1300km north of Stockholm lies the city of Kiruna. With a population of just 20,000 it sits in the middle of the Norrlands wilderness. Built around a mining community at the end of the 1800s, the city was designed by the era's foremost experts in architecture and community planning.

Kiruna was the first Swedish community with a city planned around the climate. The streets were designed to follow the terrain in an irregular pattern in order to curb the Arctic winds. The city is also built on the side of a mountain, which means higher temperatures. Despite its northerly location the city centre temperature rarely drops below -20.

During the winter months the city is plunged into darkness as the sun barely gets a chance to show itself. Even so, the city is far from dark. A combination of the moon and stars reflecting off the snow give a beautiful glow to Kiruna and not forgetting the extraordinary northern lights which crackle across a cloudless evening sky.