[Luleaaw] - The town by the sea and the capital of Swedish Lapland
To get to know Luleå a little bit more we have listed a few short facts about things that you should know about Luleå and what our city can offer you!
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Situated 160 km from the Polar Circle!
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Sweden’s 22nd largest city with 74 178 inhabitants (2010-12-31)
- Founded in 1621
- The Centre of the County of Norrbotten – a fourth of Swedens´s surface
- One of Sweden’s largest harbours
- Kallax Airport - the fifth largest domestic airport in Sweden
Culture
- Gammelstad Kyrkby - The medieval worldheritage church town
- Kulturens Hus - House of culture
- ”Hägnan” – the open air museum
- Teknikens Hus – House of technology
- Domkyrkan - Luleå cathedral
- The sami people – Europe´s only indigenous people
- Luleå Harbour
Landscape
- The Archipelago´s of Luleå – with over 700 islands
- Northern lights – the rainbow by the night
- Midnight sun – experience twenty-four-seven “daylight"
Industries
- Metallurgic centre with a large st eel industry and advanced researchSSAB – a global leader in value added high strength steel
- LKAB – an international high-tech minerals group
- Plannja - one of Europe’s leading brands in thin steel sheet products
Luleå University of Technology
- Sweden’s first University of Technology with approximately 16 000 students!
- World-class research and education
- Research at the University has an annual turnover of more than EUR 80 million and comprises 70 research subjects in 6 research profiles and 6 development profiles
- STUK – The student union house
(source: http://www.lulea.se/, www.ltu.se)
