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Commercial and communications centre
Luleå is one of the oldest commercial centres in northern Sweden. The Luleå of the future will become a communications centre in the great Barents Euro Arctic region.
Luleå is a transport hub for ore, steel, oil and freight, with trans-shipping between ship, rail and road. The Port of Luleå is one of Sweden´s biggest in terms of bulk shipments and is open for shipping year-round.
Luleå has rail links to both the north and south. Ore trains from the mines in the north run back and forth around the clock. Some of the ore is processed at the steelworks in Luleå and the finished product is sent by rail to rolling mills in Borlänge.
Major highways, the E4 and E10, are vital connections for traffic to and from Finland and Norway. The route along Sweden´s north-eastern coast is Sweden´s only road to Russia.
Luleå is also a hub for passenger traffic to and from northern Sweden. Luleå Kallax Airport is one of Sweden´s largest in terms of passenger volumes. There are about 15 daily flights both to and from Stockholm, as well as several regular daily flights within the region to Gällivare and Kiruna. Charter traffic has increased.
The geographic position and good infrastructure make Luleå a natural communications centre in the Barents region. There are direct connections to Murmansk and Archangel in Russia.
In the broadest sense, communications encompasses not only telephony and computing, but also culture and media. The combination of industry, technology, trade, education and culture provides a solid basis on which to create new channels of communication and new working modes.
Luleå has been a mercantile centre for more than 500 years. Commerce is still a significant and growing sector of the economy. Second only to the Municipality, this sector is the largest employer, accounting for about 5,000 jobs. All branches of trade and most of the major national retail chains are represented in the shopping streets of the city centre and the shopping centre in Storheden.
Shopping is the heart and soul of city life. The department stores, galleries, boutiques and cafés attract Luleå residents and people from all around Norrbotten to the city centre. In the evening, a good variety of pubs and restaurants provide them with entertainment and refreshment.
The Municipality and the local mercantile association have together founded Luleå & Co AB, a company whose task is to pursue issues relating to the development of local trade and commerce, to preserve the city core, co-ordinate opening hours, arrange activities and assist new establishments.
Arcus is one of northern Europe´s largest indoor venues for sports and cultural events, exhibitions, congresses and trade fairs.
Regional theatre company Norrbottensteatern tours throughout the county, but is based at the theatre complex in Luleå. The graphic arts are represented at Konstens Hus. Luleå residents also satisfy their appetite for music, theatre and other art forms at the cultural centre Ebeneser.
Luleå is also the base for mass media in the region, with two daily papers, Norrländska Socialdemokraten and Norrbottens Kuriren and regular daily broadcasts by Sveriges Radio, Sveriges Television and TV Norrbotten.
Luleå is the medical and health care centre of the region. Norrbotten County Council employs 1,500 people in health care and administration.
A new County hospital was opened in 1999. Equipped with state-of-the-art medical and communications equipment, the Sunderbyn Hospital adopts an innovative approach to health care. Sunderbyn has no clinics per se; medical attention focuses, instead, on the individual patient.
Air, sea, rail, road and the electronic highway
Luleå is a transport hub for ore, steel, oil and freight, with trans-shipping between ship, rail and road. The Port of Luleå is one of Sweden´s biggest in terms of bulk shipments and is open for shipping year-round.
Luleå has rail links to both the north and south. Ore trains from the mines in the north run back and forth around the clock. Some of the ore is processed at the steelworks in Luleå and the finished product is sent by rail to rolling mills in Borlänge.
Major highways, the E4 and E10, are vital connections for traffic to and from Finland and Norway. The route along Sweden´s north-eastern coast is Sweden´s only road to Russia.
Luleå is also a hub for passenger traffic to and from northern Sweden. Luleå Kallax Airport is one of Sweden´s largest in terms of passenger volumes. There are about 15 daily flights both to and from Stockholm, as well as several regular daily flights within the region to Gällivare and Kiruna. Charter traffic has increased.
The geographic position and good infrastructure make Luleå a natural communications centre in the Barents region. There are direct connections to Murmansk and Archangel in Russia.
Data and telecommunications
In the broadest sense, communications encompasses not only telephony and computing, but also culture and media. The combination of industry, technology, trade, education and culture provides a solid basis on which to create new channels of communication and new working modes.
Historic centre of trade
Luleå has been a mercantile centre for more than 500 years. Commerce is still a significant and growing sector of the economy. Second only to the Municipality, this sector is the largest employer, accounting for about 5,000 jobs. All branches of trade and most of the major national retail chains are represented in the shopping streets of the city centre and the shopping centre in Storheden.
Shopping is the heart and soul of city life. The department stores, galleries, boutiques and cafés attract Luleå residents and people from all around Norrbotten to the city centre. In the evening, a good variety of pubs and restaurants provide them with entertainment and refreshment.
The Municipality and the local mercantile association have together founded Luleå & Co AB, a company whose task is to pursue issues relating to the development of local trade and commerce, to preserve the city core, co-ordinate opening hours, arrange activities and assist new establishments.
Arcus is one of northern Europe´s largest indoor venues for sports and cultural events, exhibitions, congresses and trade fairs.
Culture and mass media
Regional theatre company Norrbottensteatern tours throughout the county, but is based at the theatre complex in Luleå. The graphic arts are represented at Konstens Hus. Luleå residents also satisfy their appetite for music, theatre and other art forms at the cultural centre Ebeneser.
Luleå is also the base for mass media in the region, with two daily papers, Norrländska Socialdemokraten and Norrbottens Kuriren and regular daily broadcasts by Sveriges Radio, Sveriges Television and TV Norrbotten.
Europe´s most modern hospital
Luleå is the medical and health care centre of the region. Norrbotten County Council
employs 1,500 people in health care and administration. A new County hospital was opened in 1999. Equipped with state-of-the-art medical and communications equipment, the Sunderbyn Hospital adopts an innovative approach to health care. Sunderbyn has no clinics per se; medical attention focuses, instead, on the individual patient.
Senast publicerad av: Charlotte Högnelid
Luleå kommun, 971 85 Luleå, växel 0920-45 30 00 | webbredaktionen@lulea.se
Set up new businesses
Luleå is the natural choice for setting up a new business in the northernmost of Sweden!
Port of Luleå
Port of Luleå is a public harbour which, in spite of its northerly position and thanks to excellent co-operation with modern state-run and locally operated ice-breakers, is open for shipping all the year round.
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