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Juhls' Silver Gallery
Juhls' Silver Gallery is in a wonderful building, all slopes and soft angles, designed and built by owners Regine and Frank Juhls, who first began working with the Sami half a century ago. Their highly acclaimed gallery creates traditional and modern silver jewellery and handicrafts, and displays the best of Scandinavian design.
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Kautokeino Cultural Centre
If you're interested in fine modern architecture, make a small detour to the outskirts of town and the Kautokeino Cultural Centre, winner of several awards. It's the base for the Nordic Sami Institute and also Beaivváš, the world's only professional Sami theatre company that tours throughout the region.
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Kautokeino Kirke
The timbered Kautokeino Kirke, which dates from 1958, is one of Norway's most used, 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.
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Kautokeino Museum
Outside, the charming little Kautokeino Museum presents a 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). Inside are Sami handicrafts, farming and reindeer-herding implements, religious icons and artefacts, and winter transport gear.
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