Lapland (Finland) - Gallery

Gallery

  • Riisitunturi National Park in southern Lapland is renowned for its crown snow trees

  • Saana fell in Enontekiö with Lake Kilpisjärvi in northwesternmost Finland; one of the most recognized landscapes in Finland

  • A traditional Lapponian timber house in Siida museum

  • Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland, during wintertime

  • Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi; tourism is crucial to Lapland's economy

  • Sámi people celebrating Easter

  • River Torne near Tornio town

  • Flag of Sámi

  • Levi, a ski resort in Kittilä

  • Lapland was burnt down almost totally in WWII (Sodankylä)

  • Enontekiö Church, a typical after-WWII-erected church

  • Reindeer in Enontekiö

  • Utsjoki Church and church cabins; the northernmost church in Finland

  • Tornio Town Hall

  • Wilderness in Enontekiö

  • A view towards Lake Inari

  • A general view of Kemi town centre with Bothnian Bay in the background

  • Pallastunturi Fell in Muonio in wintertime twilight

  • Pielpajärvi Wilderness Church from 1760 managed to avoid getting burnt in WWII

  • Kemijärvi town centre

  • A kettle in Salla, one of the largest in the world

  • A bilingual (Finnish and Sámi) street sign

  • A view from Saana fell

  • Architecture in Kemi

  • Keminmaa Church

  • Lake Iso-Vietonen, Ylitornio

  • River Kevo in Utsjoki

  • Sami boots in a museum in Rovaniemi

  • An old gold mine in Inari

  • Lake Livojärvi, Posio

  • Kolari Railway Station, the northernmost in Finland

  • Pihtsusköngäs Waterfall, Enontekiö

  • Lappia House in Rovaniemi, a culture venue designed by Alvar Aalto

  • Ranua Church

  • Isokuru Canyon, Pelkosenniemi

  • Traditional North-Osthrobothnian house in Tornio

  • Lake Peltojärvi in Inari

  • A view from Haparanda, Sweden to Tornio; the two towns are located so close, divided only by a river, that they're called a twin-town

  • A view from the annual Snow Castle in Kemi

  • A Sámi shaman drum mask

  • A polar bear in Ranua; though in a zoo

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