Today we took a tour through one of the most important places in Kiruna, the Mine. It is the entire reason the town is here and is a big employer here. It is an LKAB run Iron Ore Mine, the biggest iron ore mine in the world actually. It is currently mining at 2000m down, an amazing feet and has over 400km of roads underneath the surface. It's like something out of a film. We took a bus down through all the dark tunnels underground to 575m where we they have a museum, a tour, a bunch of machinery for viewing and even a cafe! It was utterly freezing, but really interesting to learn about something which runs the economy here. We got to wear snazzy yellow hard hats too!
Sounds pretty cool, underground is awesome :D
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