Shore Excursions

There are many activities and excursions to choose from when visiting Luleå and Swedish Lapland. Below are some examples of activities in the area.
For more information on options available in Luleå please phone +46 920 45 70 00, E-Mail turistbyra@lulea.se or visit www.visitlulea.se

Luleå - tours and activities

Nature walk at Bälingebergets Nature reserveduration: 4 hours

CreActive guides meets and welcomes you. Private coach transfer to Bälingeberget (Nature reserve with beautiful landscape and nice view over the Luleå Area) Guided walking tour up to the peak of the mountain, your guide will show and tell you about the subarctic nature, flora, geology and fauna. At the peak coffee, tea and sandwich is served around the campfire. In afternoon coach transfer back to the harbor.

For more information, visit www.creactive-adventure.se

Easy Canoeingduration: 4 hours

Guided paddle tour in calm waters along Råne River. Stop for coffee and sandwich. Good chances to see beaver and other wildlife. We will pass some easy rapids on the stretch of the river.

For more information, visit www.creactive-adventure.se

Cycling Guided Tour

Tour Luleå and Gammelstad by cycle with a local tour guide.

For more information please visit www.tour-lapland.com

Experience Swedish Lapland: "Four Seasons"

Four Seasons is a show composed of a combination of design, music and a beautiful slideshow. The show takes about 20 minutes and will give the spectators a unique experience from Swedish Lapland. Spectators are taken on a journey where creations that are all inspired by Mother Nature, are shown in different environments.

For more information, visit www.creation.nu

Tour boats

Operate on schedule in the Luleå Archipelago and there is also thematic tours; nature - culture - art - food etc.

For more information, visit www.visitlulea.se

Luleå - on your own

It is easy to get around Luleå by foot, public transport or taxi. In the city centre everything is within walking distance and local busses regularly depart from the middle of the city. One way to get a guided tour of the city or the region is by taxi. On request, taxi companies can arrange guided tours and trips to places of your interest.

City walking and shopping Luleå is a wonderful summer city with sun day and night! Central Luleå offers a large selection of shops, cafés and restaurants. Take a beautiful and amazing walk by following the seashore around the city. Visit "Kulturens Hus" the Arts & Congress Centre.

The Centre offers a highly cultural experience and a great variety of events and houses the Tourist office, city library, hall of art, concert halls, café and restaurants.

Norrbottens Museum is regional museum for the biggest province in Sweden, covering almost one fourth of the land in Sweden. On the ground floor you find a café and a shop where you can buy books and souvenirs from the region. Free admission.

If you have a passion for steam locomotives don't miss the railway museum, Norrbottens Järnvägsmuseum in Karlsvik. At the campus of Luleå University of Technology, you will find Teknikens Hus a science centre and "a hands-on Museum" for all ages. The church town of Gammelstad can be experienced on your own. It's easy to spend several hours in the church town.

Wander through the old village, visit the church, the open-air museum Hägnan, buy Norrbotten handicrafts in the small boutiques and enjoy a cup of coffee and a cinnamon swirl in authentic surroundings.

Nearby Attractions

Sightseeing tour through Sweden's military historyduration: 2-3 hours

Museum of Defence (Försvarsmuseum)

The Museum of Defence is the most modern museum with interactive exhibitions in the northern part of Sweden. The museum displays Sweden in a broader perspective - a journey through Swedish defense history from the end of the 19th century until today, through war and peace.

Boden's Fortress - Rödbergsfortet

Boden Fortress is a modern fortress consisting of several major and minor forts and fortifications surrounding the city of Boden. Taken together there are five primary self supporting forts that are excavated out of the bedrock of several mountains surrounding Boden. After visiting the Museum of Defence we get an exciting tour through one of five forts, Rödbergsfortet. It is the only remaining authentically furnished fort in Boden's fortress, and is one of Sweden's best kept military secrets throughout times.

For more information, visit www.experienceboden.nu or www.tour-lapland.com

Sami visit at Gorgimduration: day tour

We visit the Eriksson forest Sámi family at Flakaberg. Lars Eriksson will show you the reindeers and tell us about the Sámi life in the past and today. Lunch is served in wooden tee-pee around the campfire at the beautiful Gorgim lake. Shorter hike in the surroundings together with Lars.

For more information, visit www.creactive-adventure.se

Storforsen Waterfall, Artic Circle and Jokkmokk Sami museumduration: day tour

Storforsen falls is Europe's largest waterfall and breathtakingly beautiful and at the head of the falls we will enjoy lunch and an easy guided nature walk. Next we journey across the Arctic Circle to the small village of Jokkmokk situated on the upper reaches of the Luleå river. Here we will visit the world class Sami Ájtte museum which contains a fantastic interactive display of the traditional and modern life of the Sami people of this region.

