KIRKENES, Norway — Four hundred kilometers north of the Arctic circle, a tiny Norwegian town is playing big-league politics. Kirkenes, situated just 14 kilometers from NATO’s northern land border with ...

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, ...

Guests visiting the Kirkenes Snow Hotel in Northern Norway should expect a frosty reception from a polar bear. Once beyond the check-in desk, a true winter wonderland awaits, year-round. Kirkenes Snow ...

It's not everyone's idea of a luxury holiday, but that's exactly what's on offer at the Snow Hotel Kirkenes.

This photo taken on Feb. 21, 2024 shows the winter scenery of the Arctic town of Kirkenes, Finnmark county, Norway.(Photo: Xinhua) This photo taken on Feb. 21, 2024 shows the winter scenery of the ...

KIRKENES, Norway, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- About 400 km north of the Arctic Circle, fireworks lit up the evening sky of Kirkenes, Norway's Barents port, or "World's Northernmost Chinatown" in the five days ...

KIRKENES, NORWAY-Kirkenes is not big, but it was there, in one of the northernmost towns in the world, that I learned to come to terms with the side effects of this country’s extraordinary economic ...