I used to live in Luleå. It is also tied for most sunlight in a year in Sweden.

Fun fact: Durung the winter they put sign posts into the ice and drive right over the Lule river. It makes for a great shortcut across town.

The article makes it sound completely remote, but it isn't. Google had an office there for a few years. There's a decent university there. Though the population is only 50k, it attracts everyone within 200km, so the city has a disproportionate amount of entertainment and other industries.