The Rica Arctic hotel is a modern hotel decorated in light colours and situated in the heart of the city. The hotel has a swimming pool, sauna and fitness centre available for use on site free of charge as well as a restaurant and lobby bar. Activities on offer include snow mobile safaris with picnics in the wilderness, ice fishing in the polar night and riverboat safari on the river bordering Norway and Russia. Daytrips to Nikkel and Murmansk can be arranged. Situated at the heart of Kirkenes, "between East and West", at the border with Russia and Finland. For a melting pot of Norwegian, Finnish, Sami and Russian culture, all in a rugged and beautiful landscape.