Audio Documentary

Week 06

Look! The Finnish Border

We realize the border to Finland is right outside Märta’s window!

  • Look! The Finnish Border
    We realize the border to Finland is right outside Märta’s window!
  • Baking Bread
    Traditional bread with Märtha: Mix wheat flower, margarine, water, yeast, syrup and maybe some oats – knead it, let it rise, roll out into cakes, let them rise, poke holes, bake and enjoy!
  • Ice-road to Finland
    Open November through May one can take the ice-road across the river into Finland!
  • How Do You Say?
    Speaking Swedish Märta teaches us to say “Where is the snowmobile trail to Ivalo?” in the Finnish language… to Mille who says it in Danish and translates to English!
  • Saivomutka
    Märta pronounces the community name the right way!
  • Sámi in Saivomutka
    Märta remembers the Sámi coming through the community with their reindeer in caravans the lead reindeer pulling the traditional pulk sleds.