Jukkasjärvi

Jukkasjärvi is a town of around 600 citizens in in northern . While the town has been a meeting point for the Sami, Finnish and Swedish cultures since the 17th century, it is today best known for the Ice Hotel.
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  • Type: Village with 607 residents
  • Description: urban area in Kiruna Municipality, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Jukkasjaervi”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Icehotel and Jukkasjärvi Church.

Hotel
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The is a hotel in northern Sweden, about 17 kilometers from . It is rebuilt each year with snow and ice in the village of Jukkasjärvi and is the world's first ice hotel.

Church
Photo: Bamsefar75, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Jukkasjärvi

Latitude
67.8504° or 67° 51′ 1″ north
Longitude
20.6053° or 20° 36′ 19″ east
Population
607
Elevation
321 metres (1,053 feet)
United Nations Location Code
SE JUK
Open location code
9GV2VJ24+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 340823541
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
605485
Wiki­data ID
Q1284760
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Jukkasjärvi” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Bavarian: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Catalan: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Cebuano: “Jukkasjärvi (parokya)”
  • Chinese: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Chinese: “尤卡斯耶尔维”
  • Czech: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Danish: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Dutch: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Finnish: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • French: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • German: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Hindi: “युक्कासयार्वी”
  • Irish: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Italian: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Japanese: “ユッカスイェルヴィ”
  • Korean: “유카스예르비”
  • Ladin: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Norwegian: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Persian: “یوکاسیاروی”
  • Polish: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Portuguese: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Russian: “Юккасъярви”
  • Slovenian: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Swedish: “Jukkasjärvi”
  • Ukrainian: “Юккас’ярві”
  • Urdu: “جوکاسجاروی”

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