Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights & Activities
The
Thon Hotel Kautokeino
organises a number of winter excursions (including snowmo-
bile safaris and trips to local Sami camps) and fishing in summer.
Juhls' Sølvsmie
GALLERY
(Juhls' Silver Gallery;
78 48 43 30;
www.juhls.no
; Galaniitoluodda;
9am-8pm mid-Jun-mid-Aug,
to 6pm rest of year)
This wonderful building, all slopes and soft angles, was designed and built by owners Re-
gine and Frank Juhls, who first began working with the Sami over half a century ago.
Their acclaimed gallery creates traditional-style and modern silver jewellery and handi-
crafts. One wing of the gallery has a fine collection of oriental carpets and artefacts, re-
minders of their work in support of Afghan refugees during that blighted country's Soviet
occupation. Staff happily show you around and you're welcome to buy items.
Juhls' Silver Gallery sits on a hill above the southern end of the town and is clearly sign-
posted.
Kautokeino Museum
MUSEUM
(
40 61 14 06; Boaronjárga 23; adult/child Nkr40/free;
9am-6pm Mon-Sat, noon-6pm Sun mid-
Jun-mid-Aug, 9am-3pm Tue-Fri rest of year)
Outside, this little museum has a fully-fledged traditional Sami settlement, complete with
an early home, temporary dwellings, and outbuildings such as the kitchen, sauna, and huts
for storing fish, potatoes and lichen (also called 'reindeer moss' and prime reindeer fodder).
Pick up a sheet with a site plan and description on the reverse at reception as nothing's
signed. Inside is a fascinating, if cluttered, display of Sami handicrafts, farming and
reindeer-herding implements, religious icons and winter transport gear.
Kautokeino Kirke
CHURCH
(Suomalvodda; 9am-8pm Jun-mid-Aug)
The timbered Kautokeino church, which dates from 1958, is one of Norway's most fre-
quented, particularly at Easter. Its cheery interior, alive with bright Sami colours, has some
fixtures salvaged from the earlier 1701 church that was torched in WWII. You may find it