For more information, visit www.alvsbyturism.se or www.tour-lapland.com

White water rafting in Kalix riverduration: 5 hours

The best of paddle adventures on Kalix River, rafting class III-IV. You will be equipped with life vest, wet suit, helmet and wet shoes. After safety and paddle instructions you will go on a 3,5 hour tour along nice and dramatic Kamlunge rapids. Stop by the riverbank for lunch. Depending on water level in the river, different rafts are used, from inflatable canoes to 9-man rafts. Licensed and professional guides.

For more information, visit www.creactive-adventure.se

Canoeing in beaver land - nature watchingduration: day tour

Guided paddle tour in calm waters among wild beavers in their real habitat. Stop for coffee and sandwich. Good chances to see beaver and other wildlife such as birds, moose and maybe reindeer.

For more information, visit www.creactive-adventure.se

Visit the Arctic Circle and meet the Sámi peopleduration: day tour

The safari takes you to through the enormous forest landscape along the Råneå River, Sweden's longest forest river. Here you get the opportunity to see deep forests, waterfalls traces of animals, and it is also likely that you spot a moose or even a bear. When we reach the Arctic circle we make a camp fire and enjoy a "wilderness" lunch. During lunch we will meet the Sámi people from the Sámi village nearby. They will share their culture, songs and stories with us. There is also a possibility of visiting the Ajtte Sami museum in Jokkmokk.

For more information, visit www.creactive-adventure.se

Sámi Camp, try Sámi life for a day!duration: day tour

Mingle around with the Sámi families in their camp of cots and listen to their stories of what life is like in a Sámi village. Meet with the reindeers, try the traditional Sámi meal clear soup and dried reindeer meat, have coffee cooked over open fire, listen to Sámi "joik" and look at Sámi handicrafts. This is a hands-on experience that gives you a deeper understanding of Sámi life and culture.

For more information, visit www.nordguide.se

A Little further afield

Piteå

The city of Piteå is located approximately 40 minutes drive south of Luleå and has its own unique history, culture and attractions.

A walk through the centre of Piteå

A guided tour along the streets of Piteå by foot. Listen to the history as we walk the streets, see the wooden church in Piteå, the park of art, visit the fisherman's small museum in the northern harbor and learn how the Piteå people lived along the sea from history to today. The guide is with the group from the boat and back to the boat again.

The Daily Life of a reindeer breeding

Discover the sami culture in the land of the midnight sun. We get together in a tent by the camp fire, close to the sea and listen to the stories of the daily life of reindeer breeding all year round. You will be able to taste some Lappish specialities like dried reindeer meat and coffee cheese. Enjoy the typical folksongs "jojk" and get to know more about the Lappish people by this experience. Meet the reindeer and try the skill how to throw a lasso.

The story of the forest in the region of the Polar Circle

Get to know our forest industry, its history and how it is developing. See how the tree in the forest become craft liner in the factory in the city of Piteå. We will visit the factory and learn about the process of making paper with a local guide and then we leave for the forest to experience the daily life of being a lumberjack. The North Swedish horse will take you out into the forest and during the trip in a carriage you can enjoy the beauty of nature and relax a while. At the timber cottage the timber man will show you how he works with the horses in the forest and then you can try to work in the forest in the old fashioned way. At the campfire you can taste some lumberjack food and relax, and learn more about the forestry industry, told by the lumberjack.

History and Traditions

Listen to the history and get to know the town that is called "the Nordic Riviera" of today, with one of our local guides. We will visit our old Church town in Öjebyn, and then make a stop at the Bölebyn Tannery where we will get an exclusive chance to see the production of hides that are tanned in a liquor of water and spruce bark that has never been replaced, only augmented, since 1918. The scent is wonderful! The Swedish Royal Castle is an official customer!
Swensbylijda is another stop well worth a visit. Here you can se how the Nordic farmers lived on a homested that has been rebuilt and today often used for example of baking bread in the old bakery.

Coastal village Mörönduration: 4 hours

Visit the beautiful coastal village Mörön, 30 km south east of Luleå city. The tour goes by bus to the village and its seal-hunting museum. Once there, you get a guided tour of the museum and find out the seal hunting history of the region. You also get to visit local artist and craftspeople in their studio and shop, and listen to folk music.

Ale culture and industry areaduration: 5 hours

This bus trip goes to the quaint village Ale, 30km west of Luleå city. We visit the old mill in Ale and experience bygone times as we enjoy home baked waffles. The trip then continues to Selets Bruk that reminisces about the old iron works era in the region. In 1878 Selets bruk was Swedish Lapland's largest industry and workplace. Today it is a dazzling and very popular nature reserve with a history dated back to the 16th century. Many of the region's owls have their sanctuary there, and you will find a plentiful amount of vegetation.

Further info

For more information about shore excursions and local arrangements, please contact Luleå Tourist Information Office: Phone +46 920 45 70 00, E-Mail turistbyra@lulea.se or visit www.visitlulea.se