Travel Reference
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and north to Gällivare (Skr311, 3¾ hours, daily) via Jokkmokk (Skr215, 2¼ hours), as
well as daily bus 104 to Arjeplog (Skr130, one hour).
TRAIN
Arvidsjaur is connected by daily Inlandsbanan trains in summer/autumn to Östersund
(Skr728, 8¼ hours), Gällivare (Skr420, 5¾ hours) and Jokkmokk (Skr265, 3½ hours).
WORTH A TRIP
BÅTSUOJ SAMI CAMP
Båtsuoj Sami Camp
CULTURAL SITE
( 0960-65 10 26;
www.batsuoj.se
;
short tour/long tour/overnight stay Skr290/600/1100)
To experience the life of the Forest Sami, visit Båtsuoj, where Tom and Lotta Svensson
practise their traditional livelihood full-time. You can watch the reindeer get lassoed,or
stay overnight on reindeer skins inside a kåta(typical Forest Sámi log hut), learn about
Sami shamanic practices, eat grilled reindeer and sip coffee cooked over a wood fire.
Book visits in advance.
The Sami camp is near the village of Gasa, 17km north of the village of Slagnäs, on E45.
Arjeplog
0961 / Pop 3161
Eighty-five kilometres northwest of Arvidsjaur, the one-street Sami town of Arejplog (Ár-
jepluovve, in Sami) sits on the Silvervägen (Silver Rd; E95) surrounded by prime fishing
country of 8700 lakes (each local has their favourite).
Arjeplog's star attraction is its excellent
Silvermuseet
(Silver Museum;
www.silvermuseet.se
; Torget; adult/child Skr80/free; 10am-noon & 1-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-2pm
Sat)
. Housed in what used to be a nomad school, the tour de force here is the vast collec-
tion of Sami silver objects - the most extensive of its kind - including belt buckles, ornate
spoons and goblets, and collars that would traditionally have been passed down from
mother to daughter. You may also spot a
dássko
, a special bag for a silver spoon, favoured
by the Southern Sami; shaman drums; and 2000-year-old skis used by Sami hunters. Other
displays trace the history of the town and its main industries - silver mining and logging,
