KIRKENES, Norway — Four hundred kilometers north of the Arctic circle, a tiny Norwegian town is playing big-league politics. Kirkenes, situated just 14 kilometers from NATO’s northern land border with ...

Sandwiched between Finland and Russia 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Kirkenes rests near the opening of the most viable polar shipping route linking China to Europe. As the sea ice retreats, ...

Chinese signage was erected in the town of Kirkenes, Norway before the beginning of the fifteenth-annual Barents Spektakel, whose theme this year was “The World’s Northernmost Chinatown”. (Mia Bennett ...

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 ...

Want to visit the happiest country in the world? If so, there’s no need to take a 17-hour flight, cast a magic spell or wait around for a fairy godmother to come and whisk you away to a remote island.

Sitting on the rocky coastline of the slate gray Barents Sea, the hilly city of Kirkenes, Norway is located at a literal crossroads between east and west. Russia is only 20 minutes away by car, while ...

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 ...

Hurtigruten has introduced a selection of new voyages for the 2026 season. "These new itineraries reflect our ambition to ...