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Kirkenes Town Trivia

Can you guess these facts about the Norwegian town of Kirkenes?
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Last updated: July 21, 2020
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Sea on which Kirkenes sits
Barents sea
County that Kirkenes is part of
Troms og Finnmark
Municipality that Kirkenes is part of
Sør-Varanger
Town name in Northern Sami
Girkonjárga
English translation of the town name
Church headland
Name of the Kirkenes area before the Kirkenes Church was built there
Piselvnes
Smoke from this Russian sister city can be seen from Kirkenes
Nikel
Road that passes through Kirkenes, Trondheim, Oslo, Gothenburg and previously Berlin and Rome
E6 (Europavei 6)
Hotel that is rebuilt every year
Kirkenes Snow Hotel
Norwegian coastal route between Bergen and Kirkenes
Hurtigruten
Nearby military base tasked with guarding the Norway-Russia border
Garrison of Sør-Varanger
Nearby international airport and site of the military base
Høybuktmoen
Only legal border crossing between Norway and Russia
Storskog
Thousands of Syrian refugees infamously used this mode of transport to enter Norway from Russia in 2015
Bike
During WWII, Kirkenes was supposedly the second-most-air-bombed place in Europe after this microstate
Malta
Historical main industry
Mining
Invasive species and delicacy introduced to the area by Russians
Giant king crab
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