Alesjaure Travel Guide

 sim1 Says:  Alesjaure.... a place for me to remember and a place I long to visit again. For me this picture says it all, the beauty of the landscape, the tranquallity: a dreamspot. Seeing this picture I can feel the crisp cold of the mountains in the air, but at the same time the... 

 sim1 Says:  On the way back to the Mountain Hut we found a nice big stone to sit on and relax. From here we had some great views over the landscape and also towards the Mountain Hut and its sauna. Hahaha, we actually had 'front row seat' to see some fun sauna behavior, looool :-) In the... 

 sim1 Says:  Okay, I think I've been lazy enough! Filled with new energy after a great lunch, a nice rest with amazing views, it is time to put on our hiking shoes again. The view you see is taken from the mountain hut. The direction the photo is taken towards, is the direction we are... 

 sim1 Says:  Looking a bit more to the right (compared to the previous picture), you have this amazing view. It somehow reminded me of the photos I have seen about Rapadalen in Sarek National Park. A park that is said to be one of the most amazing of them all and one of the last true... 

 sim1 Says:  The warmest welcome I had was here, at the Mountain Hut at Alesjaure. We arrived very early in the day (around 1:30 or 2 or something like that). Most hikers don't arrive before 4 o'clock in the afternoon, so it was rather quiet at the Mountain Hut. But the welcome of the... 

 sim1 Says:  As we had the afternoon off in Alesjaure, we decided to take some time to explore the surrounding area. Close to Alesjaure is a little Sami village called Alisjávri, beautifully located on the lake with the same name."Alisjávri" means "Alesjaure", but spelled in Sami. And... 

 sim1 Says:  Most people have asked me how much I have hiked during my trip. But to be honest: does it really matter? Does distance matter? Is it better to have hiked 200 kilometres instead of a 100?A strange question maybe, but it is something to think about. Moments, like the one I... 

 sim1 Says:  Another surprise and another good one. Not only is there a huge amount of flowers here, there are also many species of birds. Along this part of the Kungleden you can even see a few sort of birds you normally see close to the sea. The large lakes here attract lots of... 

 sim1 Says:  We wake up with grey skies, but the rain of the previous evening has blown over and I sense that this might become a nice sunny day. For now there is still this chill in the air and the sky is grey, but I don't really care. We are on a dream spot and I just love it here so... 

 sim1 Says:  Oops obstacle.... another stream.... and a BIG one this time! And uuuuhhh..... where is the bridge???? Mmmmm, no bridge..... *Thinking*...... this must be what they call a "vad" in Swedish, hahaha, a river without a bridge! So take of your shoes, put on some shorts, sandals,... 

 sim1 Says:  Look at that view! Isn't it stunning! The clear blue colour of the Lake Alisjávri and the sound of the roaring waterfall beside us, The little stream working its way down into the valley. The green fields and the blue sky.... yes, you see that right: a blue sky!The sun has... 

 sim1 Says:  When hiking in this northern part of Sweden you might pass a Sami village, like this one in Alisjávri. Don't expect something special though, as it is like any other tiny village in the north of Sweden. The village mostly excist of some colourful houses (mostly in a rusty... 

 sim1 Says:  In Sweden there are around 50 native communities where the families earn most of the income from herding reindeers. But they mostly don't live on reindeers alone; they often combine this with fishing, hunting and crafts. But like I said in the previous tip, only a small... 

 sim1 Says:  While looking at your hiking map you might learn a tiny bit of the Sami language. The places are often named after which type of landscape it is. Like tjåhkå, for example, which means mountain top or jávri/jávvre which means lake. By studying the map and knowing a few of... 

 sim1 Says:  While hiking across the Fjällen area you might come across some herds of reindeer and these reindeer most likely belong to the Samer. The ones that might have heard of the Sami people before say: yes, Sami people and reindeer they go together! But this is not... 

 sim1 Says:  The area the Sami call their land Sápmi and it is quite a large area; about the size of Sweden, but spread out over Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russian Kola Peninsula. The Sami inhabited the region long before the concept of national borders existed. Most experts... 

 sim1 Says:  In these local custom tips I would like to write a bit about the Sami people (also spelled in English as Saami or Sámi), which means "the people". The Sami used to be known under the name Lapp or Lapplander, a name however, that today is considered to be an offensive... 

 sim1 Says:  In the picture you can see the flag of the Sami people. The flag is rather new, designed and officially recognized in 1986 by the Nordic Sami Conference. Astrid Båhl from Skibotn in Norway designed this flag which is based on the four colours (red, blue, green and...