinavia, the Ajtte Sámi Museum in Jokkmokk and the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi

Storforsen - the largest free-flowing rapids in Scandinavia, with a drop of over 82 metres.

Boden Garrison,The central point of the North Swedish defence against invasion from east. The garrison, consisting of 5 forts and hundreds of defence constructions was built 1900-1912. The Fort ”Rödbergsfortet” is one of them.

Here in the extreme north of Sweden you can use all 24 hours of the day to fish thanks to the midnight sun during the period of June till August.Enjoy guided fishing tours or rent a boat of your own.

Within an hours driving from downtown Luleå you reach the Arctic Circle. Here you can experience the unique Sámi culture, meet the reindeers and learn about the Sámi people’s life and history. A must is a visit to the Ájtte Sami museum.

Foto: Jan Gustavsson, Ájtte

Our beautiful nature inspire many artists and craftsmen in choice of materials, motifs and forms of expression.

With more than 700 islands and a sun shining 24 hours a day, Luleå is the perfect place for a visit to the archipelago. Depending on your preferences you may take a boat far out to sea and visit Rödkallen Island, the last outpost before crossing the gulf to Finland, or you can combine exiting shopping in downtown Luleå with a relaxing afternoon at Gültzauudden beach, only minutes away from the heart of Luleå.

More information can be found at:www.bothniacruiseports.com