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The wooden church is from 1760 and thus one of the oldest buildings in northern Lapland. There is a 5 km trail to the church from Sarviniementie parking lot, 3 km from Siida, through a nice forest. In wintertime there is an 18 km ski trail passing by the church. Campfire areas by the church and halfway. The church is still used for services every now and then.
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Inari Sámi Museum
The Siida is a museum devoted to the history and culture of the Sámi, the original people of the area. It also doubles as a natural history museum for the region, displaying plants and wildlife from all of the areas inhabited by the Sámi. The main building is from 1998, the outdoor museum has traditions from 1959. The exhibitions are of international standard, and text is provided in local languages, English, and German. In addition to the indoor exhibition, there is an outdoor museum which features traditional Sámi dwellings. Plenty of free parking available at the site. Souvenirs, including literature on local Sámi languages. Restaurant Sarrit serve lunch. Siida acts also as a visitor centre for the national parks and other Finnish Forest Administration's facilities nearby (some not so near). The museum will receive a new extension during 2020-2022. The construction work may affect the opening hours!
Sami cultural centre and the headquarters of the Finnish Sami Parliament. Guided tours every working day at noon. Café Čaiju. Authentic Sami handicrafts and other products in Duodji Shop. National Sami library.
Indigenous music festival held in August since 2004. The event is concentrated on traditional and modern Sami music. The name is Northern Sami for Nightless Night.
(Inari Sami: Äijih) This small but tall island has been – and still is – a sacred place for the Sámi people. In the Lake Inari some 11 km from the Inari village. Offer rituals may have been held still in the 19th century, probably even later. Guided tours from Siida will let you see the island in summer. To respect the sanctity of the place, since 2020 there are no more guided tours that call at the island. The Finnish Forest Administration will demolish all structures on the island that served tourism. Hautuumaasaaret ("Graveyard Islands"; protected area) and some other special islands nearby.
Karhunpesäkivi
An old legend tells that once a local man sought shelter during a snowstorm and found the opening under the stone. Next morning when he woke up he realized he had been sleeping next to a bear, hence the name. This huge stone high on a hill is actually almost hollow making it one of the weirdest places around. The stone itself is a glacial erratic and the geological name of this kind of void is "tafoni". The entrance into the stone is via a small opening close to the ground, inside the stone there is enough room for several people standing. Unfortunately not suitable for disabled: 200 m through the forest, mostly by stairs. The forest behind the hill has never been subject to logging and some pines are over 700 years old. There is a café by the parking lot.
A 15 metres long cave with permanently frozen few meters thick ice layer on the floor. Reachable with boat in summertime, over the ice in the winter.