Editing Tourism in Sweden (section)

== Northern Sweden and winter sports ==
[[Image:Sweden Ice Hotel 5.jpg|thumb|220px|The [[Icehotel (Jukkasjärvi)|Ice Hotel]] in [[Jukkasjärvi]]]]
In the winter, the [[Icehotel (Jukkasjärvi)|Jukkasjärvi ice hotel]] is built every year near the northern town of Kiruna. Kiruna is also frequently used as a place from which to see the [[Aurora (astronomy)|Aurora Borealis]] (Northern lights).

Tourists in Sweden's north in the winter often take trips in reindeer sleighs with [[Sami people|Sami]] drivers, in dog sleighs, or on snowmobiles. It is also possible to ski, with downhill resorts at [[Åre]] and [[Vemdalen]], and there are many cross country ski tracks throughout northern Sweden. [[Vasaloppet]] (in the beginning of March) is the oldest, longest and largest cross-country ski race in the world. Ice hockey is a popular sport in the winter. Many of the bays in the northern part of the country are frozen in winter, and it is possible to go [[ice yachting]] or [[Tour skating|ice skating]] on the ice. Many lakes are also frozen, so [[ice fishing]] (''pimpelfiske'') is quite common.