Photos from Thursday, February 4th 2016
Photos from the first day of the Jokkmokk winter market 2016. Sunshine, -11 degrees Celsius, simply beautiful.
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…and the market area is open!
The 411th winter market is now taking place in central Jokkmokk. I am just about to go for a first walk through the area, and the weather looks great. It is a bit cloudy, but the sun appears at times – and the temperature is around 12 degrees Celsius. Just perfect conditions for the first […]
Photos: The winter market opening ceremony
The 2016 winter market has officially been declared open! The opening ceremony on the snow stage offered speeches, joiks, rap music and honorary awards, and the park was full of people. Here are some photos from the event:
Don’t miss the webcam!
The opening ceremony of the 2016 winter market in Jokkmokk starts in less than an hour. I will of course be there to take photos and record some video. I was planning to broadcast the opening ceremony through Bambuser or through Facebook, but the iPhone that I use for broadcasts doesn’t work when the temperature […]
Photos from Wednesday, February 3rd 2016
The day of the opening ceremony, and the day before the main winter market opens, is a really beautiful day. The temperature has fallen to below -20 degrees Celsius, but the sky is blue and the sun is shining as both visitors and vendors are arriving. The market area has been closed to regular traffic, […]
Photo exhibition: Made by light
Today, the photo exhibition “Made by light” opened at Destination Jokkmokk. It features photos by five local photographers: Vahid Cullsberg, Maria Klang, Gunilla Falk, Tor Lundberg Tuorda and Anders Olofsson. The opening was a very nice event where visitors could meet several of the photographers. All photos in the exhibition are for sale, and the […]
Photos from Tuesday, February 2nd 2016
Today I made the first out of many walks around the winter market area. Although main market doesn’t start until Thursday morning, the opening ceremony takes place tomorrow at 17:30. So right now, there are a lot of preparations going on all around Jokkmokk. The exception is the historical market at the open-air historic museum, […]
The official winter market snow sculpture of 2016 is amazing!
Here is a close-up photo of the snow sculpture in the Storgatan – Klockarvägen roundabout, as seen from the southern direction. Click the image to see a larger version of the photo. I have also included a video showing the incredible northern side of the same sculpture, which includes an artificial fire and beautiful light […]
Video invitation to the winter market
Here is a beautiful video with pictures from the last winter market, created by Anders and Viveca Olofsson and posted to Facebook. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’)); Jokkmokks VintermarknadHar gjort en liten film, DELA & […]