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SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN STOCKHOLM AND KIRUNA
Stockholm
Kiruna
Sunrise
Sunset
Sunrise
Sunset
January
8.47am
2.55pm
24hr darkness
February
8.01am
4.01pm
8.59am
2.45pm
March
6.48am
5.12pm
7.02am
4.41am
April
6.17am
7.26pm
5.52am
7.33pm
May
4.52am
8.37pm
3.43am
9.29pm
June
3.47am
9.44pm
24hr daylight
July
3.40am
10.02pm
24hr daylight
August
4.35am
9.13pm
3.02am
10.29pm
September
5.46am
7.50pm
5.08am
8.10pm
October
5.54am
5.21pm
5.53am
5.04pm
November
7.08am
3.54pm
7.50am
2.55pm
December
8.19am
2.54pm
10.14am
12.41pm
Stadshuset
Hjalmar Lundbohmsvägen 31 • Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
Not surprisingly, most sights are firmly wedded to iron in one way or another. The
tower of the Stadshus is a strident metal pillar, designed by Bror Marklund and
harbouring an intricate latticework clock face and 23 sundry bells that chime
raucously; incomprehensibly, the Stadshus won an award in 1964 for being the most
beautiful Swedish public building. Inside, there's a tolerable art collection and, in
summer, occasional displays of Sámi handicrafts.
The mines
Tours: mid-June to mid-Aug 4 daily; early June & late Aug 2 daily • 295kr
he mines , ugly brooding reminders of Kiruna's prosperity, still dominate the town,
much more depressingly so than in Gällivare; despite its new central buildings and
open parks, Kiruna retains a grubby industrial feel. The tourist office arranges guided
tours around the mines, on which visitors are bussed down into the InfoMine , a
closed-off section of the rabbit warren of tunnels comprising a working mine. Inside
you'll see facilities such as petrol stations and a workers' canteen, and mining
paraphernalia, including trains for transporting ore and equipment, and mills for
crushing the ore-bearing rock.
Kiruna kyrka
Gruvvägen 2 • Daily 11am-4.45pm
Standing proud in the centre of town, Kiruna kyrka causes a few raised eyebrows when
people see it for the first time: built in the style of a Sámi hut and the size of a small
aircraft hangar, it's an origami-like creation of oak beams and rafters. LKAB, the
iron-ore company (and the town's main employer) which paid for its construction, was
also responsible for the Hjalmar Lundbohmsgården.
Hjalmar Lundbohmsgården
Ingenjörsgatan 1 • Mon-Fri 10am-4pm • 30kr • W hjalmarsgard.se
The displays in this country house, once used by the former managing director of LKAB,
who was the town's “founder”, consist mostly of early twentieth-century photographs
featuring the man himself and his personal study, much as he left it. Try to visit the house
in order to get a perspective on the town's history before going down the mine; you'll be
 
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