Gallivare Attractions
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Post code: S-97200
Telephone code: 0970
The town of Gällivare in northern Sweden owes its existence to the local deposits of iron ore. It lies on the Vásarajärvi ("Hammer Lake"), 70km/44miles north of the Arctic Circle. The midnight sun shines here from June 2 to July 12. Gällivare has a wooden church of 1881, known as the "one öre church" because every taxpayer was obliged to make an offering of one öre towards its cost.
There is a boarding school for Sami children which in summer is used as a youth hostel.
Gällivare has been selected as the host town for the 2008 VIVA World Cup, an international football tournament.
Telephone code: 0970
The town of Gällivare in northern Sweden owes its existence to the local deposits of iron ore. It lies on the Vásarajärvi ("Hammer Lake"), 70km/44miles north of the Arctic Circle. The midnight sun shines here from June 2 to July 12. Gällivare has a wooden church of 1881, known as the "one öre church" because every taxpayer was obliged to make an offering of one öre towards its cost.
There is a boarding school for Sami children which in summer is used as a youth hostel.
Gällivare has been selected as the host town for the 2008 VIVA World Cup, an international football tournament.
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