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Blog – Kirkenes: The company town that became a Chinatown for five days

Mia Bennett
Posted: Friday, March 8, 2019 at 11:06 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:21
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The town of Kirkenes, Norway is a little northern melting pot. It sits at the on the country’s Arctic edge,

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Beijing finds a Chinatown in Arctic Norway

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at 11:49 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 10:20
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The Asian superpower looks towards the Arctic and finds a home in this year’s Barents Spektakel winter festival in Kirkenes,

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Blog – When a town in Arctic Norway transforms into “the world’s northernmost Chinatown”

Mia Bennett
Posted: Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 16:57 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 09:55
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Sitting on the rocky coastline of the slate gray Barents Sea, the hilly city of Kirkenes, Norway is located at

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Norway loses Arctic oil mock trial during Barents Spektakel festival

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 13, 2017 at 16:34 — Last Updated: Monday, February 13, 2017 at 16:44
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The verdict of the court performance staged during the Barents Spektakel festival in Kirkenes is clear: The opening of the

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