May - September 2010

Summer activities in Welcome to Kirkenes Booking and other information: The frontier town at 70°North 30°East Excursions are to be booked at your hotel reception or through the operators one day in advance, before 3 pm. There is a whole range of activities waiting for you in the • Cancelling: Booked activities must be cancelled one day in frontier town of Kirkenes. Join one or more of the sched - advance, before 3 pm, if not you will have to pay 100% of uled trips and excursions offered and gain an insight into the price (other cancelling rules for groups) the rich culture and history of this region. • We recommend bringing warm clothes/good shoes along. On Visit the surroundings and experience the fantastic nature most of the excursions warm clothes are incl. in the price. • The operators have the right to cancel excursions in case of we have! bad weather/driving conditions. • Not all activities are run the whole summer, please check • Kirkenes and the municipality of Sør-Varanger has each activity. approximately 9500 inhabitants. is ’s • Some activities run all year, please check each activity. northernmost county, and it is the largest in Norway • Some activities include a meal. They are signed with the • Kirkenes is as far east as Istanbul and Cairo, and as far symbol knife and fork. • All tours depart from Kirkenes and transport from/to north as Point Barrow in Alaska Kirkenes is incl. in the price. Other places of departure on • The Midnight sun can be seen in Kirkenes from the 18th request (hotel, harbour, airport etc.). May until the 26th July • We can take no responsibility for any possible errors or lack of information. Changes (prices, time of departure..) may • The average temperatures in Kirkenes are: also have been made after the brochure was printed. May +5º C, June +8º C, July +14º C, August +11º C. For more information about Kirkenes: www.kirkenesinfo.no • Sights in Kirkenes: The Borderland Museum and Savio Museum, Andersgrotta, Russian monument, monument “Mothers in war”, viewpoint Prestefjell The Pasvik valley - Experience the Borderland!

• Shopping: Kirkenes has a wide selection of shops and Summer- and winter activities • safari by riverboat services, as well as a shopping center, “AMFI Kirke nes”, fishing trips • local food in a lavvo • sauna and hot tub where you will find among other things the pharmacy, the bear tracking • dog-sledging • accommodation post office and the liquor store. Please ask for a city map for more information

• Restaurants: Gapahuken restaurant, Gabba restaurant, Ritz, Rica Arctic Hotel, Rica Hotel Kirkenes, Thon Hotel, Pizzeria Siciliana, Shang Hai Restaurant, Surf & Turf, Tanjas Spiseri (in AMFI), Sparelandkaféen, Centrum Café.

• Accommodation: Rica Arctic Hotel, Rica Hotel Kirkenes, Thon Hotel, Barents Frokost Hotel, Hotel Wessel, as well Photos: Lene Stavå, Steinar Wikan og I. Danielsen as private accomodation, camping ground, and cabin rental

• Bars and pubs: Ritz, Ofelas, Rallarn Pub, Henry’s Bar (Rica Arctic Hotel)

• Other activities: Cinema, swimming pool, fitness center, Trine D. Beddari, Melkefoss, N-9925 Svanvik, Norway, hiking, fishing and hunting tel. +47 909 78 248 – e-post: [email protected] – www.birkhusky.no

Front page photo: Trym Ivar Bergsmo/Finnmark Tourist Board Day Activity Price pr person Duration Comment s

M x KS 1 Andersgrotta Nok 100,- 10.30- Includes: Guiding in the g

Tu x n Andersgrotta is a wartime bomb-shelter and was reopened for 11.00 Andersgrotta, film presen - i

W x d visitors in 1990. A guided tour and a video are showing why and Children under tation Th x 11.00- n F x how this bombing affected the civilians in Kirkenes. Located in 12 years: u

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Sa x town centre. Nok 50,- Valid: 01.05 - 30.09 r Su x r u

Radius Kirkenes, Tel: +47 78 97 05 40 s Other times on request www.radius-kirkenes.com for groups of more than d n

5 persons a

s e n e k r i K M x KS 30 Gabba Reindeer- & Huskypark Entrance only Open Valid: 01.06 - 30.09 n i Tu x Only 1500m from the centre of Kirkenes, you will find the Nok 100,- from W x s 10.00- p Th x Reindeer and Husky Park where you have the opportunity to visit i 15.00 r F x a Sami tent – lavvu, feed reindeers and pet the husky dogs. If you t

