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Goose Valley

On June 16, we traveled from Narvik to Kiruna and Gällivare. The track of the Ofotenline was being repaired, so we took the replacement bus. The landscape in Northern Norway & Sweden is gorgeous and I would love to come back and do a lot of hiking here. In the photo you see the Lapporten or Tjuonavagge, which is a symbol for Sápmi (Lapland).

From Wikipedia: 
On Lapporten (Swedish: "The Lapponian Gate") or Tjuonavagge (Northern SamiČuonjávággi, "Goose Valley") is a U-shaped valley located just outside Abisko National Park in Lapland in northern Sweden, one of the most familiar natural sights of the mountains there. The valley is bounded to the southwest of the mountain Nissuntjårro (1,738 m) and in the northeast of Tjuonatjåkka (1,554 m). In the middle of the valley lies Lake Čuonjájávri, 950 metres above sea level. The terrain is easy to walk but has no marked trail. Lapporten is in the Nissuntjårro Natura 2000 site.[1] A world record in highline was set by 4 Germans crossing the 2.1-kilometre (1.3 mi) distance between the mountains on a slackline more than 500 metres (1,600 ft) above ground.[2][3] 

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