Lulea is the largest city in Swedish Lapland. Here visitors will find the world’s largest brackish water archipelago with 1,312 islands, rivers, and vast forestland. Experience our seasonal contrasts – from snow, cold temperatures, and a frozen sea in winter perfect for winter activities like ice fishing, dog sledding, and flying over the ice via hoover craft – to sunshine, warmth, and midnight sunlight in summer. From September to March you can, under the right conditions, spot the stunning Northern Lights. Just outside Lulea you will find Gammelstad Church Town, one of Sweden’s World Heritage Sites on UNESCO’s list of places worth preserving. The church was built in 1492, and the surrounding church cottages were built to house church­ goers who came from far away, as regular church attendance was mandated by law in Sweden.