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By kirkenes tours
Price is £135 per adult
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Features

  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Explore the hidden stories of espionage in Arctic Norway on this unique tour near the Russian border. Delve into Cold War relics and modern espionage tales as you pass key locations linked to spy swaps and border defectors. Your expert guide will share real-life accounts of intelligence operations while you navigate through military watchtowers and docks. This tour offers a rare glimpse into one of NATO's secretive frontiers, making it an unforgettable experience for history enthusiasts and curious travellers alike.

    • Duration: 2.5 hours
    • Small group size: Max. 7 people
    • Accessible to families and individuals with easy physical requirements
    • Transport included; bring your EU ID card or passport

Activity location

  • Soviet Liberation Monument
    • Kirkenes sentrum
    • Kirkenes, Norway

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • kirkenes tours
    • 5 Storgata
    • 9900, Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway

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Pick-up/Drop-off in Kirkenes

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
£135.28 x 1 Adult£135.28
Total
Price is £135.28

Pick-up/Drop-off from Snow Resort

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English

Pick-up/drop-off Snow Resort
Pickup included

Price details
£151.19 x 1 Adult£151.19
Total
Price is £151.19

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Private transport

Know before you book

    • Specialised infant seats are available
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Soviet Liberation Monument

  • 20m
You will learn about the beginning of espionage in Kirkenes here, which started with the arrival of the Nazis in 1940.

Skafferhullet

  • 20m
Learn about this historical border crossing, which was used in the 60s by many thousand Norwegian crossing into to Soviet Union.

Storskog Border Station

  • 20m
We will stop at the only official border crossing between Norway and Russia, where you’ll learn about political refugees and asylum seekers—and the legal and illegal ways people have crossed this border over time.

Location

Activity location

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    Soviet Liberation Monument
    • Kirkenes sentrum
    • Kirkenes, Norway

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    kirkenes tours
    • 5 Storgata
    • 9900, Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway

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