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The Lapland World Heritage Sites Are Gems of Nature

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UNESCO has valued both nature and culture in the area, and has taken Laponia into the list of sites.

Here you can wander for days withou meeting a fellow human being. Reindeer will be your companion when you cross the grazing lands.

Read also our article about the Lapland World Heritage site called Laponia to learn more.

(Photo: UNESCO)

The Rock Art at Alta


The Rock Art at Alta, the City of Aurora Borealis, was taken into the list in 1985. This is the largest known collection of rock carvings in Northern Europe made by hunter-gatherers. The first carvings were discovered in 1973, and they are between 6200 and 2000 years old.

The rock carvings at Alta are unique because they represent many different figures. There are four uncovered fields with thousands of figures. The most common figures are of animals like reindeer and moose. But there are other animals as well (Photo: Olav E. Johansen).

Read more about the rock art at Alta.

The Struve Geodetic Arc

This site is a chain of survey points from Hammerfest in Norwegian Lapland to the Black Sea. The Arc goes through 10 countries. This work was done between 1816 and 1855 by the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve.

This work helped in deciding the exact size and shape of planet Earth. It is an extraordinary example of scientific collaboration among scientists and monarchs from different countries.

In Norwegian Lapland there are four points, in Finnish Lapland four points and four also in Swedish Lapland.

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Gammelstad Church Town

Gammelstad world heritage This site isn't really in Lapland. But since the Swedes have decided to include also the Luleå area in the Lapland term, we'll give it to you here. And it is well worth a visit. (Photo: Olav E. Johansen)

Gammelstad is the best preserved example of a 'church village'. There are hundreds of wooden houses round an old stone church.

The houses were used mostly in connection with church activities.

Gammelstad Church Town was included in UNESCO´s World Heritage List in 1996.

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The Aurora Borealis in Lapland is a beautiful sight and experience in Lapland.

The Aurora Borealis in Lapland is one of the special light phenomena

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The ice bathing season at Bugoynes has started

Ice bathing at Bugoynes has become very popular

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The Bugoynes village is also called Little Finland

The Bugoynes village by the Varanger fjord is also called Little Finland, or Pikku Suomi in Finnish

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The road Alta-Kirkenes

The road Alta-Kirkenes (E-6) goes along fjords and rivers, and passes mountains before it ends in Kirkenes on the Russian border

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Tana bru is the centre of the Tana municipality.

Visit Tana bru which is near one the best salmon fishing places of the whole Tana river.

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Enjoy your Lapland travel

Many kids dream of a Lapland travel and visiting Father Christmas, but it is something that many parents now bring into reality. With trips to Lapland

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Arctic tourism works in a vulnerable nature. Here are some things to think about.

Arctic tourism needs to take into consideration that Lapland nature can be vulnerable. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has developed ten principles.

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The North cape is major attraction of Lapland

The North Cape is probably the most visited attraction of Lapland.

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Where the Reindeer Roam



Torne träsk
Emperor's cottage
Aavasaksa Emperor's Cottage