Radiant sun accompanies our flight from Lulea to Stockholm. The flight lasts approximately one hour. The Lulea airport lies in a woodland by the sea, 7 km southwest of Lulea. Flight Lulea Stockholm Immediately after the start, we have a beautiful view of the archipelago. The plane turns south and we can recognize the port […]
Lulea – Swedish Lapland
In the Center of Lulea
As we have some spare hours left before our departure, we use these for a short walk through the center of Lulea. Lulea Lulea is about 110 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle. The city lies at the northern end of the Baltic Sea in Swedish Lapland. In 1649, Lulea was newly founded at the […]
From Gammelstad to Lulea and Midnight Sun
It’s already 9.30 p.m. when we return from Gammelstad to Lulea. But at the same time, we have the feeling that it is late afternoon because the sun is still high above the horizon. It is only a few kilometers drive between Gammelstad to Lulea. Our guide Camilla tells us that Facebook has a data center in […]
Live cooking at Kaptensgarden in Gammelstad Church Town
The Kaptensgarden lies in the middle of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gammelstad Church Town. At a first glance, nothing indicates that behind the entrance is one of the most renowned restaurants of Sweden. At a closer look, we see plaques from the White Guide, Scandinavia’s premier and authoritative dining guide on the wall, which recommend Kaptensgarden […]
Gammelstad Church Town
Gammelstad Church Town, Gammelstads Kyrkstad, was listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. History 1000 years ago, Gammelstad in Swedish Lapland was an island at the mouth of the Lule river. The few people of the North-Bothnian culture group here lived from fishing and hunting and later from reindeer breeding. A rural culture arose […]