#utsjoki

[teenangeloutsider]

Teno, Utsjoki, Finland

on film 🎞️

[amatesura]

A reindeer round-up in Skalluvaara, Utsjoki, Finland, on December 15, 1982.

[petits-pois-carcinogenic]

Gentlemen, its with great pleasure that I announce you that I made it to the finnish border

[scrapblring]

Utsjoki, Lapland, Finland

niko.laurila

[varpusvaras]

Time to watch people shake hands with the President. Käärijä at the front!

[have-you-been-here]

Kevo Strict Nature Reserve, Utsjoki, Finland

[gettothestabbing]

(Aurora December 29th 1900, 00.17 hours. Utsjoki)

“Northern Lights in Finland” by Harald Viggo Moltke, a Danish painter, author, explorer.

[windynebula]

A few days ago I read a news article that said that sun will start setting again in Utsjoki (a place in very up north in Lapland). This means two things:

The sun has not been setting in Utsjoki for weeks. (normal)

The summer is starting to end (NO NO NO NO DONT WANNA NOOOO)

[ninevehsage]

May Evening 🌓

No sight of hedgehog, but a beautiful May evening to sit outside watching the moon and sunset at the same time and listening cuckoo sing somewhere far. I did see one strange insect though... it had wings kind of like dragonfly, but its body was "chubby" like bumblebee, yet it was way too big and weird to be large bumblebee.

The insect was flying around and around and around, kind of like dragonflies though and its wings were shining in the sunlight. Then a bit later, after the sun had almost gone down, I walked near the hedge and I heard rustling everywhere, but didn't see anything, except that strange insect flying again. But it sure sounded like there were multiple hedgehogs or voles walking inside the hedge.

I just live for moments like this. It is almost summer and summer nights are the best! They are pure magick! 💜🌛💜🌜💜

~N~

Ps. The nightless night (The Midnight Sun—also known as polar day) has begun in Utsjoki, Finland - the sun will set there next time at the beginning of August.

[teenangeloutsider]

Utsjoki

[nembzz]

Dreams you have while napping are always the most random

I was in a big taxi going to apparently Utsjoki (municipality in the very north of Finland, borders Norway)

In the taxi was Nace and my mom and I am pretty sure that Jan and my little brother were also there and other Joker Out members were probably also there I just can't remember

The reason we were going to Utsjoki?? According to Nace we were going to see the snow leopards there 😅😅 why would there be snow leopards in Utsjoki I don't know, but Nace seemed sure about it. He then started to gush about snow leopards (it was very adorable 💜💜) and I joined in because (apparently) they used to be my favorite animal, a fact I tried to get my mom to confirm to Nace but she just ignored us.

(Although I have always loved snow leopards they have never been my favorite animal)

Then the dream just ended 🤷🏻‍♀️

[beardedmrbean]

Wednesday's Presidential Gala (Linnan juhlat in Finnish) attracted some of Finland's biggest names and largest television audiences.

The annual Independence Day tradition sees guests invited from various backgrounds including politics, media, sports, sciences, philanthropy and other fields.

As is also tradition, the Finnish media fawns over guests' outfits, akin to a Finnish Met Gala or Oscars in terms of celebrity style scrutiny.

Numerous newspapers carried analyses of the best looks, reader votes and photo galleries detailing the sartorial choices of Finland's red carpet attendees, including Helsingin Sanomat, Ilta-Sanomat and Iltalehti.

Eurovision darling Käärijä's patent leather suit with shoulder pads mimicking his iconic lime green bolero was among the most popular looks of the night.

Former Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) also received praise for her yellow gown designed by Katri Niskanen.

Countless other personalities also made their mark on the red carpet. Actress Laura Birn arrived in a dress that was said to have had as much as 15 metres of silk and Sámi activist Petra Laiti wore a traditional Utsjoki gákti that she sewed herself.

Getting by on Swedish?

Helsingin Sanomat sent out Alexander Karlman, a native Swedish speaker, to see what would happen when he tried to ask for services in his native language around his hometown of Helsinki.

After going to a total of 13 establishments ranging from libraries to fast food restaurants, Karlman found that six places had no one who could help him in Swedish, four spoke enough to handle customer service situations and three spoke Swedish natively.

Karlman was surprised at how much Swedish he was able to speak during his test, but noted that it very well could have been different if he ventured to Kallio and eastern Helsinki where there are less Swedish speakers than in the city centre.

He did not point the blame at native Finnish speakers, but instead he called for more effort from Swedish speakers.

"The Swedish language needs more visibility. If more people actively spoke it in their everyday lives, perhaps companies and authorities would realise how many Swedish speakers there are," he said.

Moderate milkers flirt with strike

Farming-focused newspaper Maaseudun Tulevaisuus covered a strike in a sector which rarely sees them.

The union representing dairy workers, the Finnish Professional Dairy Association MVL, is discussing participation in political strikes against the government of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP).

In the food sector, the Finnish Food Workers' Union (SEL) and Trade Union Pro have already taken part in political industrial action in recent weeks, but not yet in the dairy sector.

Rumours, especially from the SEL, have suggested that the dairy sector may soon be targeted as well.

Markku Salomaa, the dairy union's executive director, told MT that strikes are possible.

"Our shop stewards have been completely dismayed by the government programme's labour market reform proposals," he confirmed.

Salomaa noted that in the union's 78 year history, while there has been the threat of industrial action, the politically moderate union by Finnish standards has never engaged in a strike. __________________

I try not to comment on news on the OP but I just have to say that

Moderate milkers flirt with strike

That's gotta be one of the funniest headlines I've ever read.

[kivikunnas]

Utsjoki - Kevo

[nordnews]

The mercury rose to 29.2 degrees Celsius in Utsjoki on Tuesday, and the warm weather will continue at least through the weekend.