Arjeplog

The Ice Driving Capital of the World

Foto: LiLAB

Arjeplog

Skiing at the Arctic Circle

Foto: Galtis

Arjeplog

A Snow Mobiling Paradise

Foto: Lotta Lestander

Welcome to our mountainous archipelago!

Adventure and stillness await. Welcome to share our arctic lifestyle!

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World class ice driving in Arjeplog

When Formula E’s Mitch Evans visited Jaguar Land Rover's Ice Academy in Arjeplog for the first time he was out of words. "I can't describe it. I can't put it into words. I love it!" he told the reporters at CNN when they interviewed him.

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An icy bath and sauna at Lake Hornavan

Sauna culture is broad and has many practitioners. Kraja holiday village has a sauna raft available in summer, but they also offer ice-bathing and sauna in winter. - Very refreshing, says Charlotta Westberg about first heating yourself up in a sauna, then having a bath in a hole cut in the ice. "If spirits, tar or sauna doesn't help, death is near" - Finnish sauna proverb.

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Gáldesbuovdda – the mountain polished by the wind god

Mountains with names ending in buovvda are rounded and smooth. A wreath of forest decorates their base. This is true for Gáldesbuovdda, or Galtispouda, which is the most widely used spelling today. Bouvdda is also the name for a bald man.