On May 8, Finnair’s inaugural flight touched down in Kirkenes – a Northern Norwegian town that borders the Arctic Ocean. This flight is the latest step in Finnair’s expansion of its global network, ...

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.

Finnair’s new flights to Kirkenes mark a major step in connecting travelers to one of Northern Norway’s most remote and fascinating destinations. With the launch of the only scheduled ...

On Wednesday, the national airline unveiled its summer schedule, including a new route from Kittilä in northern Finland to Alta in northern Norway. Finnair also plans to expand flights to the ...

In the shadow of the Arctic circle and its big brooding neighbour Russia, and with a dark but fascinating history, the little Norweigan town of Kirkenes has the polar night for almost two months ...

As the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, Arctic countries have fully awoken to a new security paradigm in the region. With Sweden and Finland completing their NATO ...

Even though Norway's border to Russia is officially closed, a Mercedes van is still allowed to cross, driving from Norway's Kirkenes to the Russian town of Murmansk once a day. Kirkenes ...

But so do their prey. This piece was supported by the Pulitzer Center. In the small town of Kirkenes—in the northeastern corner of Norway, six miles from the Russian border—the regional ...

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 ...

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Four hundred kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, in the Norwegian port of Kirkenes, there are still some who dream that this sleepy town will one day become an important shipping hub.

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