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My favourite part of almost 100 km from Skaidi to Alta, you can see only reindeer here, sometimes a few cars:)
We were driving along Finnmarksvidda (the Finnmark plateau; Finnmark highland) which is Norway's largest mountain plateau, with an area greater than 22,000 km². It lies at 300-500 meters above sea level. Approximately 36% of Finnmark county lies in the Finnmarksvidda. From Alta in the west to Varangerhalvøya in the east is over 400 km, and from north to south it is at least that long, and the plateau extends into Finland.

The plateau includes extensive birch woods, pine barrens, bogs and glacially formed lakes. Finnmarksvidda is situated north of the Arctic Circle and is best known as the land of the Sami people and their reindeer herds. The Sami used to live as nomads and in the middle of the tundra you will find their shelters which are still in use in winter time when the herder is looking after the reindeer herds.

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