Abisko

Northern lights and mountain tops.

4.3
out of 5

Abisko is a small village in the far north of Sweden, inside the Arctic Circle. It’s a popular base for exploring the nearby Lapporten mountain range and the Abisko National Park, both of which are studded with glaciers, waterfalls and pristine forests. The village is also located on the Kungsleden, a famous hiking trail that leads all the way to the North Pole. Abisko is a great place to experience the midnight sun in summer and the Northern Lights in winter, when the sky is often clear and dark enough for the Aurora Borealis to be visible.

Average temperatures during the day in Abisko.
July
18°
Aug
16°
Sep
11°
Oct
5°
Nov
1°
Dec
-2°
Jan
-3°
Feb
-3°
Mar
0°
Apr
4°
May
10°
Jun
15°

What people say about Abisko

4.3
People
4
Food
4
Spaces
4
Value
4
Safety
5

It's hard to rate "food and drinks", "people" and "public spaces". Abisko is mostly a travel destination for people who bring, tent, backpack and food and intend on setting foot into the swedish high mountain wilderness. Of course Abisko is not the main destination, just a starting/ending point.

The swedish mountains is one of my favourite places in the world. I am convinced it's hard to find a place of the same degree of freedom to enjoy solitude and to explore in all of the western world. I might have to take that back one day, since I've neither been hiking in the USA nor in Australia (culturally western). They are both vast, but in terms of freedom to roam I think it's hard to beat the swedish Allemansrätten (freedom to roam).

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