Sa x are lucky, you may also hear the Sami chanting – joik. If you are Children under r x e Su hungry, visist our special restaurant built in wilderness style and 12 years: t Nok 50,- r serving local food – a unique experience. Please also see KS 31 – o

Gabba Restaurant. h The price does not S Radius Kirkenes, Tel: +47 78 97 05 40 include transfer www.radius-kirkenes.com from/to town

M x KS 31 Gabba Restaurant Price: Lunch: Valid: All year Tu x A special kind of restaurant with home made lunch and dinner According to menu 11.00- W x 14.00 Th x courses, made from local ingredients, served in cosy and exotic F x wilderness environment. Only a few minutes from the centre of Children under Sa x Kirkenes – a few minutes by car or 25 minutes by foot. 12 years: Dinner: Su x According to menu 20.00- Radius Kirkenes, Tel: +47 78 97 05 40 22.00 www.radius-kirkenes.com

M x KS 6 Sightseeing to the Russian border and the mining Nok 480,- 1300- Includes: Transport

Tu x . 14.45 from/to Kirkenes, guide .

town Bjørnevatn .

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Children under Th x A guided trip by bus to the Russian border and to the iron ore mines in Bjørne vatn. Our 12 years: 1,75 Valid: All year g

F x first stop is a historical border crossing between Norway and Russia. We visit the border n Sa x Nok 240,- hours i and have a glance at the Russian community of Boris Gleb on the other side. Your guide e

Su x will provide information on the various historical events. We continue to the mining town e s Bjørne vatn. The mines were closed in 1996 and was reopened again in 2009. Here we t h

gain an insight into 90 years of mining history. We continue our trip to the viewpoint g i

“Storfjell” where we get a nice view over the fjord. S

Pasvikturist AS, Tel: +47 415 44 346 www.pasvikturist.no

M=Monday, Tu=Tuesday, W=Wednesday, Th=Thursday, F=Friday, Sa=Saturday, Su= Sunday Day Activity Price pr person Duration Comment

M x Nok 890,- 12.30- Includes: Transport, guide e

KS 8 Husky and watchdogs in the land of brown bears, d Tu x 16.30 and good information i W x a Pasvik sightseeing including lunch u Children under about the dogs and the g Th x We give you a sightseeing in the beautiful Pasvik Valley – along the border

F x to Russia. Pasvik has a long and interesting history that we give you an 12 years: 4 hours way you run a kennel like &

Sa x insight into on our way to our husky kennel. At our kennel you will get a Nok 400,- this. Lunch based on local s Su x (in company of an ingredients. u guided tour and the possibility to cuddle with our dogs as much as you b

like. In addition to around 50 huskies we have watchdogs that keep our adult) y b

kennel free of brown bears – our location is in the middle of Norway’s Valid: 01.05 - until ca. s biggest population of this amazing animal. After the tour we serve lunch p i

based on local ingredients outside or in our traditional Sami lavvu. middle of october r t

BIRK husky, natur & mat, Tel: +47 909 78 248 g n i

www.birkhusky.no e e s M x KS 10 Pasvik sightseeing Nok 800,- 14.00- Includes: Transport t Tu x h We visit view point ”Høyde 96”, the National park Center, the 18.00 from/to Kirkenes, guide, g W x i

Children under admission ticket, S Th x church in Svanvik and a former customs station. Beautiful nature F x – interesting history – the home of the brown bears. 12 years: 4 hours coffee/tea and cookies Sa x Nok 400,- Su x Barents Safari, Tel: +47 901 90 594 www.barentssafari.no Valid: 01.05 - 30.09

M x KS 14 Kirkenes in a Nutshell Nok 550,- On Includes: Transport, guide, Tu x Visit Andersgrotta, a Russian Trawler and the Norwegian-Russian request visit in Anders grotta, to the W x Children under Russian border and Gabba Th x Border Storskog. F x During this trip you have a chance to see all the most important 12 years: 2,5 hours reindeer park. Sa x points in Kirkenes area! Nok 275,- Su x Radius Kirkenes, Tel: +47 78 97 05 40 Valid: Summer www.radius-kirkenes.com

