Kiruna: Arctic New Year's Eve at Aurora River Camp

Celebrate New Year's Eve in Swedish Lapland with a small-group evening at Aurora River Camp, limited to a maximum of just 8 guests.

Your evening combines a fire-cooked Arctic dinner in our reserved open-air riverside shelter, a Northern Lights drive through the Kiruna winter landscape in a heated minibus, and a midnight celebration with champagne and fireworks.

Thermal overalls, insulated winter boots, gloves and warm hats are provided. After dinner, your guide follows the weather and cloud conditions in search of the best available skies, with comfortable warming breaks in the minibus between outdoor stops.

Before midnight, we return to Aurora River Camp and, when ice conditions are confirmed safe, walk onto the frozen river to count down the final seconds of the year beneath the Arctic sky.

Available only on 31 December 2026 · Maximum 8 guests · Approx. 5 hours 30 minutes

🚐 Your New Year’s Eve Begins

Your evening starts with pickup from selected locations in Kiruna before we travel through the Arctic winter landscape to Aurora River Camp. On arrival, thermal overalls, insulated winter boots, gloves and warm hats are provided before you make your way to our new riverside fire shelter, where the fire is already burning.

• 🚐 Pickup and drop-off from selected locations in Kiruna
• 👥 Small-group experience with a maximum of 8 guests
• 🧥 Thermal overall, winter boots, gloves and hat included
• 🔥 Reserved access to our open-air riverside fire shelter

🔥 New Year’s Eve Dinner Over the Fire

Settle onto reindeer hides around the open fire and enjoy a hot welcome drink while your guide prepares dinner directly in the shelter using a separate cooking fire. The meal is designed around warm Arctic flavours and cooked especially for this New Year’s Eve experience.

Choose your main course in advance:

🐟 Arctic Char
Fire-cooked Arctic char with crushed butter potatoes, roasted root vegetables, warm lemon-dill butter, pickled cucumber and fresh dill.

🦌 Reindeer
Fire-seared reindeer with crushed butter potatoes, roasted root vegetables, rich juniper sauce, lingonberries and crispy onions.

A vegetarian option is also available when requested in advance. Finish the meal with a warm Arctic-inspired dessert and hot drinks around the fire.

• 🔥 Dinner prepared directly over the guide’s cooking fire
• 🐟 Arctic char, 🦌 reindeer or 🌱 vegetarian main course
• 🥔 Warm Arctic-inspired sides
• 🍰 Arctic-inspired dessert
• ☕ Hot drinks throughout the evening

🌌 Into the Arctic Night

After dinner, we leave Aurora River Camp in our heated minibus and head into the Kiruna night. Your guide follows the latest weather and cloud conditions and chooses the route according to where the clearest skies are most likely to be found.

There is no fixed route. We may stop at several dark locations during the evening, giving you the opportunity to experience the Arctic landscape and search for the Northern Lights. Between outdoor stops, return to the heated minibus to warm up comfortably before continuing.

• 🌌 Flexible Northern Lights search based on current conditions
• 🚐 Heated minibus throughout the evening
• 🔥 Comfortable warming breaks between outdoor stops
• 📍 Route chosen according to weather and cloud cover
• ✨ Northern Lights sightings cannot be guaranteed

🔥 Back to Aurora River Camp

Well before midnight, we return to Aurora River Camp and gather once again around the fire in the riverside shelter. Enjoy a final hot drink, warm up beside the flames and take in the atmosphere as the last moments of the year approach.

The shelter has high wooden walls that provide protection from the wind while remaining completely open to the Arctic sky above. There is no roof, so snowfall can become part of the experience.

• 🔥 Return to the fire before midnight
• 🦌 Reindeer hides and open-fire atmosphere
• ❄️ Open-air shelter beneath the Arctic sky
• ☕ Hot drinks before the midnight celebration

🥂 Midnight on the Frozen River

Shortly before midnight, champagne and an alcohol-free sparkling alternative are prepared before we make the short walk onto the frozen river, provided ice and weather conditions are confirmed safe.

Surrounded by snow-covered forest and Arctic darkness, we gather beneath the open sky and count down the final seconds of the year together.

At midnight, raise your glass and welcome the New Year as fireworks light up the winter sky above Aurora River Camp.

• 🥂 Champagne included for the midnight toast
• ✨ Alcohol-free sparkling alternative available
• 🌌 New Year countdown beneath the Arctic sky
• 🎆 Midnight fireworks at Aurora River Camp
• ❄️ Planned celebration on the frozen river when conditions are safe

🌲 A Different Way to Welcome the New Year

This is more than a Northern Lights tour. It is a complete Arctic New Year’s Eve experience combining open-fire dining, winter wilderness, a heated Northern Lights drive and a midnight celebration in Swedish Lapland.

With only 8 places available, the evening is designed to remain personal, relaxed and carefully paced — from your first drink around the fire to the final countdown beneath the Arctic sky.

✨ Welcome the New Year in Swedish Lapland

Only 8 places are available for 31 December 2026. Celebrate New Year's Eve around the fire at Aurora River Camp and welcome the New Year beneath the Arctic sky with Arctic food, Northern Lights possibilities, champagne and fireworks.