Kirkenes: facts

At a glance

• Country: Norway
• Region: Finnmark
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 3,529
• Coordinates: 69.7271° N, 30.0458° E
• Time zone: Europe/Oslo (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Krone (NOK)
• Distance to the capital, Oslo: 1,410 km (876 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN): 6.0 km (3.7 mi), straight line
• Vadsø Airport (VDS): 38 km (24 mi), straight line
• Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW): 79 km (49 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tarnet: 16 km (10 mi)
• Storbukt: 17 km (10 mi)
• Svanvik: 30 km (19 mi)
• Stenbakk: 34 km (21 mi)
• Nikel, Russia: 36 km (22 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Murmansk, 146 km (91 mi)