there is no border line, actually, when you are up on top of the halti. narrator: mountain guide georg sichelschmidt thinks the move just might turn the barren fell into a tourist magnet. >> of course, it would make this peak more popular, especially in finland. more finns would come here just to climb their highest mountain. narrator: making a presentf a mounin could mean a small ost to nordic tourism, but it could also send a message to the world. at was the original intention. >> norway also gives the nobel peace prize every year, and we could go ahead, like a good example on how you treat your neighbor, by giving finland this little piece of land. narrator: finland will be celebrating the centenary of its independence in december. who knows? by then, with luck, the country's highest peak could be a little higher. michelle: if the summit as a gift does not work out perhaps a , hunk of quintessentially norwegian brown cheese may suffice? that's it for today. if you would like to find out more, send me a tweet or visit , our facebook page, dw stories. th

mayor of the municipality at the foot of the halti he picked up on the idea and wrote an official request to the prime minister in oslo she sent an equally official response that the constitution wouldn't allow norway to cede any of its territory with kind regards fairness or beg those on the. prime minister says no because if you're going to suppress i have to respect that. but maybe they'll reconsider. it's a matter of an area of half the size of a soccer field the border marker would just have to be moved a few meters. it's claimed that a compromise might be possible a swap would not file at the constitution finland would get the summit and give a piece of waste land to norway in exchange after all norway has no real use for the hottie you know we go the norwegians have plenty of other peaks to climb and the finns didn't even get the top of this part of rocks we're standing on here. i think that's too bad the poor families. and what do the finns say about the issue do they really want the additional eight meters of summit from that side of the border it's quite a long way to the neares