Jokkmokk

Café Gasskas

In Jokkmokk you have to visit Café Gasskas. It started as a internet- and music café and developed to a very interesting restaurant. Even Lonely Planet wrote about this nice place but then with the title Café GLASSkas:-).

Both the chef Kristoffer Åström and one of the owners Malin Strömbäck has been studying Sámi Food at The Sámi Education Centre. We try the birchsoup, reineerfillet sashimistyle with the traditionally used herb Angelica. souvas with blueberrysauce and white chocolatesoup with fermented birch on top of a muffin. Everything is really delicious. Next time we will try the nice drinks and participate in the Ukulele workshop.

Ájtte

Ájtte Swedish mountain and Sámi museum is situated in Jokkmokk. The permanent exhibition is called ápmi – about the land and people, where you can e.g can enter into a Sámi tent, goahtte, and see how the nomadic Sámi lived all year round until 60 years ago. Yo can also see a travelling exhibition from Finland that shows how the Sámi use wild herbs for food and medicine. Angelica is such a traditional herb that you can find in Jokkmokk Alpine Garden, wich is a part of Áttje. In Ájtte you can also find a restaurant recommended by The White Guide, that offers both à la carte menu with local specialities such as smoked reindeer (souvas) and today´s lunch. Ájtte also offers good shopping.
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