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Favorite thing: The reindeer is a medium-sized member of the deer family. Reindeer are strong runners and very good swimmers.
This deer is found in Arctic tundra, forests, and mountains in Russia, Northern China, Canada, Alaska, and Scandinavia. Some reindeer migrate in huge herds from the coastal Arctic to the tundra. Reindeer have a life span of about 10 years.
Reindeer were domesticated roughly 2,000 years ago. Today, reindeer are herded by many European and Asian Arctic people.

Unlike most other types of deer, both bulls (males) and cows (females) have antlers. The antlers are shed each year and regrow. .

The reindeer is an herbivore (a plant-eater) who spends most of the day eating. During the winter, reindeer eat lichens and moss; in warmer months, they also eat leaves and herbs.

You can meet these beautiful animals in the northern Norway!

Favorite thing:
Fishing has been a way of life and culture here for several centuries. The delicacies such as shrimp, halibut, salmon and Norwegian haddock are brought in to shore. Wile the landscape up until the end of the 1970s was characterised by huge fish-drying racks, today the main fish industry is frozen and salted fish. Large amounts of salted fish from the North Cape are sent to drying facilities on the west coast of Norway, and from there exported to the Bacalao-loving countries in Southern Europe and South America. Besides this you will find sea farms that produces salmon and sea trout.

But not all fish is for export, some end up in pots and pans at local restaurants, which are well prepared for your visit.

Favorite thing: Dear Guests, ”…here I am at the North Cape, Finnmark northernmost point, the very end of the world!” wrote the priest and scientist Francesco Negri in his diary in 1664. The trip he took on horseback, by skis and in fishing boats cost plenty of time and patience.
But the destination – which he thought of as the most exiting place in the world – was irresistible.

Favorite thing:
Impressive and dramatic cliff has long been a navigational marker for seamen. The somewhat modest peninsula “Knivskjellodden” , which reaches one and a half kilometres further north (71 11`8”) is surpassed, not just in height, but also when it comes to popularity.

Before Richard Chancellor christened the cliff the “North Cape” in 1553, the Norwegian word for it was “knyskanes” and the Russian word “ Murmanski Noss” . When you have reached the plateau, and only the sea and sky are ahead , you don´t need much fantasy to imagine yourself being on the top of the world – a little bit closer to heaven and a little bit further away from the stress of everyday life.
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