Blog – When a town in Arctic Norway transforms into “the world’s northernmost Chinatown”
Sitting on the rocky coastline of the slate gray Barents Sea, the hilly city of Kirkenes, Norway is located at
Read moreSitting on the rocky coastline of the slate gray Barents Sea, the hilly city of Kirkenes, Norway is located at
Read moreOctober 2019 will mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Norway’s northernmost region from Nazi occupation by the Red
Read more Russian, Norwegian, Sámi and Finnish LGBT communities met in Kirkenes, Arctic Norway for the second year in a row
Read more“Norwegian authorities are again considering the use of nuclear weapons against Norway or close to Norway as a not unthinkable
Read moreNorwegians, especially the youngsters, move south. Foreign citizens though, have more than doubled the last ten years. Vadsø, Honningsvåg and
Read more“There is a need for a civilian shipyard in the Murmansk area”, says Director of Kimek, the yard in Kirkenes
Read moreOne Norwegian krone was traded at 8,1 rubles Tuesday morning. Cross-border traffic between Murmansk (Arctic Russia) and Kirkenes (Arctic Norway)
Read moreOn a gray June day, a group of thirty-odd Arctic scholars and artists participating in a traveling symposium called the
Read moreThe number of people crossing the Norwegian-Russian border is shrinking. But some people, like Aleksandr, will continue to travel between
Read moreAmidst recent plans to explore a proposed Arctic Railway that would run from Rovaniemi in Finnish Lapland to the Norwegian
Read morePetter Karlsson from Slussfors, northern Sweden came first to the finish line in Europe’s longest dogsled race. The race is
Read more39 mushers from 10 countries are racing through 1,200 kilometers of snow and cold in Finnmarkløpet, the world’s northernmost dog
Read moreThe Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications has decided that a railway routing to the Arctic Ocean via Oulu, Rovaniemi
Read moreRussian President Vladimir Putin spent much of his state-of-the-nation speech on Thursday talking about nuclear weapons. With a clear message
Read moreIt was not the increasingly troublesome democratic developments, oppressed civil society, nor sanctions or expelled Norwegian businessmen which was the
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