Kiruna - Shopping

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A trip to Lappland offers unbeatable opportunities to buy both food delicacies and forest products from Norrland, and genuine Sami products. One of the best places for the former is Thornéus Renprodukter (Fru Wälivaaragatan 10, tel: +46 980 100 81), which started trading as early as the 1940s. The shop sells reindeer and venison, cloudberries, arctic trout and coffee-cheese.

For high quality products manufactured by Sami people, Wennberg Sameslöjd (Begmästareg. 2) is recommended. It has shops in both Kiruna and Stockholm. Among other items, Wennberg sells knives, jewellery and sculptures by well-known Sami artists. Outdoor equipment is to be found at, among other places, Vildmarkshörnan (Bergsmästareg. 2), which also sells what you need for hunting and fishing. The usual, large clothing multiples such as JC, Kappahl and Lindex are to be found in the shopping malls, Gallerian and Galaxen.