LAPLAND | The Untouched

Footage licensing: www.stockfootage.fi/lapland-t...
Lapland - the Untouched takes you to some of the remotest places in the Finnish wilderness. These uninhabited and roadless areas, home to Sámi people, have remained in their near-natural state hidden away from most of mankind - unspoilt, as they should be.
In the northernmost Lapland summer is over before it even begins. During the snow-free time the only way to reach the locations shown in the film is by foot. Lapland the Untouched covers 600km of hiking at Sápmi in 6 wilderness areas and in the Urho Kekkonen National Park and the Kevo Strict Nature Reserve.
I’ve done timelapse-films alone for quite some time now and doing everything on your own requires a lot. Carrying half of your weight in gear in the wild may be physically hard, but the greatest battles are fought in the mind. During the less pleasant moments you realise just how alone you really are and begin to understand what really matters the most. This theme and the extensive Lapland project inspired my shortfilm, The Importance of Being Alone • The Importance of Bein...
This project taught me to love and appreciate what I’ve got - not only the amazing people in my life, but also these breathtaking wilderness areas and natural vistas we all share. After witnessing the captivating beauty of these locations it’s appalling to think that similar places around the world are destroyed and exploited relentlessly by mankind and its foolish needs.
Timelapse and video material from this film is available for licensing in 8K and 4K resolutions. Contact me for inquiries: riku@rikukarjalainen.com
Soundtrack: “Dreams and Visions” by Tony Anderson
Riku Karjalainen:
Website: www.rikukarjalainen.com/
Instagram: / rikukarjalaine
Facebook: / rikukarjalaine
Equipment used:
Cameras: Sony A7RII, Sony A7SII
Lenses: Canon 16-35mm, Canon 24-105m, Canon 100-400mm, Samyang 24mm
Motion control: DIY slider with Emotimo TB3
Software: Adobe Creative Cloud: Lightroom, After Effects, Premiere Pro

Пікірлер: 176

  • @rosekilledjack
    @rosekilledjack4 жыл бұрын

    This makes me want to move to Finland even tho I already live here.

  • @dogloverj7

    @dogloverj7

    3 жыл бұрын

    You’re lucky!

  • @aju383

    @aju383

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol what!?

  • @peakart8850

    @peakart8850

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are lucky! Finland is one of the most beautiful countries in the world!

  • @Andre-rt5ly

    @Andre-rt5ly

    2 жыл бұрын

    Finland really exist

  • @ThatShitGood

    @ThatShitGood

    2 жыл бұрын

    Your country should be renamed "Fineland"

  • @Curbaani92
    @Curbaani926 жыл бұрын

    Just tälläiset videot saa reilu 5 minuutiksi unohtamaan sen että asun kerrostaloyksiössä lähiössä... :D :D Ai että, pirun hieno video!

  • @Frosmad

    @Frosmad

    5 жыл бұрын

    JEP :D

  • @peakart8850

    @peakart8850

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello from America! I think Finland is one of the most beautiful countries on this Earth. :)

  • @pbcinematic

    @pbcinematic

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@peakart8850 finland cinmatic video kzread.info/dash/bejne/hnp_rrupdZy6qsY.html

  • @cfields320
    @cfields3206 жыл бұрын

    This reminds me of a post apocalyptic world. Majority of Humanity wiped out. Leaving mother nature to reclaim the land she lost. Leaving absolute silence and beauty. A post apocalyptic world doesn't have to have all destruction and fire. There is beauty and wildlife with streams and rains transform the landscape to it's original.

  • @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Cody and well expressed. The feeling to hike on open wilderness is close to this experience.

  • @timomastosalo

    @timomastosalo

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well, the only way humanity would be wiped would a nuclear holocaust - then the nature would take hits too. Just better work for peace of the existing humanity: every positive step is a victory. Otherwise people just stay in the death spiral.

  • @sebastianinhofer4127

    @sebastianinhofer4127

    4 жыл бұрын

    There is no "original"...

  • @cupriferouscatalyst3708

    @cupriferouscatalyst3708

    4 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of home. Places like these exist, we just have to take care of them by not exploiting them.