M x KS 32 Sightseeing in the Pasvik valley and visit of the Nok 750,- 16.30- Includes:Transport Tu x National Park Centre 20.00 from/to Kirkenes, guide, W x Children under admission tickets, Th x A guided trip by buss to the Pasvik valley. The valley is one of the last wilderness F x areas in Europe and known for its big brown bear population. You get both, a nice 12 years: 3,5 hours coffee/tea and cookies Sa x nature experience and information about the interesting history of this area right Nok 375,- Su x beside Russia. We follow the Pasvik river (border river to Russia) all the way to Svanvik. We visit the chapel and the Na tio nal Park Centre which provides informa - Valid: 01.05 - 30.09 tion about fauna and flora. Next stop is the viewpoint “Høyde 96” where you can visit the observation tower. Fantastic view over the border into the Russian neigh - bourhood . We serve coffee/tea and cookies before returning to Kirkenes.

Pasvikturist AS, Tel: +47 415 44 346 www.pasvikturist.no

M=Monday, Tu=Tuesday, W=Wednesday, Th=Thursday, F=Friday, Sa=Saturday, Su= Sunday Day Activity Price pr person Duration Comments t

M x KS 15 Riverboat tour to the Russian borderline Nok 800,-/ 840,- 10.00- Includes: Guide, transport a Tu x 12.30 from/to Kirkenes, boat trip, o

Visit Boris Gleb - An Icon of Norwegian-Russian Border History. b W x You’ll learn that the cultural history associated with the region of Children under warm clothes, rain poncho and r Th x 15.00- e

12 years: life jacket, meal as described v F x Norway that borders Russia is rich, varied and interesting. We 17.30 i r

Sa x serve you a cup of coffee and the local cloudberries at the 10 Nok 400,- in the program. Su x o’clock tour. In addition, at the tours at 1500, 1800* and 2100*, *18.00- y b

20.30 Max 60 persons.

grilled salmon with salads and white wine is included. Local cloud - s r

berries with cream. Fully licensed. Sell of souvenirs. *21.00- *Tours at 18 and 21 must be u

23.30 booked in advance. o Barents Safari, Tel: +47 901 90 594 T www.barentssafari.no 2,5 hours Valid: 01.06 - 30.09.

M x KS 17 Boat trip along the Russian borderline in Pasvik Nok 900,- 15.00- Includes: transport, Tu x valley 19.00 boat trip, guide, coffee/tea, W x Children under light meal Th x Start from Kirkenes and driving by bus app. 20 min to our base “Solvang Gård” in F x the beautiful nature of the Pasvik Valley. We go on board and start our boat trip on 12 years: 4 hours Sa x the Pasvik River to experience the nice nature and Russia on the other side of the Nok 450,- Su x river. The boat trip takes 1,5 h with several stops on our way. We go ashore on a Valid: 01.06 - 01.09. small island which is half Russian and half Norwegian. This is as close you can get to the Russian border! After the boat trip we will sit down around the fire place and enjoy a light meal + coffee/tea. A very personal tour with much information about history, nature and the way of living in the North.

Pasvikturist AS, Tel: +47 415 44 346 www.pasvikturist.no M x KS 29 Idyllic riverboat safari Nok 1200,- 16.00- Includes: Transport Tu x in the very youngest part of Norway 21.00 from/to Kirkenes or air - W x Children under port/Hurtigruten, guide, Th x A memorable experience with our riverboat in the youngest part F x of Norway. The tour starts at Nordmo Farm, Holmfoss and goes 12 years: 5 hours boat trip and food. Sa x along the Pasvik river to Skoltefoss. Here we are stopped by the Nok 600,- Su x dam near the Russian power plant, where the Skoltefoss used to Must be roar. During the trip, we cross the national border, and sail on the booked in Valid: 15.06 - 20.09. Russian side of the river for a while – legally, without visa. We advance stop at Harefoss, where we enjoy a meal made of local ingredients.

