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Kirkenes Destination Guide

Delve into Kirkenes in Norway

Kirkenes in the region of Finnmark with its 3,282 residents is located in Norway - some 876 mi or ( 1410 km ) North-East of Oslo , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Kirkenes

Local time in Kirkenes is now 10:38 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Oslo " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Murmansk, Borisoglebsk, Pelkosenniemi, Kuusamo, and Kemijärvi. While being here, you might want to check out Murmansk . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Kirkenes ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

KIRKENES (NORWAY) 19.08.2009

4:30 min by yanbekov
Views: 7677 Rating: 5.00

KIRKENES (NORWAY) 19.08.2009 CONFINE RUSSIA STRADA PER MURMANSK ..

Arctic Adventure

1:58 min by gbfilmproductions
Views: 6161 Rating: 4.96

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Hurtigruten Video 1/3

5:03 min by Rudolf Hellwig
Views: 3793 Rating: 5.00

Von Kirkenes nach Bergen ..

MS Nordstjernen

7:09 min by FIXStern100
Views: 3387 Rating: 4.67

Winterreise mit der MS Nordstjernen von Kirkenes nach Bergen ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Kirkenes Church

Kirkenes Church is the main parish church in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Kirkenes, just off the European route E6 highway. The church is part of the Sør-Varanger parish in the Varanger deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The concrete and wood church was built in 1959 and it seats about 275 people.

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Located at 69.73 30.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Churches in Finnmark, Sør-Varanger

Centre for High North Logistics

Centre for High North Logistics (CHNL, Norwegian: Senter for nordområdelogistikk) is a Norwegian foundation which works to investigate ways to develop logistics solutions in the Arctic region. Among the aims of the centre is that of collecting information to facilitate an opening up of the Northern Sea Route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. The administration of the center is located in Kirkenes on the north-eastern Barents Sea coast of Norway.

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Located at 69.73 30.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: 2009 establishments in Norway, Foundations based in Norway, Organisations based in Finnmark, Organizations established in 2009, Political and economic research foundations, Public–private partnership projects in Norway, Scientific research foundations

Haganes, Finnmark

Haganes is a residential neighborhood of Kirkenes in Sør-Varanger, Norway.

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Located at 69.73 30.05 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Sør-Varanger

Kirkenes Station

Kirkenes Station is a former railway station, located at Kirkenes in Sør-Varanger, Norway, that was the terminus of the Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Line.

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Located at 69.72 30.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: 1910 establishments in Norway, Disused railway stations in Norway, Railway stations in Sør-Varanger, Railway stations opened in 1910, Year of disestablishment missing

Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Line

The Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Line, or the Sydvaranger Line (Sydvarangerbanen), is a 8.5-kilometer long railway line between Kirkenes and Bjørnevatn in Sør-Varanger, Norway. Owned by the private mining company Northern Iron, the single-track railway is solely used to haul 20 daily iron ore trains from Bjørnevatn Mine to the port at Kirkenes. It was the world's northern-most railway until 2010.

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Located at 69.71 30.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: 1910 establishments in Norway, Electric railways in Norway, Railway lines in Finnmark, Railway lines in Norway, Railway lines opened in 1910, Sør-Varanger

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Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Kirkenes