  • @atashakgem

    @atashakgem

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cody Fields well said my friend 🙏☮️✌️🙌🏻🌼

  • @artetvdocumentary
    @artetvdocumentary3 жыл бұрын

    Stunning, thank you!

  • @guidopisankallio53
    @guidopisankallio536 жыл бұрын

    Damn. A tear almost rolled down my face that was so beatiful. I hope a get to see this sometime in my life.

  • @RavindraJoisa_Official
    @RavindraJoisa_Official3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing landscape, would love to visit this place some day.

  • @r.e.4640
    @r.e.46402 жыл бұрын

    A truly midevil Viking land!

  • @bushman6964

    @bushman6964

    2 жыл бұрын

    No vikings ever here😂 only saami and finns

  • @edc641
    @edc6414 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Reminds me of Swedish Lapland, but still very different. Absolutely beautiful. Finland is such an amazing country. Kiitos! Greetings from Sweden

  • @stephenkeegan5625
    @stephenkeegan56253 жыл бұрын

    I'm from ireland and we have similar beauty in this type of land.......but I must say finland you are beautiful and I hope to hike your lands one day 💙

  • @helmikarppi8568
    @helmikarppi85685 жыл бұрын

    I love finland, i’ve been there two times, first time i visited in helsinki, it was beautiful there, but second time i was in lapland, it’s the most beautiful place in the world

  • @ninae.6920
    @ninae.69206 жыл бұрын

    Very precious, mother nature is just wonderful ❤️

  • @ahimsarizky2441
    @ahimsarizky24416 жыл бұрын

    This is how I enjoy my 1440p screen, so detail, calm, and breathtaking

  • @timomastosalo

    @timomastosalo

    5 жыл бұрын

    And a wall size screen, you'd imagine you can walk right in.

  • @ArchYeomans
    @ArchYeomans4 жыл бұрын

    So proud of the Sami and their love of nature. We should follow them.

  • @alinan.635
    @alinan.6353 жыл бұрын

    Awesome work! So peaceful... Beautiful landscape...i love it! Greets from germany.

  • @PuontiP
    @PuontiP Жыл бұрын

    This put a tear in my eye. How we southerners forget the beauty of our homeland. This reminded me of the restfulness and peace that is a part of me but struggles to be felt during life in the city.

  • @Etunheim
    @Etunheim4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your channel. This is a real KZread what it was supposed to be..

  • @Mkahelin
    @Mkahelin6 жыл бұрын

    Homeland

  • @hans-jurgenmertens5031
    @hans-jurgenmertens50316 жыл бұрын

    Das sind wirklich sehr schöne Landschaftsaufnahmen,wenn man das selbst noch nicht gesehen hat,kann man sich das gar nicht vorstellen.Diese Weite,keine Autos,keine Menschen,nur Mutter Natur,einfach traumhaft schön,vielen Dank!

  • @Jorisvdw_
    @Jorisvdw_6 жыл бұрын

    Incredible.. You were able to tell us a story without using any words, thank you!

  • @kurpparappa893
    @kurpparappa8935 жыл бұрын

    Iso kiitos Riku, ja yritetään pitää se koskemattomana! Upeaa

  • @itzKamranM
    @itzKamranM6 жыл бұрын

    Amazing. Finland is real wonderland. Greetings from Azerbaijan. I hope doing something like this is nearly future. Maybe in Finland :)

  • @therealsuomi1153

    @therealsuomi1153

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kamran Brown I hope you will reach your destination! Good luck :)

  • @rr97
    @rr976 жыл бұрын

    Tuli ihan kylmät väreet! Tajuttoman hienot maisemat! Hyvää työtä!

  • @wandahelenagorecka-fichten9258
    @wandahelenagorecka-fichten92585 жыл бұрын

    Pięknie pokazana przyroda Laponii dziękuję

  • @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    5 жыл бұрын

    thank you!

  • @Juhi50v
    @Juhi50v5 жыл бұрын

    Voin vain kuvitella kuinka paljon tähän reiluun 5 minuutin videoon on kulunut aikaa. Mahtavaa tunnistaa paikkoja joissa on itsekin käynyt, tulee mahtavia muistoja mieleen. Kiitos laadukkaasta videosta!

