A short walk west of the tourist office is Laestadius Pörte, the compact log cabin that was home to Lars Levi Laestadius, his wife and their 14 children (yes, it's rather like fitting a dozen people in a Mini) between 1826 and 1849.
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Karesuando boasts the northernmost church in Sweden, originally built in 1816, after Sweden lost the war with Russia. Borders were remarked, with the main…
0.31 MILES
Vita Huset is a folk museum in a former policemen’s residence, with evocative photos depicting Finn civilians fleeing the retreating German forces in 1944…
0.88 MILES
This small operation on the west side of town makes genuine knives and axes shaped by centuries of Sami traditions, using raw materials that include…