Nordmo Gård, Tel: +47 78 99 53 19 www.nordmogard.com

M x KS 20 The original King Crab Safari Nok 1290,- 13.00- Includes: Guide, transport Tu x We guarantee the largest and freshest King Crabs in the World. 17.00 from/to Kirke nes, necessary W x s

Join us in the boat and see our diver catch the King Crab. Enjoy a Children under clothing, boat trip, multi media p Th x i close up and true experience of the King of the Ocean and the view 12 years: 4 hours show about the King Crab, r F x t Sa x of the Barents Sea. The King Crab specialist presents a unique Nok 645,- lunch with fresh King Crab. d Su x multimedia presentation. Finally we serve the fresh and self-caught Other r o crab for lunch in our restaurant by the fjord. Includes also a short times on Valid: 15.06 - 15.08 j F stop by the Norwegian-Russian border. request (Before/after the season: / -

Optional: Swimming/floating in the cold Barents Sea in a survival with min. min. 6 pers.) g n suit (Nok 500,- extra). 6 pers. i h

This activity is rated as the best international product in 2009. s i

Arctic Adventure Resort, Tel: +47 951 50 755 F www.arctic-adventure.no

M=Monday, Tu=Tuesday, W=Wednesday, Th=Thursday, F=Friday, Sa=Saturday, Su= Sunday Day Activity Price pr person Duration Comments

x s M KS 33 Evening Trip with King Crab catch and Nok 1300,- 18.30- Includes: Guide, transport p x i Tu 01.30 from/to Kirkenes, necessary r

Midnight in Grense Jakobselv t W x Children under clothing, King Crab meal, Th x Our King Crab catch will be prepared on the campfire and served d F x in a simple, but beautiful surrounding. After our dinner will we 12 years: 7 hours boat trip r o Sa x continue to Grense Jakobselv, where we will arrive right before Nok 650,- j F

Su x /

midnight and hope to see the midnight sun. s

Valid: 18.05 - 25.07. p i

Kirkenes Fjord Fiske, Tel: +47 482 80 801 r t www.fjord-fiske.no g n i h s i F

M x KS 34 King Crab Tour Nok 850,- 18.00- Includes: Guide, transport Tu x Our King Crab catch will be prepared on the campfire and served 23.00 from/to Kirkenes, necessary W x Children under clothing, King Crab meal, Th x in a simple, but beautiful surrounding. F x 12 years: 5 hours boat trip. Sa x Kirkenes Fjord Fiske, Tel: +47 482 80 801 Nok 450,- Su x www.fjord-fiske.no Valid: 01.05 - 30.09

M x KS 35 Quad Safari (ATV) to the Russian border Nok 1390,- 10.00- Includes: Transport from/to Tu x After we have picked you up (ca. 20 minutes prior departure) and intro - (p. pers., 2 persons 13.00 Kirkenes, guide, quad ride, W x s duced you to our safety instructions, will we start to the viewpoint Kjer - per ATV) required outfit + helmet, i Th x r

ring stupet, where you will learn more about the history and culture of 14.00- coffee/tea and cookies a

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Sa x this region. We also stop our quads at the iron ore mines at Syd varanger, Nok 1790,- 17.00 a s Su x before we finally reach the Russian border at Skafferhullet, a former (per pers., 1 person Children should be at least d

border crossing point, from where we can observe a Russian dwelling per ATV) 18.00- 12 years old to be a a and a Russian chapel. At today’s border crossing between Russia & 21.00 passenger on the ATV. u Norway, Storskog, we will have a break with coffee/tea. We will return Driving licence Q to Kirkenes via Prestefjellet, viewpoint over Kirkenes and the harbour. required! 3 hours Valid: 01.05 - 30.09

Barents Safari, Tel: +47 901 90 594 www.barentssafari.no

M x KS 36 Quad Safari (ATV) in the Pasvik Valley Nok 1490,- 14.00- Includes: Transport from/to Tu x After we have picked you up (ca. 20 minutes prior departure) and (p. pers., 2 persons 18.00 Kirkenes, guide, quad ride, W x per ATV) required outfit + helmet, Th x introduced you to our safety instructions, will we start into the F x Siberian Taiga Forest. We stop at a bear’s cave and visit the 4 hours coffee/tea and cookies. Sa x Hight 96, where we can have a look at the Russian city Nikel and Nok 1890,- Su x a coffee/tea break. Then will we drive to Svanvik, where we visit (per pers., 1 person Children should be at least the Øvre Pasvik National Park Center, the Svanvik Chapel, and the per ATV) 12 years old to be a border river between Norway and Russia. Return to Kirkenes passenger on the ATV. Driving licence Barents Safari, Tel: +47 901 90 594 required! Valid: 01.05 - 30.09 www.barentssafari.no

