Karigasniemi

Karigasniemi (Northern Sami: Gáregasnjárga) is a village in the municipality of Utsjoki in Finland.

Karigasniemi lies on the road between the Finnish town of Ivalo and Lakselv in Norway.

There are one grocery store, two petrol stations and three bars and restaurants, mostly because of a lot of border traffic from the Norwegian side.

There is also a school and a small health care center in the village.

Karigasniemi is also a junction point where travelers can choose the road to Nordkapp or other places at the Arctic Ocean.

The border-crossing bridge over the Inarijoki river in Karigasniemi, to Dorvonjárga in Norway .