Karigasniemi

Tucked along the Inarijoki River on Finland’s border with Norway, Karigasniemi is a place whose character is shaped by its subarctic river valley. The settlement belongs to Utsjoki, Finland’s northernmost municipality, within the Sámi Homeland; North Sámi is one of the municipality’s official languages. Across the river lies Norway’s Finnmark, and this border location links road routes on both sides of the frontier. Birch woodland, open fell country and the long winter distinguish this part of Finnish Lapland from the south. Reindeer herding remains an important Sámi livelihood in the region, giving the surrounding landscape a living cultural context. Move on to other webcams in northern Finland to compare river valleys and border settlements around Karigasniemi.

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