Dundret

823m fell on the edge of Gällivare, the southernmost place in Sweden with a true midnight sun

Dundret is the obvious landmark of Gällivare — a flat-topped fell rising 823 metres above the surrounding forest, about 6 km south of the town. It is the southernmost spot in Sweden from which the midnight sun is visible at the summer solstice, and one of the most reliable places in Europe to see the aurora in winter.

A road runs to the top in summer, and a ski lift in winter. From the summit on a clear day you can see across an area of about 8,000 square kilometres of Lapland — the mines of Malmberget to the north, the long lake-and-forest landscape stretching to the Russian border far to the east, and on the western horizon the snow-capped peaks of the Sarek wilderness. The downhill ski area on the north face is one of the longest seasons in Sweden, running from late October to early May.

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The midnight sun is visible from the top of Dundret continuously from about 2 June to 12 July — over a month of unbroken daylight — and in midwinter the surrounding sky is one of the most reliable places in Europe to see the aurora borealis.