The northern terminus of the European route E105 highway is located in Hesseng, just south of the town.
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During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Kirkenes was one of the many bases for the German Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe's Jagdgeschwader 5, and apart from that, the area served as a main base for supplies to the Murmansk front (see Lapland War).
Ørjan Nilsen (born June 14, 1982 in Kirkenes, Norway) is a Norwegian trance and progressive producer-DJ.
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The Hurtigruten opened in 1893 to convey passengers and cargo along the Norwegian coast, initially from Trondheim to Hammerfest, later from Bergen to Kirkenes.
European route E105, a north-south European route connecting Kirkenes in Norway to Yalta in Ukraine
When the German army retreated from the Litsa front and Kirkenes in late 1944, they burned most buildings in the county.
Suggestions involving building new railways include ports in Kirkenes or Skibotn in Norway, both without any break-of-gauge.
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There are suggestions to build a railway Skibotn (Norway)– Kolari (Finland) for this traffic and mining products from the Kolari region, or a railway from Kirkenes.