Pushpin Map: | Finland | ||||||||||
Pushpin Mapsize: | 150 | ||||||||||
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Finland | ||||||||||
Coordinates: | 68.8461°N 28.3161°W | ||||||||||
Pushpin Label: | Nellim | ||||||||||
Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||||
Subdivision Name: | Finland | ||||||||||
Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||||||||||
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality | ||||||||||
Subdivision Name1: | Lapland | ||||||||||
Subdivision Name2: | Inari | ||||||||||
Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||||||
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Nellim (Finnish: Nellim or Finnish: Nellimö; Inari Sami: Njellim; Skolt Sami: Njeäʹllem) is a village on the shore of Lake Inari in Inari, Finland that has three distinctly different cultures: Finns, the Inari Sámi and the Skolt Sámi. Nellim is approximately northeast of Ivalo and approximately 9km (06miles) away from the Russian border. The village has a hotel with a bar (open for winter season), a cafeteria (open in the summer), a marina, an Orthodox wilderness church and a Wilderness hotel. Other landmarks in the area include an old log flume, the Travelers' Cross at Tsarmijärvi, and remnants of the Rautaportti "Iron Gate" fortifications that were constructed in the second world war. The people of Nellim claim that it is the best location in Finland to view the Northern Lights.
The main sources of livelihood in Nellim are reindeer husbandry, natural economy and tourism.