The Salten region is situated in the middle of Nordland county, and includes the following ten municipalities: Beiarn, Bodø, Fauske, Gildeskål, Hamarøy, Meløy, Rødøy, Saltdal, Steigen and Sørfold. The region covers an area of 25.000 km2 and has about 85.000 inhabitants, whereof 63% (approx. 53.000) live in Bodø which is the capital of Nordland county. Salten is placed between the coastline and fjords in the west and the high mountains in the east, which provides amazing outdo

Today Barents Road International Organisation starts with presentation of its members from Finland, Norway, Sweden & Russia. Greetings from East Lapland, Finland! The Local Federation of East Lapland is a voluntary federation of municipalities, owned by the City of Kemijärvi and municipalities of Pelkosenniemi, Posio, Salla and Savukoski. The organization was founded in 1993 to take care of East Lapland’s interests of surveillance, to increase area’s cooperation, to promote r