Human and nature in tune - A special people in a unique European landscape. Home of the Saami, or Lapp people, one of the last peoples to follow an ancestral way of life
Someone who travels to Lapland, either raises a disbelieving smile or a glorified glow. There are only two kinds of people: the ones who don’t know much about Lapland and the ones who know about the treasure of the country, the vast and unspoiled nature, it’s rough beauty and surprising versatility. The seasons are experienced very intensely because of their quick changes. The long polar nights in bluish half-light and full of snow. The spectacle of polar lights on the canopy. The short, exploding spring, the midnight sun of the summer which turns nights into days. The few weeks of Ruska in the fall when all of Lapland is covered in yellow-red. In the North of Finland, long hikes and adventurous campfires in the summer, ski-adventures and rendeer- or dog-sledding safaris in the winter are unforgettable. Lapland is home of the Sámi, the natives of Lapland who today only are a minority of the population. About 6500 of them live in Finland. They live in harmony with nature and many of them live seminomadic with their reindeer herds. The symbol Sámi Duodji stands for original Samic craftsmanship. These pieces are always a great souvenir. Authentic Samic culture can be found in the Sami villages of Nelim and Sevettijärvi near the Inari lake.
The Arctic Circle region of northern Sweden is the home of the Saami, or Lapp people. It is the largest area in the world (and one of the last) with an ancestral way of life based on the seasonal movement of livestock. Every summer, the Saami lead their huge herds of reindeer towards the mountains through a natural landscape hitherto preserved, but now threatened by the advent of motor vehicles. Historical and ongoing geological processes can be seen in the glacial moraines and changing water courses.
