Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Ájtte Museum
MUSEUM
(
www.ajtte.com
;
Kyrkogatan 3; adult/child Skr80/40; 9am-6pm )
This illuminating museum is Sweden's most thorough introduction to Sami culture. Follow
the 'spokes' radiating from the central chamber, each dealing with a different theme -
from traditional costume, silverware, creatures from Sami folk tales and 400-year-old
painted shamans' drums, to replicas of sacrificial sites and a diagram explaining the uses
and significance of various reindeer entrails. The beautifully showcased collection of tradi-
tional silver jewellery features heavy collars, now making a comeback among Sami wo-
men after a long absence.
One section details the widespread practice of harnessing the rivers in Lappland for hy-
droelectric power and the consequences this has had for the Sami people and their territ-
ory, and there is a large fauna section featuring some impressive taxidermied mammals
and birds of the Swedish Arctic.
Sameslöjdstiftelsen Sami Duodji
GALLERY
(
www.sameslojdstiftelsen.se
; Porjusvägen 4; 10am-5pm Mon-Fri)
This centrally located Sami gallery and crafts centre is your one-stop shop for diverse, au-
thentic Sami handicrafts of the highest quality: from leatherwork, clothing in Sami colours
and silver jewellery to bone-inlaid wood carvings and Sami knives in reindeer-antler
sheaths. Most items are available for purchase.
Lappkyrkan
CHURCH
(Storgatan; 8am-4pm)
The octagonal red wooden church is a 1976, post-fire replacement built in the style of its
1753 predecessor. The colour scheme is inspired by Sami clothing and the design reflects
the Sami building style; in winter, the space between the timbers used to hold coffins
awaiting the spring thaw, which allowed for graves to be dug.
Jokkmokks Fjällträdgård
GARDENS
(
www.ajtte.com
;
Lappstavägen; adult/child Skr30/free, with Ajtté Museum ticket free;
11am-5pm
Mon-Fri, noon-5pm Sat & Sun mid-Jun-mid-Aug)
