Juoksengi, Sweden Webcam

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Juoksengi is located on the Torne River, at the border with Finland. The Arctic Circle runs through Juoksengi.

Juoksengi is located in Norrbotten county. During the Middle Ages, Norrbotten was considered to be terra nullius (“no man’s land”). The area was sparsely populated by Sami, Kvens and different tribes/people related to the Finns. From the Middle Ages on, the Swedish kings tried hard to colonize and Christianize the area.

The culture of Norrbotten County is in many ways different from the rest of Sweden, since so many different cultures can be found there; the Sami culture, the Finnish culture (Tornedalians) and the Swedish settler-culture (combined with the climate, midnight sun, and mid winter darkness).

The coast has the historical cities of Luleå and Piteå. Luleå’s Gammelstad (“Old town”), which is 10 km north of the present downtown, has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Norrbotten has a railway network with sparse passenger traffic but dense and heavy freight traffic. There are two main railways. Stambanan genom övre Norrland connects Norrbotten with central and southern Sweden. Malmbanan connects Luleå with the iron mines in Gällivare and Kiruna and the ice-free port of Narvik. Malmbanan has highest amount of freight traffic in Scandinavia.