gallivare birni ne, da ke a Lapland daga Sweden wacce take a yankin Norrbotten. Tana da nisan kilomita 100 daga arewacin Arctic Circle. Watannin hunturu duhu ne da sanyi, amma bazara takan yi rana har tsakar dare.
An kafa garin a cikin karni na 17. Tare da garuruwan da ke kusa da Malmberget da Koskullskulle ya samar da haɗuwa tare da mazauna kusan 15.000.
Gällivare yana a ƙarshen arewacin layin dogo na Inlandsbanan kuma yana cikin babban yankin haƙar ƙarfe. Kusa da Gallivare (kimanin kilomita biyar) Malmberget ne, wanda aka sani da wuri don hakar ma'adinan ƙarfe daga zurfin LKAB.
Idan mutum yana neman ayyukan waje, akwai abubuwa da yawa da zai yi a cikin shekara a Gällivare. Lokacin bazara na Raftin yana ba da kwale-kwale da ruwa mai baƙar fata, yawon shakatawa, kamun kifi da ɗaukar burodin (girgije!)
Watannin hunturu suna ba da hawan dusar ƙanƙara a kusa da Dundret, tsallaka ƙetare ƙasa, rawan ƙanƙara, hawan kare, hawa hawa, da kuma damar da za ta taimaka wa wasu Sami tare da kiwon garken dabbobi (yawanci yana buƙatar aan kwanaki na sadaukarwa).
Akwai zaɓuɓɓuka da yawa don kewayon masauki daga otal-otal masu arha, gidajen baƙi, B & Bs, zango da ɗakuna, amma Gällivare bashi da yawa da zai bayar idan ya zo ga abinci banda 'yan gidajen cin abinci masu sarka da wasu rukunin gidajen yanar gizo.