Lulea, Sweden

Transportation: from the airport take a taxi into town - try dialing 0920-66666 for Sevans Taxi or 0920-10000 for Lulea Taxi. You'll want to use taxi most of the time, but bus and rail are options locally depending on where you are trying to go.

Lodging:

• Elite Stadshotellet - Storgatan 15, 972 32 Luleå - +46 (0)920-27 40 00 - good location, central to town square. Italian restaurant downstairs. Ask for a room with a water view. The hotel is about a 15 minute cab ride from the airport.

Attractions: click here for the local tourism info

• Gammelstad Church Town – World Heritage Site (check hours) – worth seeing, especially on a blue sky day or with snow on the ground. Great picture opportunities. Original town of Lulea was based here.
• Kulturhaus – a town center building with library, tourist info, conference center and restaurants. Great spot catching a local or two in action. If you are into design or architecture, this is worth investigating.
• Boat tours
• Bike tours
• Nederlulea

Food: click here for Lulea's restaurant index

• Not many options, one recommendation was the restaurant in Gammelstad.
• Roasters - good coffees spot with wifi on main square