Introducing Murmansk
Midway between Moscow and the North Pole, Murmansk is the largest city north of the Arctic Circle. It's also the most easily-visited northerly city in Russia, perfect for experiencing the midnight sun and polar night.
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Murmansk endured a pretty bleak 1990s when its population (previously approaching 450, 000) shrank drastically. But with a profitable fishing industry and a dose of cooperation from Scandinavian neighbours and other Western countries, Murmansk is now well on the way back up. Its many shops are full not only of bright, attractive goods but also of people buying them, and the restaurant, bar and nightclub scene has entered a whole exciting new dimension just within the last handful of years.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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by anillos_de_saturno 29 August 2011
Mattt said on #8: +Australia is the only continent you can cross from north to south by train.+ I think that can also be said about Europ…
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Re: Russia, a forgetten country?
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In my mind, Russia has two sides. the one side is that it is a fascinating, great country with modern, good, comfortable trains running…
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RE: What is left to see and experience in two unexpected extra weeks ?
by EddyV 23 June 2011
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