Nature Wonders INARI LAKE Finland

Nature Wonders INARI LAKE Finland

Situated in the extreme north of Finland, Lake Inari, otherwise known as, Inarinjärvi, is a captivating place. Between June and October the lake is navigable by local water busses and during the rest of the year it is covered by ice.

Measuring around fourteen hundred square kilometres the extensive Lake Inari is the third largest lake in Finland.

Despite the remoteness of this region it is believed that the surroundings of Lake Inari were inhabited more than two thousand years ago by the Sàmi people.

In the past the Sàmi populated vast areas of northern Europe but in recent centuries they were more and more repressed. Since then, and still inhabiting their original settlement areas, the Sámi have become a minority. However, Lake Inari has retained its cultural importance right up to the present day.