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Has limited shops near accommodation for tourists. Activities are a bit expensive. Transport around Kiruna is not easy and you need to walk a lot but they have relatively cheap transport to the airport and ice hotel. Great activities such are Aurora Colosseum, Ice Hotel and viewing the Aurora. Our accommodation included breakfast, but lunch was an additional cost.

We stayed 6 nights in Swedish Lapland. 2 nights in Kiruna at SpiS hotel. All hotels seem to be expensive here so relative to the other hotels the SPiS wasn't so expensive and it has an amazing all you can eat buffet breakfast included in the price.Eat a good breakfast and just get a snack for lunch. Cafe safari do reasonably priced sandwiches, baguettes and hot meals. We went dogsledding with Kiruna Guidetur which is only a few minutes walk from the hotel so no need to pay extra for a hotel pick up!Dogsledding was great fun. We had about 30 min on the sledge, stopped 30 mins while the guides made coffee over the fire in a Sami tent so we also had a chance to take photos with the dogs. Then 30 mins back to the kennels.This was the cheapest dog sled tour I could find but it seemed long enough to feel you'd had the experience.The people there were very friendly and the dogs well looked after. Did a cross country ski lesson with Camp Ripan. We got lucky and there were only two of us in the class but apparently the classes can go up to 20 people so check before you book!If you can already cross country ski the marked trails behind Camp Ripan are all free to use. You can hire the skis from Camp Ripan for about 200 SEK pp for the whole day! The Ice Hotel is amazing and so worth a visit but try and go before 11.30am when lots of tour groups turn up.It was so much nicer looking around with only a few people there. Visit the little church at the very end of the no through road between 10am and 3pm. It's the oldest church in Lapland and has some interesting paintings above the altar! Free to enter. The Sami centre next to the church has a fun cafe in a Sami tent with a real(and rather smoky!) fire in the middle. Reasonable priced tea, coffee and lunch dishes.Entry to the museum seemed expensive so we didn't go in but if you want a Sami experience this is by far the cheapest way to do it! You can even feed the reindeer for only an extra 20SEK.

Top 3 in Kiruna: Camp Ripan SPA with outdoor winter pool The Kiruna Mine - tourist center several 100 meters under ground! The Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi - visit it day time: at 12 am the open up all the rooms for visitors.

The town has changed a lot in the 10 years since we were there last. (And will change a whole lot more in the next 10 when they move it.) The people are really friendly and the Tourist Centre helps you with all the trips to make the most of the amazing surroundings. Different local companies will collect you from town to take you snowmobiling on the lakes to the Ice Hotel, husky sledding through the forests by moonlight, northern light watching trips, and much more. Kiruna church is easy to get to and striking to see. And the old church out at Jukkasjärvi is definitely worth the walk (plus you can feed reindeer next door in the Sami homestead and warm up with a hot drink in a large teepee like room with a fire in the middle and an old black and white film or reindeer herding at the turn of the century). You can catch the train to Narvik in Norway, have lunch at the amazingly friendly Peppes, and come back all in one day. Stunning scenery en route and if you're lucky, the skies alone are worth the trip. We had amazing food at Pizzeria Sicilia - prepared and cooked right in front of you. Momma's restaurant at Scandic Ferrum had some great dishes and atmosphere for a celebratory dinner. And we had good (but pricey) burgers at the Bishops Arms, followed by a lovely rich chocolate brulee. And one night when everything else was closed, we tried Empes (but we probably wouldn't recommend it unless you're starving.)

A small town but nice and no hastle not a lot to see but great activities around. The pony Trekking with Offelas was a special highlight almost magical. The Ice Hotel is well worth a visit (and the church and lake just down the road) and if you have time drive and stay in Abisko if not at least visit it. The Thai Diner was great value and very good food to but closes early (9pm). We arrived on the overnight sleeper train which was great but take your own food and wine with you to make it a special night.

Great trips available form eco moose tours to dog sledding to Sami experience to aurora photo with experts and equipment provided to ensure best experience, some operators are better than others. The ice hotel is a short drive outside the town and is worth a visit. Where we stayed was within walking distance of the town centre.