Venue Location
The conference will take place in the Aula of Malmfälten Adult Education Centre.
Address:
Malmfältens Folkhögskola
Campingvägen 1D
S-981 35 Kiruna
Sweden
Phone: ++46-(0)-980 675 00
Website: https://malmfaltensfolkhogskola.se/
E-mail: malmfaltens@kiruna.fhsk.se
The lecture room is equipped with a PowerPoint projector. If lecturers need some other technical devices, they should contact the organisers in good time.
Accommodation
Participants have to book their accommodation on their own. However, a block booking for our conference has been made at the following locations:
Malmfälten Adult Education Centre
Malmfälten Adult Education Centre offers different forms of accommodation in our total of 39 rooms. Bed linen, towels and final cleaning are always included in the price. TV and WC are available in all rooms. Many rooms also have private showers. Free internet connection and free parking for our guests. Access to sauna and shared kitchen / living room for self-catering and pleasant get-togethers exists.
At the hotel you stay comfortably in one of our 18 rooms. Choose between single, double and triple rooms (works as an alcove room – that is, with a single room in the double room) Private toilet / shower and TV are in the room. Free Wifi available. All rooms are ready on arrival. And beds are made.
Prices range from EUR 70 – EUR 90,- for single rooms and EOR 120,- – 140,- for double rooms (per room). Breakfast is included. Please contact the hotel directly (email: maria.andersson@kiruna.fhsk.se or malmfaltens@kiruna.fhsk.se, phone: ++46-(0)-980 675 00 ) and mention the booking number 55203 (Stockholms universitet). You will then get an offer.
Deadline for room booking is 31 July 2023. Thereafter, accommodation cannot be guaranteed.
Hotel Camp Ripan
Campingvägen 5
SE-98135 Kiruna
Sweden
Phone: ++46-(0)-980-630 00
Email: agent@ripan.se
Web: www.ripan.se
The 90 hotel rooms of Camp Ripan are cosy cabins with private entrances. It includes cable TV, telephone, internet access, bathroom with shower, WC and hairdryer. The kitchen area has a table and chairs, and the pantry is equipped with refrigerator, electric kettle, microwave oven, two cooking plates, pots and pans, plates, utensils, cups, glasses and cork screw.
You can park your automobile right outside the cabin and in winter you rent an electrical outlet for a block heater at our general parking area. InCharge offers eight charging stations for electric vehicles outside the main building, payment is done using their app.
The price for a single person in a hut is SEK 1592,- per night (~ EUR 140). For two persons in a hut it is SEK 1772,- per hut (~EUR 160) and night. Prices include room cleaning. There are also huts for up to 4 people. Early booking is recommended for those!
Booking the room contact the hotel per e-.mail (bokning@ripan.se) giving the reference number: 395988.
Deadline for room booking is 31 July 2023. Thereafter, accommodation cannot be guaranteed.
Access to the Venue
The best way is first to fly into Kiruna Airport, IATA code: KRN. There are usually 3 directs flight from Stockholm Arlanda to Kiruna on Sundays day and 2 back on Fridays. Stockholm Arlanda has good connections to all major cities in Europe. No flights operate on Saturdays for some reason.
To go from Kiruna airport to the accommodation it is best to take a taxi. Alternatively you can take the airport bus. The buses leave 30 minutes after arrivals of planes from Stockholm. Take the bus to station OK-Parken. From there walk 100 m back (against the direction of the bus and then turn right into “Föreningsgatan”. After 250 m you reach a T-junction, turn left into “Matojärvigatan”. After 150 m take the road ”Campingvägen” to the right, Afte 200m you will reach Malmfäten Adult Learning Centre (Malmfältens folkhögskola), after 400 m Camp Ripan.
The airport at Narvik (Harstad Narvik airport) offers several connections to Oslo per day. It is quite a bit out of town, but there is a bus connection with Flybussen. From there you can take the Ore train (Malmbanan to Kiruna). It takes about 3 hours but the landscape is very nice. From Kiruna Railway or Station it is best to take a taxi. You can book a taxi with Taxi Kiruna (phone: ++46-(0)980-12020)
You can take the train to Kiruna but it takes around 15 hours from Stockholm. Please note that the railway station of Kiruna has shifted due to the replacement of the city. There are also long-range buses going to Kiruna. To use those options, however only pays when you are planning a longer stay in Sweden with some stop-overs. From Kiruna Railway or Kiruna Bus Station it is best to take a taxi. You can book a taxi with Taxi Kiruna (phone: ++46-(0)980-12020)
From Ripan to Malmfälten
Walk out from the hotel and towards the city centre (south) Malmfältens Adult Learning Centre appears at the right after 200m.
