Utsjoki Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
municipality in the region of Lapland in Finland
About Utsjoki
The municipality is very sparsely populated, with largewilderness areas. Virtually all the population have their homes in the valleys of river Teno and river Utsjoki and therefore most of the municipality is uninhabited, used as reindeer pasture and foraging and hunting grounds. Actually the population is concentrated into three villages: Utsjoki,🌍Karigasniemiand🌍Nuorgam. The rest of the villages you see on the map are just groups of a few houses, perhaps home to a few families. About half of the population isSámi; Utsjoki is the only municipality in Finland having Sámi speaking majority! Reindeer husbandry is important culturally and economically, but more traditionally people have lived from fishing salmon. Nowadays the border trade with Norway is the most important source of income, a
Top Attractions in Utsjoki
Explore the best things to see and do in Utsjoki:
- ★Kenespahta Ice Falls
- ★The King's Stone
- ★The Sámi Bridge
- ★Utsjoki church and the Church Huts
Where to Stay in Utsjoki
- 🏨Camping Lapinkylä
- 🏨Goahppelasjávri Open Wilderness Hut
- 🏨Holiday Village Valle and Hotel Deatnu
- 🏨Hotel Pohjan Tuli
- 🏨Hotel Utsjoki
- 🏨Kenestupa
Utsjoki Travel Guide Sections
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