Kiruna, the northernmost city in Sweden.
A visit to Kiruna, Saturday 18.08.18.
Kiruna city is the nearest Swedish city from Narvik. It is located 170 km from my hometown. We decided to drive a trip and do some shopping in Kiruna.
It is very common to see reindeer along the road. They act like they own it and are never in a hurry. Sadly many get killed in collision with cars and train.
A view over Torneträsk, the sixth-largest lake in Sweden.
Kiruna was founded in year 1900 in conjunction with extraction of iron ore. The iron ore is transported to Narvik by train and shipped out to the world. The population is around 23000.
View to the iron ore. The iron ore is extracted underground. The "sandmountain" is remains from the productions. Part of the city is going to move because it is iron under the city.
Some pictures from the city
The gate in the mountains in the background is called lappporten, (sami gate).
Have a nice day and best regards from
Harald
They are gorgeous, how sad that they get hit by cars.
yes it is.
A lovey journey. our selction of pictures very cool. I like the vaiety. So much to see and beautiful!
Would they really move part of the city just to mine the iron?! That sounds odd.
Thank you. Yes the have started to move part of the city. The iron ore have great value. Some buildings are being demolished and several will be moved.
City walkways looks sparkling. Very crisp and clean. Fun pictures of reindeer. I always like wildlife pictures. Lapporten is quite impressive. Beautiful area. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. Glad you like it.
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Beautiful scenery.
Thank you 😊
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Nice country side looks like a very refreshing trip :)
Yes it is a nice trip, and they have a good thai restaurant in Kiruna :-)
Well that just fits in prefect with a Thai restaurant :)
Hey Buddy! You bring some Fantastic pictures to the community :-) thanks for that. I love this peaceful atmosphere there. When do we go on a fishing 🎣 tour there? 😀
Greetings from Germany :-)
Thank you for visiting and nice comment. We could fish some big trouts, and you could make a marvelous meal and present the recipe on steemit :-)
💪🏻😀 that’s music in my ears ! I’m looking forward to visit you in Sweden :-)
You are welcome :-) I am Norwegian and live close to the Swedish border and are often there for hiking in the mountains.
Beautiful nature by the lake. I heard about moving of the city Kiruna due tu the mining. We have similar problem in the Czech Republic where Horni Jiretin village is located above a coil deposits. The conditions for Kiruna inhabitants seems very fair, but it is very hard to leave their homes.
Yes I would belive it is, and a big part of the city is changed. More than 100 years of history.