Winter sports break in Luleå

Vårt Luleå's guide to the winter break in Luleå

March 2-6 is winter break in Luleå and Luleå municipality offers a long list of activities, many of them free! How about a mini ski race with Gustav Vasa, arts and crafts in the Art Gallery, games nights, a pool disco and a jumping competition?

Vårt Luleå's guide

Code, experiment and build at Teknikens Hus

FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 8

At Teknikens Hus, you can take part in a range of workshops. Design your own space rocket, experiment with chemical rockets and explore the moon with Blue-Bots.

Winter break basketball

MARCH 2-4

It is time for winter break basketball!
The sports break basketball is held in Luleå Energi Arena, in the a-hall and the b-hall. The coaches are players and coaches from our elite teams, BC Luleå and Luleå Basket.

Winter holiday in Gammelstad

MARCH 3-5

The winter holiday week at Hägnan offers skiing, baking, crafting, firepleces and a lot of outdoor play. At the Visitor Centre, you can visit the exhibition about Gammelstad church town, where there is also a children’s corner. You can also enjoy exciting children’s walks using the Visit Gammelstad app.

Winter break activities at Hägnan

The ice track

Welcome to Luleå's ice arena! The ice track in central Luleå is perfect for walking and ice skating. There are even kicksleds to borrow for free at parking lots. Standard ice skates can be borrowed for free at Fritidsbanken if you do not have own. Long distance ice skates in adult sizes can be rented at Äventyrsbutiken.

Enjoy a trip to the cozy island Gråsjälören. Here, there are barbeque spots to use and if the flag is hoisted the Lion's charity organization open the café. What would you say about a really tasty Swedish waffle during a perfect spring winter day?

Explore the ice track

Barbeque spots in Luleå

Pack a meal pack and enjoy the spring winter to the sound of the crackling fire.

Go ice skating!

See places to go ice skating at in the "kommunkartan"-map. You'll find the ice track, indoor ice arenas and ice rinks around the whole municipality.

Borrow sports equipment for free!

Fritidsbanken is the place to go to if you want to borrow sports equipment for free. Fritidsbanken is located at Porsön. During winter 2026, we will also periodically offer winter sports equipment for loan in central Luleå.

Fritidsbanken at Returpunkt centrum
Borrow winter fun in the middle of town! It is possible to borrow ice skates for free at Returpunkt centrum during the winter break.

Good for your wallet and for the planet!

Explore Fritidsbanken

Eat well in Luleå archipelago

Take a nice excursion in the Luleå archipelago. Here there are about 30 kilometers of ice roads that take you from the mainland to the islands of Sandön, Junkön, Hindersön, Storbrändön and Långön.

It is a powerful feeling to drive a car on ice roads. After a short drive across Tjuvholmsundet and then about 5 kilometers by car on Luleå archipelago's largest island, Sandön, you can continue on the ice road between Sandön and Junkön island. On Junkön there are nice barbecue spots to visit.

There are 8 kilometers of ice road to Hindersön island, where you can look out over the miles-wide expanses. On Hindersön, the road follows about 5 kilometers before you arrive at Jopikholmen. There are two nice barbeque spots within walking distance.

Go skiing!

There are many opportunities for both downhill and cross-country skiing in Luleå.

If you have your own downhill skiing equipment, there is Ormberget near central Luleå and nice Rånekölen. There is a ski rental at Måttsundsbacken about 20 minutes from central Luleå.

Do you want to go cross-country skiing?

There are cross-country skiing tracks at variying difficulties and length at Ormberget Outdoor Center. The ski stadium is perfect for beginners. Do not miss out on the tracks at Bergnäset and Mattisberget. We like cross-country skiing in Luleå and almost every village has their own skiing tracks. You will find the latest cross-country ski track updates at skidspår.se. Trail maps are found there as well.