  • @ivarsigurdson4191
    @ivarsigurdson41914 жыл бұрын

    thanks for this mesmerizing video (really well done); hope one day to see all this wonders of nature in Lapland by my own eyes

  • @ki-shadaimyo160
    @ki-shadaimyo1606 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful landscapes breathtaking. Thank you Riku.

  • @kainuuntaikaa
    @kainuuntaikaa6 жыл бұрын

    Mahtavaa pätkää jälleen kerran!

  • @makerantala9536
    @makerantala95364 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful work Riku, words can't describe the beauty of this film. Thanks for sharing this!

  • @seppolaine9006
    @seppolaine90066 жыл бұрын

    Ihanaa Riku ihanaa! Olemme seuranneet julkaisujasi 2016 kesäkuun alun jälkeen, kun tapasimme sinut kömpimästä uniltasi punaisesta farmari-Volvosta Hossassa, jossa olit kuvaamassa.

  • @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kiitos Seppo! Juu taidan muistaakin tilanteen :D

  • @davidt9238
    @davidt92383 жыл бұрын

    My dad , a biologist, collected specimens here in the early 1950’s.

  • @giuliam508
    @giuliam5085 жыл бұрын

    I haven't words,so beautiful.

  • @artetnaturevideos6997
    @artetnaturevideos69974 жыл бұрын

    Hello, Thank you very much for this beautiful film ! Best wishes ! Jean-Charles Bourquin, in France

  • @osemarvin2847
    @osemarvin28472 ай бұрын

    I recognize quite many of those locations, and I have to say - those are very, very remote places. It takes real effort to get there. Don't even think that you can take a bus or a taxi or anything like that to visit those places :D Forget it!!! You have to travel there by foot for days and days, endure unpredictable weather, sleep in a cold tent - but it's all worth it. In the end, it's magnificient!

  • @nspiliotis
    @nspiliotis6 жыл бұрын

    The color you chose for the letters of the title of the thubnail is fantastic! And such a beautiful timelapse!

  • @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    6 жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear you liked it!

  • @chrlmlln9018
    @chrlmlln90182 жыл бұрын

    Most beautiful! Thank you so very much! Wishing you all best! Stay blessed!

  • @ThatShitGood
    @ThatShitGood2 жыл бұрын

    I was seriously and legitimately pissed at the fact this video ended, it never should.

  • @friendoftellus5741
    @friendoftellus57412 жыл бұрын

    This video lets you feel the athmosphere of this mysterious, untouched land...

  • @beaker1969m
    @beaker1969m6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Riku! wonderfull images of the most breathtaking nature. Next week i will travel to swedish-lapland to enjoy 2 weeks of hiking and flyfishing =)

  • @justsomeghostwithinterneta7296

    @justsomeghostwithinterneta7296

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lapland should be a nation of its own. Let's make that happen!

  • @jordy703
    @jordy7033 жыл бұрын

    I will go this year. Cant wait. Beautifull.

  • @user-ix5yg9eq5r
    @user-ix5yg9eq5r6 жыл бұрын

    This is great! Thank you for making this amazing vid:)

  • @lsg546
    @lsg5465 жыл бұрын

    Just Amazing, nothing more to say!

  • @orageski
    @orageski6 жыл бұрын

    Great work, as always

  • @Tchefter
    @Tchefter6 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful! Thank you!

  • @ZeroooLimits
    @ZeroooLimits6 жыл бұрын

    Wow.. Stunning footage!

  • @Mraknup
    @Mraknup6 жыл бұрын

    Great video 🍀 lovely scenery 🙏 thank you dear friend Have a nice day 🌷

  • @Aurinkohirvi
    @Aurinkohirvi6 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful timelapse videos!

  • @petterjuurikivi
    @petterjuurikivi6 жыл бұрын

    Great work Riku!

  • @danielsplaylist8490
    @danielsplaylist84906 жыл бұрын

    oh dear thank you, o dear dear you, your skill is majestic, may god bless you.

  • @joel5653
    @joel56536 жыл бұрын

    Stunning!

