FINAL ACTIVITY IN KIRUNA
On our last day in Kiruna we planned to go on a cross country ski, through the Camp Ripan. Camp Ripan has accommodation and activity services, if you choose to stay there the service is basic although the staff are very helpful, and it is at least a 10 minute walk - walking fast - to the town centre. The ski trip was for 2 hours (495SEK) including guide and coffee and cake break. At the last minute we decided not to ski and so they offered us all kinds of alternatives. The guide was a lovely Sami girl, who instead took us to a Sami museum which was closed and had it especially opened for us. There she spent the time telling us about her culture, and specifically about her own life as a Sami. Camp Ripan can be highly recommended for it's service.
At 16:00 we flew SAS for 420SEK each to Stockholm's Arlanda airport. You can definitely find cheaper tickets. This was just the price for the day and time we wanted, but check out the prices and then decide which day to fly on.
GETTING FROM AIRPORT TO STOCKHOLM
The Arlanda express runs every 20 minutes from the airport to the central station for 380SEK return. The Flyggbussarna goes every 10 minutes for 175SEK return to the train station. A taxi would cost about 400SEK.
STOCKHOLM HOTEL
We stayed at the Sheraton. The plus points for this hotel: luxury, excellent location, and if you travel a lot you might want to join their club and collect points to us for free stays in the future. The minus is simply the price. We were staying 4 nights so we got one free, otherwise the price was 1400SEK a night. Whether you stay there or at a different hotel, definitely, without question stay around the train station. It is just across the bridge from the Old Town, and a road away from the main shopping drag. It is also not a slummy area like some train station areas in other cities. In the evening, having just arrived, we went for a walk, dinner and a good nights sleep.
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