Etikett: Finnish Lapland

  • Advent calendar Flap 1, Ananjino Daggers

    Advent calendar Flap 1, Ananjino Daggers

    I thought that this year I would do an Advent calendar filled with museum items and archaeological finds. Behind the first flap we find a copy of daggers that is displayed at the Arktikum Museum in Rovaniemi. The original is one of the oldest iron objects ever found in Finland.They belongs to the Ananjino culture…

  • Sámi Museum and Nature Centre Siida in Inari

    Sámi Museum and Nature Centre Siida in Inari

    So I have decided to branch out the blog and also include museums and portable antiquities. It feels natural to do so as they are great places to explore the finds and the culture of the people that created the sites that I normally visit and write about. They also deserve to get some free…

  • Taatsin Seita

    Taatsin Seita

    Far to the north in the Finnish Lapland lies the village of Pokka. A very small place in the middle of one of Europes wildest places between Kittilä and Inari. On the steep side of lake Taatsijärvi with its calm, almost black water stands a mighty peculiar looking cliff measuring 10 meters tall. This cliff…