Natural features

Abisko National Park

Sweden Norrbotten

Abisko National Park
Photo: Netha Hussain, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

A national park in Swedish Lapland, 200 km north of the Arctic Circle, famous as one of the best places in the world to see the northern lights, thanks to a 'blue hole' of clear sky over Lake Torneträsk. The Aurora Sky Station on Mount Nuolja is reached by chairlift.


In summer the midnight sun shines and the park is the start of the Kungsleden (King's Trail), a famous long-distance trail. The canyon walk along the Abiskojåkka river is easy. Trains run from Kiruna and Narvik.

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