  • @yaulynk7165
    @yaulynk71655 жыл бұрын

    This is beautfiul, thank you for sharing it.

  • @erikrfine-hair2933
    @erikrfine-hair29336 жыл бұрын

    Wow....I'm stunned....

  • @timoksanen-fi
    @timoksanen-fi6 жыл бұрын

    Mahtavaa jälkeä taas Riku!!!

  • @TheCatzzy
    @TheCatzzy6 жыл бұрын

    Wow!! Nyt on pakko jakaa!! Kiitos! :)

  • @skylilly1
    @skylilly15 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful place!

  • @EventyrsorenDenmark
    @EventyrsorenDenmark5 жыл бұрын

    Super nice video.Thanks a lot !!!!

  • @andreaskoengTimelapse
    @andreaskoengTimelapse6 жыл бұрын

    Very beautiful!

  • @haukkumo
    @haukkumo6 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Amazing!

  • @melissazwieg2988
    @melissazwieg29885 жыл бұрын

    Sacred and beautiful🌄🌄🌄 thank you, my friend

  • @Tw_maria
    @Tw_maria2 жыл бұрын

    I loved this video. So beautiful ❤️

  • @szilagyiirina458
    @szilagyiirina4585 жыл бұрын

    Very Beautiful 👍 Nice, Awesome

  • @Frosmad
    @Frosmad5 жыл бұрын

    Todella siisti video! 10/10!

  • @upjaakkola231
    @upjaakkola2316 жыл бұрын

    Aivan päällikkö taas!!

  • @dronneberg
    @dronneberg6 жыл бұрын

    Aivan mahtava video! Oli pakko laittaa sut seurantaan!

  • @DragonsFan.
    @DragonsFan.5 жыл бұрын

    This is just stunning! But you should jused more clips of the forest, because that's what's makes Finland and Sweden so unbelievable beautiful.

  • @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you a lot! I understand your point. I've been living in the middle of Finland for the most of life. Being surrounded roughly only by forests, I've been always very interested in open víews. Like in this film. So I would say that I didn't see the same beauty as you in the forests. But spending 2,5 months surrounded by these views it really got me missing also home and it's nature. I didn't have special relationship to nature at young age, but through these experiences the view is developing step by step and right now the "ordinary" we have is more beautiful every day.

  • @DragonsFan.

    @DragonsFan.

    5 жыл бұрын

    The image quality is mind-blowing!

  • @camperplaatseneuropavanboven
    @camperplaatseneuropavanboven2 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful video. I'm coming to Finland in August to see this all with my own eyes

  • @majkakowalska8699
    @majkakowalska86993 жыл бұрын

    Przepiekny kraj.....pozdrawiam

  • @lore25376
    @lore253766 жыл бұрын

    fantastic wonderful

  • @Gutterbreaks
    @Gutterbreaks6 жыл бұрын

    Incredible

  • @blinder2786
    @blinder27863 жыл бұрын

    On meillä kaunis maa!

  • @AryoRR
    @AryoRR6 жыл бұрын

    subhanallah,beutiful video and timelapse

  • @Erkele
    @Erkele4 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic! Upea!

  • @fortinero3361
    @fortinero33616 жыл бұрын

    hermoso y fascinante, arte de la naturaleza

  • @cernunnos22
    @cernunnos225 жыл бұрын

    Ohh yes! Direct sub. 👍🏻

  • @emersonlakra9771
    @emersonlakra97715 жыл бұрын

    Good work

  • @user-jf6zm8dq7m
    @user-jf6zm8dq7m5 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @louismollardmedias
    @louismollardmedias Жыл бұрын

    WOW !!! Amazing dude 🤩 really nice work, love it ! I'll go to Finland in 2023 during a Europe bikepacking trip hope to see these perfect places :)

  • @gabbrielviera
    @gabbrielviera3 жыл бұрын

    beyond words!😍 I'm crazy with Finland since my teens, I hope have the chance to go there soon. Terveisiä Argentiinasta 💙🇦🇷 🇫🇮

  • @stracciatelle

    @stracciatelle

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love from Finland to Argentina 🇫🇮🇦🇷🤍

  • @priba11
    @priba114 жыл бұрын

    while watching this video i wish i was there, its beautiful 😊❤️

  • @johnnyfallen4211
    @johnnyfallen42115 жыл бұрын

    My Favorite place in the world ..greetings from Aizawl_Mizoram India

  • @TheAngryFinnishPerson
    @TheAngryFinnishPerson3 жыл бұрын

    Tämmösenä etelän vetelänä sitä välil unohtaa, miten upeeta pohjosessa on. Jännä aatella, että tämmöstäki on samojen rajojen sisällä.

