Kirkenes
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Kirkenes, known as Girkonjárga in Northern Sami and Kirkkoniemi in Kven, is a town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway. The town lies on a peninsula
View of the town in June 2013
People of Kirkenes returning home after the Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive
Kirkenes is located very far from most of Europe. Distances are along the E6 road even if the road through Finland is shorter.
View of Kirkenes
Norway–Russia border
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The border between Norway and Russia consists of a 195.7-kilometer land border between Sør-Varanger Municipality, Norway, and Pechengsky District, Russia, and a 23.2-kilometer marine border in the Var
Kirkenes
…part of Norway. The town lies on a peninsula along the Bøkfjorden, an arm of the large Varangerfjorden, and is located just a few kilometres from the Norway–Russia border. The 2.29-square-kilometre (570-acre) town has a population (2023) of 3,404 and a population density of 1,486 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,850/sq…
Border mark number 299 at the Norwegian-Russian border
Grense Jakobselv is located immediately on the Norwegian side of the border
Norwegians guarding the Finland–Norway border at Skafferhullet in 1940 after the outbreak of the Winter War