It's worth a stop at the Strand branch of the Sør-Varanger Museum, which preserves Norway's oldest public boarding school and illustrates the region's ethnic mix. Visit, too, the timber-built Svanvik chapel dating from 1934, and a couple of 19th-century farms, Bjørklund and Nordre Namdalen.
Sør-Varanger Museum
The Far North
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
18.6 MILES
Drop down the steep stairs of Andersgrotta into this cave that once served as an air-raid shelter and bunker as wave upon wave of Russian bombers sought…
15.57 MILES
This may not be so much of a treat for the children if you've been driving in Eastern Finnmark and have stopped to relate to communing roadside reindeer…
18.04 MILES
This well-presented frontier museum, 1km from Kirkenes centre, illustrates the geography and culture of the border region, with special displays on WWII…
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The Cold War lookout tower Høyde 96 offers a view eastward to the bleak Russian mining town of Nikel.
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Outside the Russian consulate, there are two engaging little sculptures of a bear mounting – in every sense of the word, it would appear – a lamp-post.
18.66 MILES
Located up a short hill, this statue is dedicated to the Red Army troops who liberated the town in 1944.
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In the town square, this statue commemorates women's efforts during the war.
Nearby The Far North attractions
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The Cold War lookout tower Høyde 96 offers a view eastward to the bleak Russian mining town of Nikel.
2. Gabba Reindeer & Husky Park
15.57 MILES
This may not be so much of a treat for the children if you've been driving in Eastern Finnmark and have stopped to relate to communing roadside reindeer…
18.04 MILES
This well-presented frontier museum, 1km from Kirkenes centre, illustrates the geography and culture of the border region, with special displays on WWII…
18.6 MILES
In the town square, this statue commemorates women's efforts during the war.
18.6 MILES
Drop down the steep stairs of Andersgrotta into this cave that once served as an air-raid shelter and bunker as wave upon wave of Russian bombers sought…
18.66 MILES
Located up a short hill, this statue is dedicated to the Red Army troops who liberated the town in 1944.
18.68 MILES
Outside the Russian consulate, there are two engaging little sculptures of a bear mounting – in every sense of the word, it would appear – a lamp-post.