Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
Sápmi Park
AMUSEMENT PARK, MUSEUM
Jun-mid-Aug, 9am-4pm late Aug, 9am-4pm Mon-Fri, 11am-3pm Sat Sep-mid-Dec, 10am-2pm Mon-Fri
Jan-May)
Sami culture is big business here, and this impressive theme park includes a wistful, high-
tech multimedia introduction to the Sami in the 'Magic Theatre', plus Sami winter and
summer camps and other dwellings to explore in the grounds. There's also, of course, a gift
shop and cafe - and
Boble Glasshytte
, Finnmark's only glass-blowing workshop and gal-
lery.
The overall effect is actually very good as it presents the Sami as the normal fellow hu-
man beings they are, rather than as exotic anachronisms. If you want more substance, the
smaller Sami museums in Karasjok and Kautokeino are less flash and more academic.
Sámi National Museum
MUSEUM
Nkr75/free; 9am-6pm Jun-mid-Aug, 9am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat & Sun late Aug, 9am-3pm
Mon-Fri Sep-mid-Jun, 9am-3pm Tue-Fri mid-Aug-May)
Exhibits at the Sámi National Museum, also called the Sami Collection, include displays
of colourful, traditional Sami clothing, tools and artefacts, and works by contemporary
Sami artists. Outdoors, you can roam among a cluster of traditional Sami constructions
and follow a short trail, signed in English, that leads past and explains ancient Sami
reindeer trapping pits and hunting techniques. In summer, a guided walk is included in the
ticket price.
Sámi Parliament
BUILDING
(Sámediggi; Kautokeinoveien 50;
hourly tours 8.30am-2.30pm except 11.30am late Jun-mid-Aug,
1pm Mon-Fri rest of year)
The Sámi Parliament was established in 1989 and meets four times annually. In 2000 it
moved into a glorious new building, encased in mellow Siberian wood, with a birch, pine
and oak interior. The main assembly hall is shaped like a Sami tent, and the
Sami library
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