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Talvik is a village in northern Norway, in the region of Finnmark. The village is also known by its Northern Sami name Dálbmeluovta and its Kven name Talmulahti. It is today a part of Alta Municipality and has a population of around 290 inhabitants. The village lies along the western shore of the Altafjorden, a…
Warsaw, or Warszawa as it is known in Polish, is the capital of Poland and the country’s largest city. It is located in the Masovian Voivodeship, a region in the central-eastern part of the country. With a population of around 1.86 million residents, Warsaw is the seventh-largest city within the European Union. The city is…
Rotsund is a small village in the far north of Norway. It lies in Nordreisa Municipality in Troms County, far into the Arctic. The village can be found at the shores of the Rotsundet Strait. It offers a view of the island of Uløya on the other side. A ferry connection connects Rotsund to the…
Utsjoki is a village and municipality in the far north of Finland, right at the border with Norway. This is Finnish Lapland, north of the Arctic Circle, and this is in fact the northernmost municipality of the country. The municipality has a population of around 1.100 inhabitants spread out over a large area. There are…
Alta is a town in Finnmark County in the far north of Norway. It lies at the shores of the fjord Altafjorden. This is where the river Altaelva flows into the fjord and the Arctic Ocean. Alta is together with Kirkenes the two main commercial centers for Finnmark. The town is for many visitors the…
Ukonjärvi is a part of the larger Lake Inari. It is located around 10 kilometers north of Ivalo in the far north of Finland. This is Finnish Lapland and the wilderness is never far away. Along its southern shores there is a smaller lake resort with a camping ground and cabins. Things to Do and…
Breivikeidet is a village in northern Norway. It lies in the Arctic, to the east of Tromsø in Troms County. It is the location of the ferry slip for the ferry across Ullsfjorden to Svensby. The village has around 50 inhabitants and probably even more huskies and reindeer. This is the end of the valley…
Øvre Alta is a village just to the south of the city of Alta. It lies along the river Altaelva in the far north of Norway. This is Finnmark County, an area that is part of the Sapmi cultural region. Øvre Alta is home to Sami Siida, which is one of the local windows into…
Inari is a village in the far north in Finnish Lapland, also known by its Swedish name Enare Kyrkby. It is a cultural center for the Sámi people and a part of the cultural region of Sapmi. The Inari Sami name of the village is Aanar. It lies along the shores of Lake Inari, the-third…
Lyngseidet is a village in in Troms County in the far north of Norway. It is the administrative center of Lyngen Municipality. Approximately 740 inhabitants live on an isthmus between the two fjords, Ullsfjorden and Lyngenfjorden. The village itself lies along the shores of Lyngenfjorden and has a ferry connection across the fjord to Olderdalen….
Ivalo is a village in the far north of Finland, north of the Arctic Circle. It is the administrative center of Inari Municipality in Finnish Lapland. Around 3.000 people live here at the shores of the river Ivalojoki. The village is also known by its Inari Sami name Avveel. This is one of the larger…
Kengis, or Kengis Bruk, is a small rural settlement in the province of Norrbotten in Northern Sweden. It lies within Pajala Municipality, just a few kilometers southeast of the locality of Pajala. Here at the shores or the Torne River was once an ironwork that dated back to the 17th century. With its forge, it…