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The North Cape in Finnmark, Norway Photo: Trym Ivar Bergsmo/www.nordnorge.com
Experience the North Cape, the huge national parks and Finnmarksvidda mountain plateau. Photo: Trym Ivar Bergsmo/www.nordnorge.com
The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon which means that the sun does not set during the summer months. Photo: Trym Ivar Bergsmo/Finnmark Reiseliv
Buy Sami products, silver jewellery or ceramics when you visit Finnmark. Photo: Finnmark Tourist Board
Eat the local dishes with reindeer, grouse, salmon or king crabs when you are in Finnmark. Photo: Terje Rakke/Nordic Life
The county of Finnmark covers an area of 48,637 square kilometres and has approximately 72,000 inhabitants. Photo: Trym Ivar Bergsmo/Finnmark Tourist Board
Join a fisherman on the fjord or experience a king crab safari, get to know Sami culture, try dog sledging or go on a snowmobile safari. Photo: Trym Ivar Bergsmo
Watch nature's own theater unfold above you as the most spectacular light installation takes the stage: The northern lights with you on the front row. Photo: Bård Løken/Innovation Norway
There are several direct flights per day from Oslo to Alta and Kirkenes, and Hurtigruten boats call at 11 different ports along the coast of Finnmark. Photo: Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Alta is the largest town in Finnmark and offers northern lights, midnight sun, mountains, Sami culture, reindeer and UNESCO-protected rock carvings. Photo: CH/Innovation Norway
Finnmarksvidda is one of Norway’s largest mountain plateaus and the home of the Sami people. Photo: CH/Innovation Norway
Stay at one of many camp sites or rent a fishermen's cabin. Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel in Alta and Kirkenes SnowHotel are both made of snow and ice.
Photo: Bård Løken/Alta Friluftspark
The North Cape sea cliff, 307 metres above sea level, has long been a popular and important navigation mark for shipping traffic in the north. Photo: Finnmark Tourist Board