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  • Is it very dark in the winter?

    Is it very dark in the winter?

    Published 131 days ago

    You probably heard that it's supposed to be very dark in the north during the winter?!  That is both true and not. The light that we have can be truly magic to experience!  We don't have very long days in December and January. Sun never rises abov...

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  • Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas

    Published 148 days ago

    Buorit juovllat                 Buorre javlla                Lahkoe jåvle Merry Christmas

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  • Reindeer herding in winter

    Reindeer herding in winter

    Published 151 days ago

    Do you want to see some photos from the work with the reindeer? Many Sámi communities are bringing their reindeer together at the winter land.  See some photos from Unna Tjerusj Sámi Community in Lapona World Heritage Area here Remeber to follow...

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  • How was your morning?

    How was your morning?

    Published 233 days ago

    Mine was quite OK! I had no problems with traffic or getting to work. I did not see any other person at all on my walk over to this place. Heard nothing but the sounds of nature. I didn't miss the morning news and didn't think of updating my...

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  • Autumn - harvest time in Sápmi

    Autumn - harvest time in Sápmi

    Published 247 days ago

    This morning, reindeer herders in Unna Tjerusj sámi community, comes to Ruokto for reindeer slaughter. After a couple of days of gathering reindeer in the mountains west of Ruokto,  a small herd of reindeer are now in the enclosure. Young and old...

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  • Westward bound

    Westward bound

    Published 348 days ago

    Time to move west. Some reindeer herding families of Unna Tjerusj have gathered the herd for spring migration. In the heartland of Laponia World Heritage we in Unna Tjerusj have our base here at a place called Stubba. The snow makes that dry noise...

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  • Sápmi featured on Fusion Journeys CNN

    Sápmi featured on Fusion Journeys CNN

    Published 374 days ago

    Watch Fusion Journeys  on CNN, where Beirut - based photographer Roger Moukarzel meets Sámi photographer and reindeer herdsman Carl-Johan Utsi.   If you enter the CNN website thru the link below you can see all three parts of the film made. The...

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  • VisitSápmi form indigenous tourism organisation

    VisitSápmi form indigenous tourism organisation

    Published 416 days ago

    Indigenous Tourism Organisations from six countries have agreed to form a World Indigenous Tourism Alliance Indigenous tourism organisations from Australia, Canada, Nepal, New Zealand, Sweden (VisitSápmi) and the United States have collectively...

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  • 6 of February - the Sámi National Day

    6 of February - the Sámi National Day

    Published 465 days ago

      6 of February is the Sámi National Day and it is celebrated all over Sápmi and in other places where Sámi live. 1992 at the Sámi Board on the 15: e Sámi Conference in Helsinki it was decided that the National day for the Sámi should be February ...

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  • Sápmi land of no borders

    Sápmi land of no borders

    Published 499 days ago

    Many countries and destinations are working on branding. They want to determine what their core values are and how to communicate them to the rest of the world. By better understanding their own brand DNA they hope to attract visitors and investor...

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