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...A tepee like lapp shelter.
This one holds 20-30 people.

No need to fell trees, chop wood, or dry the wood yourself...because....On the other side of the woodshed there is enough wood for warming up our Kota. 
3pm and we have less than an hour before it gets dark. Look! Someone
is opening the door of the Kota.

A curvey spruce door handle for some extra door personality!
The fire is started quickly using birch bark and wood chippings.A short wait and it is warm enough.
The seating made of wooden benches is attached to the inner walls spanning in a circle around the central fireplace. 30 people sitting together around a cozy fire lends to ease in conversation.
The Kota's walls are made of 1 inch by 6 inch boards horizontally stacked and are supported by 2 inch by 4 inch boards, placed every 60 centimeters.
For an authentic Finnish Kota experience roast a deer hot-dog on a stick. We washed down ours with cranberry juice or hot coffee followed by dessert...cookies and licorice.
Tip! The Finns make their home made bread dough Tikkupullaa pre-made.
Dough is cooked on sticks over the top of the flames keeping the bread untouched by the tongues of the flame...as compared to roasting hotdogs Makkaraa which are held on top of glowing hot coals.
Inside the Kota there's a pan for making coffee or tea. Yum!
Before leaving the fire is put out then... the return hike to the car before dark sets in.
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