Every month, we ask somebody to be a modern Pytheas
and tell us something about the most amazing place they have ever
experienced, and explain why this is!
Globespot of the month: Norway, Finnmarken,
the area of the Sami
If you think you can't unite the elements photography,
technology, poetry, drawing, painting, sculputuring, architecture and
geography in one man, let me introduce you to the Pytheas of the
month.
We asked Maurice De
Caluwé to share his Pytheas spot with us, but
we also like you to enjoy the many other talents he has and are happy to link here to his
digital gallery.
Maurice, thank's to bring Finnmarken under the spotlight and to find
time in between all these other activities to share your globespot with
RouteYou.
If you want to see a wild part of Europe, you can't get
around the Northern areas. Finnmarken is a province of Norway, located
between the Barents Sea and the Swedish-Finnish border. It has the size
of the Netherlands but a population density more than 580 times less
the population density of Belgium.
A big part of the inland is a high plateau, called the
Vidda. It's located between 300-600 meter above sealevel and has a
tundra vegetation. Temperatures are between 25 and
