Kiruna Stadshuset

This city hall is no more

A lot of buildings closest to the iron ore mine are being demolished as the mining is cintinueing under the town. The first building to be moved to a new location about 7 km east of the old location w...

Big building in red brick in a heavy Soviet style.

Well this building will not exist any more due to risk from the big LKAB mine. it will be demolished . A new townhall is build in a new safe area and the old belltower is moved to this place.

One or two interesting things to see here

It was interesting to see the model of the town and how the move of the town is going to affect the town geography. Otherwise the only thing to see here is some artwork on the walls. There were no o...

Useful place if you understand who runs this.

The Visitor Center is a focal point for info on the area. You need to understand that they are a "Chamber of Commerce" and really push their members activities and tours. If you can withstand the sa...

Before it s too late...

We were there in August and the tower had just been removed. You need to visit it before it s too late. This building will not be moved, the replacement is already there on the other side of the city....