Várjjat Sámi Musea - Nesseby, Varanger
The Várjjat Sámi Musea/Varanger Sámi Museum communicates the coastal Sámi history and Sámi culture, the prehistory of Finnmark and Sámi handicraft - duodji. Main themes of the exhibitons are Prehistory (the Stone Age periods), Sámi faith and mytholgoy, pre colonial Sámi society, the primary economies: reindeer herding, fishing and animal husbandry.
The main building of the museum, which was built during 1994, has an interesting architecture based on Sámi house building traditions. It contains the main exhibition The Coastal Sámi, the children´s play room "Stallobiedju" (The lair of Stallo), and different temporary exhibitions, such as art, photography, handicraft, etc.
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Welcome to Varanger Arctic Norway
In the far north and as far east as you can go in Norway, where the sky meets the sea, lies Varanger, bathed in the midnight sun and the northern lights of winter. Here the wild landscape meanders through bird-nesting cliffs, fishing villages, and rugged headlands – out to the end of the world.
Nature offers rivers teeming with fish, snow-clad plains, exotic king crabs, birds breeding in spring, leaping salmon, the shining sea, and dancing northern lights. People and traditions make Varanger an Arctic melting pot of communities and cultures. Varanger is a different experience. Scenery and settlements, the light, the colours, the lofty sky and wide horizon, exciting activities and the open people.
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Read and learn more about Varanger Arctic Norway here: www.visitvaranger.no or send us an email to visitvaranger@gmail.com
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Welcome to Varanger Arctic Norway
In the far north and as far east as you can go in Norway, where the sky meets the sea, lies Varanger, bathed in the midnight sun and the northern lights of winter. Here the wild landscape meanders through bird-nesting cliffs, fishing villages, and rugged headlands – out to the end of the world.
Nature offers rivers teeming with fish, snow-clad plains, exotic king crabs, birds breeding in spring, leaping salmon, the shining sea, and dancing northern lights. People and traditions make Varanger an Arctic melting pot of communities and cultures. Varanger is a different experience. Scenery and settlements, the light, the colours, the lofty sky and wide horizon, exciting activities and the open people.
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Read and learn more about Varanger Arctic Norway here: www.visitvaranger.no or send us an email to visitvaranger@gmail.com
Last updated: 08/31/2023
Source: Book Finnmark
Várjjat Sámi Musea - Nesseby, Varanger