  • @Kemusika
    @Kemusika4 жыл бұрын

    Kerrassaan aivan upea video.

  • @akselipartala5143
    @akselipartala51435 жыл бұрын

    Hyvä video

  • @playanakobi4407
    @playanakobi44073 жыл бұрын

    It looks like from another planet. Somewhere where lord of the rings is real. Such a beautiful and serene place.

  • @sharonherrin
    @sharonherrin5 жыл бұрын

    I love the music

  • @FLYJLM
    @FLYJLM5 жыл бұрын

    just fab ; wish i be there one day

  • @savid3089
    @savid30893 жыл бұрын

    Jaoin tämän upean videon kanavallani 🌳🌲🌳🌲

  • @herkko1960
    @herkko19605 жыл бұрын

    Proud to be a Finnish.

  • @rrgert4
    @rrgert44 жыл бұрын

    amaizing

  • @TeelioBastard
    @TeelioBastard5 жыл бұрын

    I had Lustmord - Babel playing in spotify and i watched the video with that song.... it fits like a glove. I didn't remember that i had the music coming from spotify (it fits that well)! You should test it! AMAZING VIDEO RIKU!

  • @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agree Teelio, it fits seamlessly. Glad you enjoyed!

  • @alkazim1199
    @alkazim11993 жыл бұрын

    يالله كم هذا جميل ♥️

  • @Kaarne
    @Kaarne6 жыл бұрын

    Taas jälleen kerran uppee teos. Hiljaseks kyllä vettää.

  • @AAKE8D
    @AAKE8D6 жыл бұрын

    Tosi kova video. Musiikkivalinta osunut nappii näiden huikeiden timelapsien kylkeen! Itekkin lappiin lähdössä heinäkuussa kuvausmatkalle. Ei malttaisi odottaa...

  • @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kiitos Aake. Hyvät Lapin reissut sulle!

  • @AAKE8D

    @AAKE8D

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kiitos!

  • @andreablackxsify
    @andreablackxsify4 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful landscapes ♥️

  • @lifeoutdare
    @lifeoutdare6 жыл бұрын

    Awesome work man , make me your assistant :D

  • @patrik9328
    @patrik93284 жыл бұрын

    Kaunista ja hurmaavaa, tälläistä on vain Suomessa, ei missään muualla maailmassa

  • @lukaslans
    @lukaslans6 жыл бұрын

    perfect :) how many days of shooting?

  • @Paula-es2pv
    @Paula-es2pv5 жыл бұрын

    This is so gorgeous! But how did you get there? It really seems like there is no human in sight!

  • @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    5 жыл бұрын

    thanks! By hiking and yes, not that much other people around. Average stay in the wild took 5-6 days and in some cases didn't meet anyone for the whole stay.

  • @MikhailProskalov
    @MikhailProskalov6 жыл бұрын

    Another great video. It's interesting, how modern trends are: more natural grading and using normal and telephoto lenses more than ultra wide. What do you think about using sony cameras? I tried a7s2 for a while and it's ergonomics is awful, can't understand how people can use them))) btw, i made mine first timelapse clip from Karelia

  • @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    @RikuKarjalainenPhotography

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Mikhail. Ergonomics haven't been a problem, even they're far away from Canon imo. But after doing this every day you, I got used to it. First I was little scared how the A7Rii will do with metabones adapter, but there was no problems and very few missed shots.

  • @Emppu_T.
    @Emppu_T.6 жыл бұрын

    The land of the worn old mountains

  • @finlandtimelapse7235
    @finlandtimelapse72356 жыл бұрын

    Hienoa työtä