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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. Guests visiting the Kirkenes Snow Hotel in Northern Norway ...

Finnair has today launched a new route to Kirkenes in Northern Norway - the only scheduled international flight to the airport, opening the region up to customers from the UK and Ireland. Kirkenes ...

KIRKENES, Norway, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- About 400 km north of the Arctic Circle, fireworks lit up the evening sky of Kirkenes, Norway's Barents port, or "World's Northernmost Chinatown" in the five days ...

This photo taken on Feb. 21, 2024 shows the winter scenery of the Arctic town of Kirkenes, Finnmark county, Norway.(Photo: Xinhua) This photo taken on Feb. 21, 2024 shows the winter scenery of the ...

Kirkenes, a Norwegian town a stone's throw from Russia, was for over three decades a symbol of cross-border harmony in the Arctic. That came to a crashing end when Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then ...

Long ago, the northern Norwegian town of Kirkenes was liberated by the Soviets. It maintained friendly relations with Russia for years, but that old amity has now vanished. A visit to a border, where ...