M=Monday, Tu=Tuesday, W=Wednesday, Th=Thursday, F=Friday, Sa=Saturday, Su= Sunday Day Activity Price pr person Duration Comments s M x KS 37 Quad (ATV) Midnight Sun Safari, Barents Sea Nok 1490,- 20.00- Includes: Transport from/to i Tu x r After we have picked you up (ca. 20 minutes prior to departure) (p. pers., 2 persons 01.00 Kirkenes, guide, quad ride, a W x f and introduced you to our safety instructions, will we first drive to per ATV) required outfit + helmet, a

Th x s F x Storskog, the official border crossing point between Russia and 5 hours coffee/tea and cookies. d

Sa x Norway. Then we will pass a wild and fascinating mountain scenery, Nok 1890,- a Su x drive along the small border river between Russia and Norway, (per pers., 1 person Children should be at least u where we can see watch towers and boundary posts. And finally per ATV) 12 years old to be a Q will we reach the Barents Sea and a former settlement, called passenger on the ATV. Grense Jakobselv with the King Oscar II’s stone chapel. We will Driving licence enjoy a little coffee/tea break before we head back to Kirkenes. required! Valid: 01.05 - 30.09

Barents Safari, Tel: +47 901 90 594 www.barentssafari.no

M KS 28 Husky hike with local lunch Nok 690,- 10.00- Includes: Transfer from/to Tu x Visit our cosy huskies at the kennel at Sollia Gjestegård. 13.00 Kirkenes, guide, visit in

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Children under kennel, lunch made from r Th x You will come in close contact with the dogs, and get the opportu - 12 years: 3 hours local ingredients, juice, u F x nity to give them snacks, take pictures and cuddle them. We will o t

Sa x bring a couple of the huskies with us on a short hike to a nice Nok 340,- coffee and tea. All rights Su y

viewpoint, where we can look into Russia. Learn about the life and k history of sledge dogs while enjoying the landscape and the huski - Family price, min 2 Min. 2 persons s adults and 2 children: u

es playing around us. It takes about 20 minutes walking to the H viewpoint. The trip ends with a local lunch. Nok 1600,- Valid: Summer

Sollia Gjestegård, Tel: +47 78 99 08 20 www.storskog.no

M x KS 38 Sled dog tour with wagon and Sami dinner in Nok 1250,- 17.00- Includes: Transport from/to Tu x Pasvik 22.30 Kirkenes-Pasvik, guide, tour with W x Children under sled dog wagon, Sami dinner, Th x Join us in the beautiful Pasvik valley, we will give you a guided tour F x up to BIRKs kennel at Melkefoss, south of Kirkenes, right at the 12 years: 5,5 hours one drink included with dinner Sa x Russian border. At the kennel we will show you around and do a tour Nok 750,- and coffee or tea. (Drink for Su x with our sled dogs pulling us in a wagon. The tour will partly go along dinner: glass of mineral water, the border river deviding Norway and Russia. At the kennel you will (children only with beer or wine) also meet our watch dogs that keep our kennel free of brown bears. minimum one paying Valid: 15.05 - until the weather We round up the night in our Sami lavvu with a dinner made on Sami adult) does not allow us to go out with traditions. the wagon in October BIRK husky, natur & mat, Tel: +47 909 78 248 www.birkhusky.no t

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M=Monday, Tu=Tuesday, W=Wednesday, Th=Thursday, F=Friday, Sa=Saturday, Su= Sunday NORDMO GÅRD wishes you welcome to a riverboat trip on the Pasvik River this summer!

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Rica Arctic Hotel Tel. +47 78 99 59 00 Fax +47 78 99 59 01

Rica Hotel Kirkenes Tel. +47 78 99 14 91 Fax +47 78 99 13 56

Rica Hotellene Kirkenes www.rica.no

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