This page provides an overview of options for anyone who uses a wheelchair or has difficulty climbing stairs. We also offer tours for the blind/visually impaired and other groups who need accommodations. Please contact us.
TRANSPORTATION
Kirkenes Taxi – kirkenestaxi.no
Kirkenes Taxi has four maxi taxis, two of which are equipped for transporting electric wheelchairs.
If you need assistance, the taxi must be booked in advance. The driving time from Kirkenes to Kirkenes Airport is 15 minutes (13 km) and from the Hurtigruten quay to the city center is 5 minutes.
FOOD
Restaurants/cafes listed here are accessible to wheelchair users, either through a ramp or elevator.
In Kirkenes:
- Jonny's Lunch bar – Jonny'slunchbar.com
- Thon Hotel – Thonhotell.no
- Scandic Hotell – Scandichotell.no
- Amundsen bakery & confectionery – ribago@online.no (Tel: 78 99 34 80)
- Centrum Café – susanne_baardsen@hotmail.com (Tel: 78 99 26 11)
- Café Visit – kafevisitkirkenes@gmail.com (Tel: 957 47 169)
- Surf and Turf – surfturfkirkenes@gmail.com (Tel: 973 34 224)
- Aurora Restobar – post@aurorarestobar.no (Tel: 900 63 960)
In Pasvikdalen:
- Nibio Svanhovd – Nibiosvanhovd.com (Restaurant is open in the summer, Sep – May by reservation only)
In Bugøynes:
In Neiden:
- Neiden Mountain Lodge – info@neidenfjellstue.com (Tel: 995 51 517)
ACTIVITIES
In Kirkenes:
- Story-telling with local guide – Pasvikturist.no
- Snowhotel Kirkenes – Kirkenessnowhotel.com – Kirkenes Snowhotel offers both experiences with reindeer, dogs and the snow hotel itself. All experiences require wheelchair access on gravel surfaces. The reindeer will not be accessible to people in wheelchairs. Dogs will be able to get to them. The snow hotel is wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator from the second floor restaurant down to the entrance of the hotel.
- Grenseland Museum – Grenselandmuseet.no
- Saviomuseet – Saviomuseet.no
- Barentsbadet – Barentsbadet.no
- Kirkenes Activity Park – Located between Kirkenes School and Barentsbadet is Kirkenes Activity Park. The park contains several playground equipment, Ballbinge and several exciting activities.
In Pasvikdalen:
- Nibio Pasvik – Nibio.no – Botanical garden accessible by wheelchair, as well as an elevator on the first floor of the conference center that makes the exhibition accessible by wheelchair.
- Barbecue area at Utnes
- Loken: lake suitable for fishing, campfire site
In Neiden:
