During the winter months, major car-manufacturers perform arctic trials in the Arvidsjaur Municipality.

The town also fosters tourism by offering snowmobile tours, trekking, skiing, fishing and dogsled rides.

Aruens järff by was the Swedishized name of the Sámi village where the Arvidsjaur Church was built in 1607.

There are buses to Gällivare, Östersund, Skellefteå, Piteå, Luleå and more local places.

Arvidsjaur has a subarctic climate that is dominated by the long winters and briefly interrupted by moderately warm but very bright summers due to its northerly latitude.