The Blue Light Festival 2012
Each season holds it special sunlight and moonlight to make this area breathtakingly beautiful year round. The intense Blue Light comes for 4 to 5 weeks in December and early January as soon as the sun crosses the horizon. It is a time to stop and take in the awe of nature and its beauty.
Program
Saturday 15th December
08.00-10.00 Hotel Vuollerim Gästgiveriet
Hotel Vuollerim. Special Blue Light Breakfast.
10.00-12.00 Porsiudden. Capture the Blue Light. Outdoor photo workshop – how to shoot Blue Light, Patricia Cowern. Sami stories, Sami snacks and hot drinks in the tepee. Ann Marie Utsi.
11.00-13.30 Hotel Vuollerim Gästgiveriet.
Blue Light – Lunch Buffet
11.00-15.00 “Hembygdsgården” – Vuollerim Homestead open for cakes, coffee and Swedish waffles. Traditional bread baking.
13.00-17.00 97AN Conference Center
13.30-15.00 Conference Speaker Patricia Cowern presents amazing “Photographs of snowflakes” – by Kenneth Libbrecht – Lennart Nilsson Scholar. A photo session and discussion and explanation on how snowflakes forms. Local handicraft. Exhibition and competition ”Snowflakes” in different materials
15.00-17.00 Learn how to make Ice Lanterns
18.00-21.00 Hotel Vuollerim Gästgiveriet. Blue Light Dinner
After dinner Outdoor workshop to take Northern Lights photos Patricia Cowern
Sunday 16th December
08.00-10.00 Hotel Vuollerim Blue Light breakfast buffet
10.00-12.00 Porsiudden. Outdoor workshop capture the blue light. On site photo workshop with Patricia Cowern. How can you to take the great nature photos.
09.30-10.30 Sami stories and Sami snacks and hot drinks in the tepee- Ann Marie Utsi
10.30-13.30 Hotel Vuollerim. Gästgiveriet. Blue Light Lunch Buffet
12.00-15.00 Outdoor activities at the Village*
Snow sculpting Albert Falk
Winter ecology and snow knowledge with locals forest Sami people.
Family activity on the hill skiing snowboard mm
Skiing behind a horse!
“Hembygdsgården” – Vuollerim Homestead open for cakes, coffee and Swedish waffles
Outside Photo Workshop – to photograph snowflakes, Patricia Cowern
Outside workshop – studying snowflakes up close with magnifying glassA
lso for Children; Snow flake hunt! Go out with a magnifying glass and then paint your own snowflake book.
Ride on a Spark through the village on your own. Start Hotel Vuollerim.
15.00-17.00 97AN Conference Center Exhibition. Handicraft, gallery, ice tepee and lanterns
15.00 Photo competition ends. For more information on competition visit 97AN or Lapland Vuollerim information Center. www.laplandvuollerim.se. Movie: Northern Lights project
15.30-17.00 Hear expert Patricia Cowern speaks on the Northern Lights
17.00-18.00 This year’s photo shoot winner will be awarded together with the winner of best in show; “Blue light Ice lantern” and “Snowflakes” competition. Share your highlights, photos and experiences about the day with other festival visitors and villagers.
19.00-21.00 Hotel Vuollerim. A taste of Sami Christmas Buffet
20.00-22.00 Outside Photo Workshop ; Photographing auroras, Patricia Cowern *
Monday 17th December
07.00-09.00 Breakfast buffé
09.00-11.00 Choose optional activities Cross Country skiing and Dog sled*. Available for a fee. Latest booking at 14.00 Sunday. Also on call +46-97610030
09.00-10.00 Pre booked dogsled. Tour starts at Bomyrberget.
10.00-11.00 Pre booked Cross country skiing. Tour starts at Bomyrberget.
Coffee break and check out
12.00-13.00 Visit Treehotel
13.00-14.00 Lunch at Treehotel
16.00 Arriving Luleå Airport