KIRUNA and LAPLAND
Once in Kiruna the air is much fresher than in Stockholm and the moisture is higher too.
As we thought the organisation is very good nearly perfect. The buses were on time at the train station, we were welcomed and led to the Operating Center. At the gymnasium containers are parked on the parkway in order to receive your luggage you could wish to be delivered at the finish line like a rolling locker. Each luggage was given a number and you keep the receipt. Then we had to go to the check-in where every participant received a personal information by a member of the Fjallraven team about the race the rule how things work...then you check-in receive your personal logbook with a bar-code which has to be scanned at the starting line in Nikaluokta. After this we took the line to pick-up our gas canister, food, bread, map...even a small store from Naturkompaniet provided the gear one could wish to add to his already too heavy pack !
We then went to the Camp Ripan to book a cabin for the night, it was raining really strong outside and a good night was a good idea before the "race".
Kiruna is a small industrial city with all the facilities you wish for a short stay: grocery, outdoor retailers, pubs, restaurants (Camp Ripan has a good restaurant and breakfast service (restaurant was a bit expensive in my mind)).
Kiruna doesn't offers much activities but you can visit the town, we appreciated the Church, the city hall with an interesting architecture and art exhibition, the great iron mine can also be visited but we didn't.
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