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SMILLA76 Says: Easter is a time of the year when all Sami gather home and share with their families a cheerful time. At Easter time, in Kautokeino, everbody goes to the Reindeer Race and to the Music Festival.
Høstfestivalen / Autumn Festival
gardesque Says: A major event is the mid-August Autumn Festival. Not quite as big as the Easter Festival, but it does feature something as dramatic as snow scooter racing on the river. Since snow scooters are rather heavy (built to run on snow, not on water), they must have good speed...
Påskefestivalen / Easter Festival
gardesque Says: The Easter Festival is probably the cultural highlight of the year. Every Easter, the festival brings the town to life with reindeer-racing, ski-doo-racing and live music, including the Sámi Grand Prix, which is a Sámi version of the Eurovision Song Contest.2006 event is set...
shugoey Says: This is more than just a silvergallery. The house contains the first small collection of older Lap utensils. They display a fine selection of Nordic art in a variety of materials which are offered for sale. They also display their collection of arts and crafts from a global...
SMILLA76 Says: The 'mountain cabins' in the Kautokeino area are not what one might imagine thinking of high peaks and pointed rocks. These cabins are used by the reindeer herders as a 'base' for their herd watching trips and often become a 'party party' location for the whole family or for...
SMILLA76 Says: A beautiful museum of Sami traditional handicrafts and books about the Sami, combined with an exciting exibition of art and carpets from Afghanistan, a coffee shop, a chicken 'zoo' (inside the museum! not joking!), an arts and crafts shop, a silver workshop... So many things...
Kaffegalleriet: Warm your tummy in the Arctic winter
gardesque Says: Centrally located, and offering a great variety of warm drinks, you will never freeze at Kaffegalleriet, even when it's -40C outside. Unless, of course, you order a milkshake. But no matter what you buy, you will not regret it! Hot chocolate. But that's because I'm trying...
Nasti Pub: A little louder, please!
gardesque Says: NOTICE!The word "Nasti" does not mean nasty. It is the Sámi word for "Star", hence this is the "Star pub."MY FIRST VISITIt might be by chance, but at the time I visited Nasti, there were a lot of young people joiking (traditional Sámi singing). So if you wish to experience...
Alfred's Kro: Many concerts at Easter time
SMILLA76 Says: Big dinning hall of the Western film saloon type. Cosy.The price for the concerts - around 250 NOK Casual.
SMILLA76 Says: I am impressed with the way people ride their snow scooters up here, the way they jump on and off their sledges when the sledges get stuck in the snow and the way they know exactly how cold you are going to be even with three layers of clothes if they are not the right type...
Juhl's Gallery: Jewlery and Other Art Objects
SMILLA76 Says: A beautiful museum of Sami traditional handicrafts and books about the Sami, combined with an exciting exibition of art and carpets from Afghanistan, a coffee shop, a chicken 'zoo' (inside the museum! not joking!), an arts and crafts shop, a silver workshop... So many things...
gardesque Says: While the Norwegian national day might not be the most popular day in Sápmi (it is, after all, a symbol of their oppression), a number of people still celebrate the day in a half-Norwegian half-Sámi way. This means that you get to see a traditional Norwegian style parade...
gardesque Says: Read more about the Sámi people and history on Wikipedia
gardesque Says: The Kautokeino Film Festival, which usually overlaps the Easter Festival, features the worlds first, and so far only snowmobile drive-in, built entirely in snow and ice. The movies tend to be of Native interests from around the world, and as such it is very interesting to...
gardesque Says: This is where everyone stops (and I need to go, apparently) - Juhls' Silver Gallery not only features beautiful silver jewelry and sculptures and whatnot, but even the buildings seem like a fairytale. http://www.juhls.no
SMILLA76 Says: At Easter time, the best thing to do is to go on a scooter ride, make a fire and fry sausages :) Yummy! We've had our beer too! ;)
More than just tourist information
gardesque Says: The tourist office offer more than just information. The building houses painting and art made by local artists.
gardesque Says: The tourist radio transmits information in several languages on 105 MHz. The service is a product of the local radio station, GLR, who also produces Sámi radio content for the commercial national radio network P4.
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The tourist office offer more than just information. The building houses painting and art made by local artists.
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Welcome to the Wild Wild North
Located in the Finnmark highlands, with long straight roads in what seems to be in the middle of nowhere, Kautokeino is pretty much the centre of the North Sámi communities. Its geographic location......
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Kautokaino area has a 3000 people and 100.000 reindeer. Most of the people living here (85%) has Sami as their first language. Kautokeino is known for its festivals, especially the Easter festival is...
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Lapp town in the middle of Finnmarksvidda
This is a town in the middle of the great Finnmarksvidda where the reindeers run freely (one of many places in Norway with lots of reindeer actually). The town is on the verge of civilization, at...
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