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Tankavaara: gold village & Kultamuseo

ROCKHOUNDING LICENSED / PERMIT CONFIRMED

Where: Nordics · Europe · approx. 68.18, 27.1 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Rockhounding locality: Lapland gold rush village where the 1934 Tankavaara strike is now a pan-for-pay gold village and the international Gold Prospector Museum

What turns up: gold flakes and dust, garnet sand, panning technique

Access: Licensed / permit.

Fee gold panning at the village (open daily 10-18 in summer, 1 June to 25 September, indoor panning in winter) and guided panning workshops at the Gold Prospector Museum, you keep your gold; no free panning outside the paid area

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Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.